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The World on the Wheel by Suzanne Peters

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The world is at your fingertips and the new one is just below that.  In what is possibly the world’s most famous statue, The Thinker sits, his clenched fist supporting his head. Over time his meaning has changed from thinker to dreamer and ultimately, to creator. The world is at his fingertips because his head rests upon his hand. The mind is the filter through which we view reality. For most people that reality is filtered through their environment and experiences because the mind processes our senses. But our senses are just the default setting, our conscious mind is the game-changing lens. The only world, we experience is the one we think we do. If we believe ourselves to be trapped in a system that can neither be changed nor challenged then chances are we will live that out. It all boils down to this one question. Is this big spinning ball we call earth the potter’s wheel... or the clay itself? If you think it’s the former then you will allow yourself to spin in circles, being mold

2Brand You, Part I: You Are the Brand by Dawn Jordan Jones

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Webster’s Dictionary defines a brand as 1) to make an indelible impression on the memory/senses; 2) an association of positive qualities with a widely recognized name, as of a product line/celebrity. Essentially your brand is something that represents you AND shares how you impress on the world. Your brand is what shows up before you get to the room, is with you in the room, and is there long after you leave the room. Your brand is what represents who you are, what you do, and why you are and it is to be protected at all costs. Believe it or not, you are your brand. Don’t believe me? Let’s look at a certain unnamed celebrity. Said celebrity has successfully played a beloved father figure for several years on television. America became accustomed to seeing this person as a father figure - developing the ‘father figure’ brand. Years later, long after the show has been in syndication, this father figure is allegedly accused of indiscretions with several women. How could a fathe