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Doesn't this picture make you think and wonder or wonder and think?  It's hanging on our living room wall, near the entrance. My husband thinks it's a ridiculous picture but I LOVE IT!  I mean, it's a catstronaut, bearing the American flag, beaming with pride and glory.  Cool Cat! Dr. Seuss who coined that famous quote on our living room wall has quite a brilliant mind. I love his literary and illustrative works such as:   "How The Grinch Stole Christmas"   ("The Grinch's heart grew three sizes that day") ,  "The Cat in the Hat"   (“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.”); and "The Lorax"   ("I'm going to continue to speak for the trees")   His works all convey positive values and social relevance that are loved by kids of all ages. Through his colorful depiction of his characters' adventures, he shared with us the power of imagination, to p...

"Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world".  Napoléon Bonaparte Napoléon Bonaparte is indeed one of the most famous French statesmen and military leaders the world has ever known. He rose to power during the French Revolution and led historic and successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.  He became Emperor of the French bearing the title Napoleon I from 1804 until 1814 and briefly in 1815 during the Hundred Days.  History has seen his conquests, which included Egypt, Belgium, Holland, much of Italy, Austria, much of Germany, Poland and Spain. Quite a feat for a man who stood at a mere five-foot-two inches (in  French Metric System). But what people don't normally know or talk about is Napoléon's love for books and passion for reading.  He grew up reading Plutarch’s "Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans". He made time to read even while on campaigns. He commissioned his personal librarian ...

One way of expressing love towards yourself is having a career that you truly love and are passionate about.  For as Confucius once said  “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."  But how do you start finding your true calling, your true vocation, your desired career? Most people would say that finding or landing a job is the same as finding a career.  I beg to disagree.   A JOB  is a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid.  A CAREER , on the other hand,   is an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for PROGRESS.  In short, your job is but a fraction of a greater picture that is your career.  Hence, to be a success in your career, you need to make sure that it is not merely job-driven.  But how do you shift your gear from the job to the career you desire? In my first blog for HRHouR, I shared the conc...

As a kid I was so fascinated by stars (and I still am).  My sister can attest to my infatuation with astronomy.  When I finally got to have my own bedroom,  I would climb out the window and spend hours on our roof, looking at the stars.   So for my love of stars I would like to feature a quote on being smart from none other than Carl Edward Sagan , a renowned American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. Name it, he HAS it! And I quote: “Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.”   So what does it mean when you "Start Smart your Smart Start" ? First let's make a recap.  If you have read and agree with my first 3 blogs then it would be safe to assume that YOU: 1.  Found your true purpos...

When it comes to good housekeeping, no one could have put it more aptly than Benjamin Franklin himself, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, in his famous quote: "A place for everything, everything in its place". Housekeeping has evolved into a science and a form of discipline.  Whenever the word organization pops up, housekeeping is more than likely to pop up as well. The   Occupational Safety and Health Administration  or (OSHA) outlined the benefits of   good housekeeping practices and continues to implement these guidelines to promote and sustain safe workplaces. Housekeeping , according to Dictionary.com  is management of household affairs.  It  has been a household name for quite sometime now.  Its  social significance dates back to the 1800's and was best described in  Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management , an extensive guide to running a household in Britain during the Victorian era. Thro...