Who Was Augustus Caesar? Octavian Augustus Caesar was the first emperor of ancient Rome. He was a Roman statesman and beloved military leader. Octavian is considered by many to be the greatest emperor of the Roman empire. When Octavian turned nineteen years old, his great uncle Julius Caesar adopted him. This was in the year […]
Motivation
The Holstee Manifesto Will Change Your Life – If You Let It!
Holstee Manifesto – Introduction What is the Holstee Manifesto and why should you care? Are you fighting the blues of daily life? Do you ever feel that you do not know your purpose? Every day going through the motions, but not feeling satisfied with your accomplishments. Even worse, what if you feel that you have […]
The Horrific Burundi Genocide Teaches You to Never Give Up
The Gilbert Tuhabonye Story Tuhabonye is a survivor of the massacres during the Burundi genocide and the Burundian Civil War of the early 1990s. In October 1993, members of the Hutu tribe invaded Tuhabonye’s high school and captured more than 100 Tutsi children and teachers. Most of the captives were killed with machetes; the rest […]
Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut – Think Good, It Will Be Good
What is Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut? “Tracht Gut Vet Zein Gut” – The first time that I heard that expression was in September of 2013. The speaker was telling the jam-packed audience that if you think good thoughts, then good things will happen. I was confused, not because the idea was so foreign, but […]
How to Focus On Yourself – Help Depression and Estrangement
How to focus on yourself, seriously? We know that to “Focus On Yourself”, this might sound selfish, but I think as we go on here, we can all see that what might seem selfish at the outset, is actually a great benefit to those that we care about in the long run. Many years ago, […]