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Cinderella: The Moral Behind the Timeless Princess

The story of Cinderella is as old as time, but what is the true moral behind this story? Find out the truth behind what makes this story so uplifting. This story will go down in history as an everlasting tale. Even today, parents are passing on fairy tales to their children. Have you ever stopped ...

Mike West

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The Story of An Amazing Mother: Wang Shu-Zhen

Wang Shu-Zhen was an extraordinary woman and mother. She was born into a scholarly family in China in 1897, married a wealthy businessman when she was 19 years old, became a widow at 52, and singlehandedly raised 13 children, all of whom hold doctoral degrees. Resolution in the face of tragedy In 1948, when the ...

Emma Lu

Wang Shu-Zhen and her children.

Try Ringing the Peptoc Hotline to Lift Your Mood

The latest way to get out of a funk? Get a pep talk on the Peptoc Hotline from some elementary students! There is a new telephone hotline that everyone seems to be talking about lately, and it’s one that’s sure to bring a smile to your face. The Peptoc Hotline is a telephone line that ...

Lijf Santelices

A Peptoc Hotline poster drawn by elementary students.

Digital Nomads Had No Idea COVID-19 Would Have This Impact

The COVID-19 impact on the lives of many business owners, including digital nomads and entrepreneurs, has been substantial. Those who could free themselves from the constraints of offices — according to a New York Times article — and could keep their jobs had the following logic at the beginning of the breakout: “If you’re going ...

Hermann Rohr

A Digital Nomad, dressed in suit, walking at beach with briefcase

Light the Lamp of Gratitude: 2 Inspiring Tales

Gratitude is good for business and its benefits come in all manner of unexpected ways. In the west end of the village where Mr. Chen lives, there is a merchant from Henan who runs a tofu business. The merchant is famous for giving folks who buy his tofu every morning a free bowl of bean ...

Tatiana Denning

A Chinese lamp on a blooming tree.

The Goodness of Perseverance

The dictionary definition of perseverance lets us know that it is continued effort; to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition; the action or condition or an instance of persevering; steadfastness. Perseverance. It’s not something you are really taught, and sometimes you are not even sure if you have it — until you are ...

Tatiana Denning

Mountain climber climbs up icy mountain using ice pick.

Emmanuel Yeboah: Breaking the Deadly Curse

Ghana is a Sub-Saharan country where disability is widely believed to be a curse. Ghana’s estimated 2 million disabled people do not have many options for a decent livelihood. So Emmanuel Yeboah decided to break this curse. This situation urged Emmanuel Yeboah to take up a 380-mile bicycle ride to prove disability does not mean ...

Michael Segarty

Emmanuel Ofosu Yehoah.