NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / July 3, 2020 / With Covid-19 and everything else that is happening in the world right now, it is evident that 2020 has been a year full of uncertainty.

With all of that in mind, it can be hard to get motivated, especially right now.

If you are thinking about starting a business and looking for entrepreneurs who have successfully been able to grow their businesses, sustain and scale them, and are currently doing great things, even during this pandemic, look no further.

This year, VIP Media Group put together a list of what they consider to be some of the top entrepreneurs to follow in 2020.

So who are they?

- Carlos Smith Instagram: @the_credit_god

Raised in Memphis, TN, Carlos Smith had his options laid out before he even stepped outside his door. Smith grew up in a three bedroom house with seventeen family members. "They shooting, get down" was a common term used in his home. Growing up in one of the poorest and second highest major crime cities in America provided Smith with structure in his life. Life lessons were engraved by him preparing for his daily survival. All these lessons gave him resilience and drive. Smith decided to use his poor financial situation as a means to escape the life he was living. He began focusing on how to be wealthy, spending hours researching. Since 2008, Smith began investing in his community with the knowledge of how to do things and run his own businesses. He now runs a six-figure business with a team of people who are dedicated to helping others achieve their financial goals. At Smith Financials LLC, Smith and his team mentor their clients to help them meet their goals. They educate them, and show them how powerful credit can be if used correctly. Most importantly, they help restore individuals' credit.

- Grant Cardone Instagram: @grantcardone

Grant Cardone is the bestselling author of The 10X Rule and has been buying real estate for over 30 years. Over those three decades, he has bought over two billion dollars worth of real estate in eight states. Grant currently manages 7,068 units with his private equity firm Cardone Capital. He is such a good real estate investor because of his extreme discipline, specific formulas, and good instinct to know when to exit the property. Throughout his career, Grant has been giving small investors a chance to start small and go big.

- Tai Lopez Instagram: @tailopez

Tai Lopez is an investor, partner, and advisor to almost two-dozen multi-million-dollar businesses. Through his popular book club and podcasts The Tai Lopez Show, Tai shares advice on how to achieve health, wealth, love, and happiness with over 1.4 million people in 40 countries. The Tai Lopez Show gets around 800,000 downloads per month. In addition, Tai also owns the largest book shipping club in the world, Mentor Box, and was voted the Number 1 Social Media Influencer by Entrepreneur Magazine.

- Joshua Crisp Instagram: @officialjoshuacrisp

Joshua Crisp is the founder of AMZ Formula, an educational business that teaches people on an international level how to start and grow online businesses through Amazon by selling private label products. Prior to his success, in 2014, Joshua was a felon with no high school diploma or degree, he needed a way to provide for his wife and two children. That is how AMZ Formula came to be. In just 5 years, Joshua became a multimillionaire at 11.2 Mil and has been able to teach 5,000+ students in 63+ countries. In addition, dozens of his students have reached 5 and 6 figures using his method

- Theresa Depasquale Instagram: @TheresaDepasquale

Theresa Depasquale, is a successful entrepreneur and CEO who got her start as a fitness expert, owning multiple health clubs. After making her Instagram page, Depasquale began creating revenue-generating brand pages on Instagram. Now with over 230k followers and over 10 years of experience, she is a master in the online branding world. She decided she wanted to teach people how they can become successful on social media like herself. This is when she developed Capture Social Group, an online branding company that teaches entrepreneurs how to build their brand on social media using the top strategies. In the first 6 months of launching, Capture Social Group became a 6 figure company and is on track to hit 7 figures in early 2021.

- Zeeshaan Shah Instagram: @ZEE

Zeeshaan Shah is a multi-award winning British Pakistani entrepreneur, who is the current CEO and founding board member of CPIC, CEO of ONE Investments and Chairman of ONE Capital. After starring on the BBC television show, The Apprentice, Shah has taken over the world of property investments and development. Now having over $500 million dollars worth of projects in the development faze, Shah is ready to outdo himself. In 2020, his company CPIC was preparing to launch a ground breaking $1.4 Billion Dollar mega development featuring world-renowned architects and consultants. Due to Covid-19 it has been pushed to 2021.

- Brodie Kern Instagram: @brodiekern

Brodie Kern, after dropping out of college and abusing drugs, Kern realized he was unemployable and his only option for success was to start his own business. Now Kern

is the CEO to multiple 6 and 7 figures companies in the real estate, marketing, and coaching industry. Kerns latest company, Wake Up Wealthy, was named the #1 Performance coaching program for Men in Business. His program is designed to help entrepreneurs scale their businesses and find a place of personal power. In the last 18 months alone, Wake Up Wealthy has helped over 200 Men, their families, their businesses and their employees reach a place of empowerment. In this coming year Kern's goal is to help over 250+ men through the Wake up Wealthy journey.

- Anthony Morrison Instagram: @anthonymorrison

Anthony Morrison, is a multi-millionaire internet marketer, author and speaker. After a financial hardship on his family Morrison took it upon himself to earn some extra income to help his family. He started off selling car parts online, he later looked into affiliate marketing and was really good at it. Making a quarter million each month, the people around him began to notice his success and wanted to learn how to do it too. So Anthony started to teach them, his brother even became a millionaire after adopting Anthony's methods. This inspired him to write a book. He partnered up with infomercials to advertise his book. Not long after, he sold over a million copies. In addition to that, he has done over 50 million dollars in online course sales for his company Morrison Education.

- Sebastian Scheplitz Instagram: @sebastian.scheplitz

Sebastian Scheplitz is an accomplished Executive Coach and Thought Leader, and the CEO and founder of a localization and content marketing network. His agencies assist hundreds of clients in international marketing while targeting new markets and audiences with content in their native language. With clients in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia, Scheplitz' company has been doubling its revenue each year and is on track to do it again this year, even during COVID-19, due to his remote-first approach. Shortly after its success, the agency expanded into four brands to assist better in different industries: gaming, fashion and beauty, content marketing in Asia with Hotcopy.co, and their newest video content marketing company Mastercut is available from this summer. Apart from continuously bringing home six-figures in monthly sales through his agencies, Scheplitz is handling different business ventures in the e-commerce space.

- James Patrick Instagram: @JPatrickPhoto

James Patrick is an award winning photographer with more than 500 published magazine covers, entrepreneur, podcast host, public speaker, and is the best selling author of Fit Business Guide: The Workout Plan for Your Brand. In addition to his awards in photography, he has also received honors for his work in marketing and entrepreneurship. James is the founder of FITposium, an annual conference and online education course that guides fitness entrepreneurs on how to grow their business. This year FITposium will be opening up their newest online membership platform FITposiumPLUS.com. With his broad experience in multiple industries, Patrick has been coast-to-coast as a public speaker, interviewed for a multitude of TV, radio, magazines and Podcast features.

- Kristina Centnere Instagram: @kriscent

Kristina Centnere is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of 4 companies. From an early age, Kristina knew she was never meant to be an employee. For years, she had her own ideas and wanted to take charge. At age 20 without a degree, Kristina started a digital marketing company in the middle of the 2008 recession called SocialCow; a neuromarketing company that can be used in a variety of industries, like medical, legal and franchisees all over the world. In addition to helping businesses with their marketing, Kristina also coaches select business owners to help them break through plateaus in their businesses and their lives.

- Tee The Barber Instagram: @Tee_DaBarber

Tavion Maultsby (aka Tee The Barber) has been an inspiration for many, showing that working hard definitely pays off. Coming from a barber/hairstylist background, Tee has mastered his technique to the point where he is considered one of the most famous barbers in the West Coast. Tee currently works at The Barbers Inc Barbershop located in San Jose, California and is also the official barber for NCAA National Championship Game and the San Francisco 49ers.

- Brian Breach Instagram: @brianbreach

Brian Breach is a creator, entertainer, entrepreneur, recent Ted Talk speaker and a social media influencer. His journey started off in the world of music where he spent a decade performing and opening for some of the biggest names in hip hop, as well as having his song air nationally as the intro to a TV show for 3 years. In the process of making music he was able to co-found GTPS independent label and a highly successful hip hop blog getthatpaperson.com. Brian then also created Sikey Clothing and co-founded GTPS printing. Eventually, he stepped away from music and made a name for himself in the world of viral videos and sketch comedy. Brian plans to continue making his mark on earth while empowering others through motivational and positive content. He has also recently started working to launch his own TV show called America's Gone Viral with his partner in the endeavor Christine Curran, the current host of Dining Divas. Launched earlier this year, this is the first ever viral competition show for content creators.

- Sheree Wright Instagram: @ibflawgroup

Sheree Wright is a lawyer for IBF Law Group, who focuses on immigration law. During her law school career, she co-founded a non-profit organization called The Wright Way Foundation, which seeks to reduce poverty and homelessness while generating and providing educational resources necessary to support youths, families and educators in Jamaica. Sheree is also a volunteer member of the national civic engagement organization, Mi Familia Vota, which unites Latinos, immigrants and allied communities to promote social and economic justice through citizenship workshops, voter registration, and participation.

- Tony Robinson Instagram: @tonythecloser

Tony Robinson, also known as Tony "The Closer" Robinson is a former NFL player and is now a sales expert, mentor and best selling author of The Closer's 21 Proven Secrets to Close More Wholesale Deals in 30 Days with NO Sales Experience. The Closer has closed thousands of deals and generated more than 10 million dollars in auto and real estate sales. With all of his success, experience and knowledge, The Closer wanted to start a program that helps aspiring or current real estate professionals grow their real estate business, that is when he founded the 100k Club Conference. The Closer has always had a passion for teaching others, last year, while still on probation, Tony continued to defy the odds and helped over 7,000 people close their first real estate wholesale deal.

- Ignacio Saenz Instagram:@Ignaciosaelan

Ignacio Saenz Lancuba, is a successful retired pro-rugby player who is now a serial entrepreneur. Lancuba never saw himself as the 9 to 5 guy. He always wanted to have the financial freedom to do what he wanted to do with no limitations and strive for the best in all that he does. After finishing an incredible career in professional rugby, he wanted to venture off in the world of business. Lancuba has been exposed to business his entire life, as his family owns one. He took it upon himself to learn as much as he could from them so one day he could use those lessons and apply it to his own business. Ignacio currently owns and/or is the Founder Partner of Auto Spares Factory and Store, Finance company, Amazon E-commerce stores and does Real Estate Investment.

- Coach Legend Instagram Username: @coachlegendary

Hanso Denis (also known as Coach Legend) is a Haitian-American businessperson, a world-renowned public speaker, mentor, coach, and one of the most influential leaders in the industry of network marketing. He is a multilingual marketing strategist who has countless years of solid and diverse professional experience in the areas of business development and leadership. Hanso has trained thousands of people on how to build a successful network marketing business and has helped many people improve and strengthen their personal and leadership skills with his specialized mentorship training programs. Coach Legend's success is due to incredible persistence, charisma and sincere desire to help people succeed. His laser-like focus, years of diligent work and ongoing self-development, along with total dedication have resulted in an evidenced strong leadership that delivered massive and excellent benefits to all ethnic groups, especially in his Haitian community.

- Chris Diaz Instagram: @itschrisdiaz

Chris Diaz is a serial entrepreneur who got his bachelor's degree in 2016 and then got experience working sales for the most luxurious car dealership in Miami, FL and in a banking position at J.P Morgan Chase as well. He then saw the opportunity in the digital marketing space so he decided to invest into courses, mentors, books, and materials that would teach him how to grow his social presence. Chris then started his own agency, pursued his passion, and is now fulfilling his life's purpose. Chris is a consultant, marketing expert, and CEO of Chris Diaz Agency. He is well known for his innate ability to revolutionize the way a brand is seen. He provides digital consulting for 6-7 figure entrepreneurs and elite businesses looking to grow their social presence and scale beyond their current standing. He also runs a 100M+ digital network filled with artists, entrepreneurs, athletes, influencers, and more which he leverages to drive more traffic to his clients businesses.

- Sean Castrina Date of Birth: March 17, 1967. Instagram Username: @sean.castrina

Sean Castrina is the bestselling author of 8 Unbreakable Rules for Business Startup Success and the fictional tale The Greatest Entrepreneur in the World. He is also the host of the 10 Minute Entrepreneur Podcast, which can be found in the top 10 podcasts in the business category. Sean's books and podcasts draw from his experience starting more than 20 successful companies and currently leading multiple businesses. It is his day in and day out experience that keeps his message and insights relevant. Sean is an ambassador of the idea that you need to add a new profit stream to your business annually as if your life depended on it. Moving forward, Sean's companies continue to grow at an astonishing 20% rate every year.

- Gabriel Beltran Instagram: @theecommillionaire

Gabriel Beltran, is an entrepreneur and educator that focuses mainly on e-commerce and affiliate marketing. In just 4 years, Gabriel has generated over 22 million dollars in revenue. He and his wife were living paycheck to paycheck, with their first child on the way Gabriel needed to find a way to make more money to provide for this growing family. With his last $500, he invested that and turned it into $40,000 in revenue, he quit his job and today he's a multimillionaire. Now, Gabriel uses his experience and knowledge with the e-commerce world to teach his students how to be successful. To this day, his students have collectively generated over 40 million dollars in sales.

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Top Entrepreneurs That Will Inspire You During Covid-19 - Press Release - Digital Journal

Dear Editor,

George Bernard Shaw once said, "You use a glass mirror to see your face and use works of art to see your soul."

The village of Red Hook lost a piece of its soul with the removal of a mural painted by artists Gloria De Pietro and Andres San Millan 24 years ago. This was a blunder by a group of people whose brains were in a malfunctioning mode.

Their clumsy efforts have destroyed a work of art that can never be replaced. It's gone.

So what's next? The burning of books? The destruction of "decadent" art? Will we hear the shattering of glass? The ghosts of Nazi Germany must be dancing on their graves: "Heil" to the new order!

I feel sorry for Red Hook. Yes you can create another mural. You can destroy the Mona Lisa and replace it with a painting of Miss America. But in Red Hook, there will always be something missing.

To my fellow artists and friends in Red Hook, I extend my heartfelt sympathy.

C. Michael Bufi

Germantown, N.Y.

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Fourth of July is marked as Independence Day of the United States of America. The day is a historic moment asThomas Jefferson, along with other members of theContinental Congress, drafted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.The United States of America was established on paragonsof freedom, justice, and liberty, and each year on this day the nation takes a moment to reflect on those ideals and celebrate the countrys independence. Here are some patriotic and inspiring quotes on Independence Day; check out:

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"Liberty is the breath of life to nations." -George Bernard Shaw

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.Thurgood Marshall

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, andsoldierswho file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism." -Erma Bombeck

"I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true." -Wendell Willkie

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. - Desmond Tutu

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"America is much more than a geographical fact. It is a political and moral fact -- the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, a responsible government, and human equality." -Adlai Stevenson

"Freedom is never granted. It is earned by each generation." - Hillary Clinton

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." -Elmer Davis

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." -Abraham Lincoln

"Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand." -Harry S. Truman

"The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation." -Woodrow Wilson

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"Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have." -Harry Emerson Fosdick

"I love my freedom. I love my America." -Jessi Lane Adams

"Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall." -John Dickinson

"If our country is worth dying forin time of warlet us resolve that it is truly worth living forin time of peace." -Hamilton Fish

"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." -Benjamin Franklin

"Independence now and forever!" -Daniel Webster

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones weve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama

"From every mountainside, let freedom ring." -Martin Luther King Jr.

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Well, okay, actually it is. We asked Jonathan Self to write it and to pick out his favourite examples from history.

Have you noticed how nice everyone has become? We were already suffering from a surfeit of political correctness now, we cant even be critical. Organisations, businesses and people that previously came in for a good deal of adverse comment are to be praised, forgiven or, at the very least, tolerated. Take, for example, Prime Ministers Questions.

In the past, the combatants could be relied upon for ingenious insults, irony of the heaviest kind and outright rudeness. Recently, it has become more like a church meeting.

According to an aged relative, a similar thing happened during the Second World War. The thinking seems to be that, at a time of national emergency, we must all pull together and not waste time or energy attacking each other. Good manners are, of course, to be applauded, but it is important not to throw out the linguistic baby with the impolite bathwater. In particular, there is a very real risk of losing something at which our island nation has always excelled: the sarcastic riposte.

To give you a feel for how bad things are, researchers have found that French children can recognise sarcasm from the age of five and Canadian children as young as four are capable of saying, in a withering tone, Smooth move, Mom to their mothers when they make a mistake.

To be bested by the French, a nation that revels in derision, is one thing; but by the mild-mannered Canadians? If we arent careful, the only country in the world with lower standards of sarcasm will be North Korea, where, in response to large swathes of the population saying This is all Americas fault whenever anything went wrong, it has been officially banned since 2016.

Interestingly, Kim Jong-un isnt the only world leader to worry about the pernicious effects of sarcasm. An Israeli university received government funding to develop, without particular success, software capable of detecting sarcastic reviews of the perfect for insomniacs type on Amazon, presumably because some security department thought it might have other applications.

The US Secret Service has openly spent a small fortune trying to separate sarcastic jibes from genuine threats on social media. The latter actually inspired the writers of the TV programme The Simpsons. In one episode, a Prof Frink demonstrates his latest invention: a sarcasm detector. Sarcasm detector? Thats a really useful invention, says another character, causing it to explode.

Perhaps it isnt surprising that computers cant detect sarcasm, when one considers how many humans fail at the task. Apparently, the satirical magazine The Onion was deluged by letters of complaint when it announced President Obamas 2008 victory with the headline: Black Man Given Nations Worst Job.

The problem is that sarcasm is a sort of true falsehood. Its art lies in disguising hostility under cover of friendliness and in saying the opposite of what one really means. The dictionary defines it, somewhat weakly, as a form of verbal irony that is typically bitter and directed at a particular group.

The real clue to its power, however, lies in its origins, for the word itself actually comes from the Greek sarkasmos, meaning to tear flesh, bite lip in rage, sneer. For this reason, it is best employed on people with whom one has a close and trusting relationship. Indeed, its an excellent way of toning down criticism and of expressing disappointment. It serves many other useful purposes, too, not least making people laugh. As Brandon Sanderson said: The sad, sorry, terrible thing about sarcasm it is really funny.

It also has the ability to persuade people to alter their behaviour. Men have been laughed out of faults, Francis Hutcheson pointed out 300 years ago, which a sermon could not reform. According to scientists, sarcasm exercises the brain, encourages problem-solving skills and promotes creativity. Incidentally, an inability to recognise or deliver sarcastic quips is often an early indicator of brain disease.

These isles have a long and enviable tradition of sarcasm. Chaucer employed it and so did Shakespeare. Oscar Wilde, responsible for some of the best sarcastic putdowns of the 19th century, wrote plays full of memorable one-liners. The sweetly sarcastic exchange between Cecily and Gwendolen over afternoon tea in The Importance of Being Earnest is a sublime example of the art.

Nor have more modern British writers let us down. From Yes, Minister (Sir Humphrey: Yes, but now he wants to introduce his next idea. Sir Arnold:A minister withtwoideas?) to Harry Potter (Listening to the news! Again? Well, it changes every day, you see, said Harry), we have proved we have what it takes.

Even our footballers have done their bit: both Wayne Rooney and David Beckham have been sent off the pitch for sarcastic slow clapping when they disagreed with a referees decision.

Clearly, it is our patriotic duty to make sure that Britain continues to be laughed at on the world stage. Each of us must use sarcasm whenever the opportunity presents itself. However, a word of caution. Employed incorrectly, it can make one look something of a twit.

Terry Eagleton tells the story of a friend who was driving too fast in the west of Ireland when he was stopped by a policeman. What would you do, the officer asked him, leaning ominously into the drivers window, if you were to run into Mr Fog? The friend, annoyed by the officers patronising tone, replied with heavy sarcasm: Well, I guess Id put Mr Foot on Mr Brake. Whereupon the policeman looked at him strangely and growled: I said mist or fog.

Its been many years since I had such an exemplary vegetable Jane Austen

I like your opera. I think I will set it to music Ludwig van Beethoven

I think it would be a good idea Mahatma Gandhi, when asked: What do you think of Western civilisation?

I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friendif you have one Bernard Shaw to Winston ChurchillCannot possibly attend first night; will attend second if there is one Churchills response

About half Pope John XXIII, when asked: How many people work in the Vatican?

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children Edward VIII

Shes the sort of woman who lives for others you can tell the others by their hunted expression C. S. Lewis

What were you expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically by? Basil Fawlty (as played by John Cleese) when a difficult guest complained about the view

He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them James Reston on Richard Nixon

Not good at quick repartee? Try one of the phrases below. And if words fail you, just clap slowly, of course.

Jonathan Self picks out 10 of his favourite bad school reports of all time, and laments the fact that the

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An entire feature on sarcasm? Oh, yeah, thats a GREAT idea - Country Life

The United States of America was established on goals and ideals of freedom, justice, and liberty, and every 4thof July, the country takes a moment to ponder those values. It is imperative to think about the manners in which various group of individuals are granted various opportunities and freedom in this nation. So, lets read some inspirational quotes to commemorate 4th of July.

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In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

Thurgood Marshall

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

Desmond Tutu

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Frederick Douglass

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves and allow those responsible to salve their conscience by believing that they have our acceptance and concurrence. We should, therefore, protest openly everything that smacks of discrimination or slander.

Mary McLeod Bethune

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Truth is powerful and it prevails.

Sojourner Truth

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones weve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Barack Obama

Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one anothers uniqueness.

Ola Joseph

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

Maya Angelou

That is the truly beautiful and encouraging aspect of freedom; no one struggles for it just for himself.

Fanny Lewald

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?"

Oscar Wilde

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"America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand."

Harry S. Truman

"One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation forevermore!"

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Freedom is not won on the battlefields. The chance for freedom is won there. The final battle is won or lost in our hearts and minds.

Helen Gahagan Douglas

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.

Germaine Greer

"Whoever walked behind anyone to freedom? If we can't go hand in hand, I don't want to go."

Hazel Scott

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

William Faulkner

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Nelson Mandela

"Liberty is the breath of life to nations."

George Bernard Shaw

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4th of July Quotes: Here are some inspirational quotes by renowned authors to mark the day - Republic World - Republic World

By Rick Kraft

Who you are today is no accident. Where you are today is no accident. You are who you are and where you are because of choices you have made. It is the Law of the Harvest. You will not find the Law of the Harvest written into our federal laws. You will not find the Law of the Harvest written into our state or city laws. Yet the Law of the Harvest governs each of us.

It is the law addressed in the Bible in Galatians 6:7 where Paul wrote, A man reaps what he sows. It is the principle that if you plant an oak seed, you get an oak tree. If you plant a dandelion seed, you get a weed. This law applies not only positively, but also negatively.

You have got to be careful what you sow because a single seed doesnt bring just a single result, it usually brings a multiple harvest. We reap what we sow. Isnt that what our lives are all about, reaping and sowing?

You see, actions bring consequences. We are each the CEO of our own life. Our lives are a series of choices. We choose what we wear. We choose what we eat. We choose whether or not we read the newspaper. We choose to be involved in our community. We choose how much time we spend with our family.

We choose what we do with our free time. We choose whether or not we even have free time. Life is lived one choice at a time. The choices we each make when compiled together make up who we are. It is the Law of the Harvest.

In our early years, our life is determined mainly by our conditions. A baby does not choose his or her family. A young child does not choose what type of home environment he or she lives in. But as age increases, so do a persons options. Uncontrolled conditions become controllable choices.

Choices become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes destiny. But it all goes back to individual choices we make and what we choose to sow. William Jennings Bryan said, Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

George Bernard Shaw once stated, People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I dont believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cant find them, make them. It is the Law of the Harvest.

I often time hear people complain that their life is in a rut. There is a sign up in Canada at the entry of an open field with undeveloped roads leading off in different directions. The sign reads, Choose your rut carefully. You will be in it for the next 20 miles. Isnt life that way sometimes? You look back and say to yourself, How did I get here? Some of us chose our paths many years ago. Regardless of the past, it is not too late to make a change if we truly desire one.

If your life is monotonous, it is you, not the world, that is boring. We live in a great and exciting world! How much we choose to give or receive in this world determines what our own independent experience with life is. It is the Law of the Harvest.

What really bothers me are people who sit back and complain and gripe because something is not going their way when a simple change on their behalf would cure the problem.

Let me encourage you to do a self-assessment. Step back outside of yourself and take a global look at your life. Do you like what you see? What are you sowing? What are you reaping? If you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting. It is the Law of the Harvest.

If you like what you are getting, be thankful and dont change a thing! If you dont like what you are getting, by all means make changes. Change something, change anything. But make a change in the choices that you make.

For example, if you do not get satisfaction out of going to work each day, first try to change your attitude. If that doesnt work, maybe you need to change your job or even your occupation. Life is too short for it to not be enjoyed.

We need to be proactive and not reactive. As Stephen Covey wrote, Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose based on principles and values rather than on moods or conditions. Proactive people are agents of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others.

Whatever you do, dont bring others down by your failure to make changes that are within your power. If you are unhappy in your job, it not only causes added stress in your life, it also drags down those around you and creates stress in their lives. A change results in a step up for both you and those around you.

My challenge to you is to recognize you are not where you are today by accident. You made an appointment to be where you are. Yet it is not too late to change your direction.

It is my hope that you make good choices and that you sow into each choice the actions to allow you to reap the harvest that comes from planting proper seeds.

May you make a difference and add value in the lives of others you interact with. And may you plant seeds for shade trees you may never be able to enjoy.

We each reap what we sow. It is the Law of the Harvest.

Just a thought

Rick Kraft, a South Pasadena High School graduate, is a syndicated columnist, a motivational speaker, a published author, and an attorney. To submit comments, contributions, or ideas, e-mail to rkraft@kraftlawfirm.org.

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The Telegraph reports that Gonville and Caius, one of Cambridges oldest colleges, intends to remove a memorial window dedicated to Sir Ronald Fisher, a former President of the college, because of his connections with eugenics.

This follows acts of vandalism around the college and a student petition.

Another right-wing racist to bite the dust, after Oxfords Oriel College council voted that Cecil Rhodes must fall? Perhaps. But just the other side of the Senate House, my old college Kings must surely be next in line. And for a much more famous figure of the last century, John Maynard Keynes.

I am not the biggest fan of Keyness economics, but theres no doubt that he is a major figure in the discipline. His promotion of government spending in recession is as influential on the left as it ever was, and we may expect to hear more of it as unemployment rises post-lockdown.

Perhaps as importantly, Keynes is still widely revered by many for his wider contributions to the nation: his work for the Treasury during the First World War, and his opposition to excessive demands for reparations after it; his contributions to developing the post- WWII multilateral institutions at Bretton Woods, and negotiating the American loan which saved Britain from bankruptcy in 1946; and his patronage of the arts (he was first Chairman of the Arts Council, Chairman of the Royal Opera House and founder of Cambridges Arts Theatre).

But this will count as nothing to todays iconoclasts. Keynes, like Fisher, believed in eugenics.

This late 19th/first half of the 20th century doctrine, inspired by a misreading of Darwin, insisted that some genetic groups are superior to others. To maintain the strength of the race, governments should promote a sort of selective breeding of the kind which improved dogs, cattle, sheep and other domesticated animals.

This could be done by encouraging superior genetic stock (perhaps through giving financial bounties to mothers) and discouraging inferior types from having children.

In the USA, this way of thinking led to the feeble-minded being sterilised; in Nazi Germany to their murder. It now seems to us now to be barbaric, crazy nonsense.

But not to many of our great-grandparents generation, and not to Keynes - who was no mere dabbler in eugenics. In 1914, he held that almost any measures seem to me to be justified in order to protect our standard of life from injury at the hands of more prolific races. Later in life, he served as Director of the Eugenics Society from 1937 to 1944.

So Keynes must be for the chop, then, by current standards. But he will not be alone. Many of the Lefts heroes will have to join him in the tumbrils.

William Beveridge, the architect of the Welfare State; Sidney and Beatrice Webb, the formidable advocates of trade unionism and admirers of the Soviet Union; H. G. Wells, the great science fiction writer, social critic and propagandist of the Left; George Bernard Shaw, Keir Hardie not to mention the editorial staff of the New Statesman (whose board was chaired by Keynes) and the Manchester Guardian. All were advocates of eugenics and associated racist ideas.

And dont forget pioneer feminists such as the Pankhursts and Millicent Fawcett (only recently honoured by a statue in Parliament Square which must now surely come down).

So a consistent application of wokeness to Britains past demands a cancelling not just of fusty old right-wingers such as Rhodes, Baden-Powell and Rudyard Kipling, but of virtually the entire pantheon of the British progressive left as well.

There is of course another choice: we could all grow up and college councils and other no-cost-to-them virtue-signallers could just concentrate on 21st century problems rather than trying ostentatiously to eradicate unsavoury aspects of Britains chequered history.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) With lives so completely changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many have let healthy habits go by the wayside, but can back to the office mean back to better health?

Its back to workouts for Daniel Chern of Midtown.

I definitely got a bit out of shape just sitting in the apartment, he told CBS2s Dave Carlin.

Losing his access to a gym full of equipment made him stall his fitness routine.

He works in finance and may soon return to the office, so he wants to have a new regimen that works before that happens.

Its understandable that it may be challenging, psychologist Alexandra Stratyner said.

Stratyner says shes counseling some people working from home who feel guilty for lacking the motivation for healthy eating and exercise.

The opportunities to exercise may actually be more limited [for parents or guardians] compared to pre-pandemic when you were able to drop the kids at day care or at school and go to a workout class, she said.

Stratyner says shame doesnt properly motivate anyone.

Registered dietitian nutritionist Alexandra Corwin agrees, saying eating healthier works when not viewed as a chore.

Make it into a positive experience, she said.

Experts say its important not to be too hard on yourself, set realistic goals and celebrate small victories.

Hamilton Heights resident Edith Taylor is on a mission to lose 100 pounds, and shes seen results.

As well with the 20 pounds Ive lost, Ive also lost three to four inches, Taylor said.

Experts also suggest finding someone who can motivate you, whether its someone you live with, a group or someone online.

Im part of a Facebook support group, so they help keep me motivated, Taylor said.

The main foods to keep out of the grocery cart are high-fat, high refined carbed and sugary food, Corwin said. So we want to keep those out, and we want to focus on bringing healthier foods into your home, like fruits and vegetables.

Corwin says take it slow and steady. Baby steps that make you feel better about you and your familys health will add up to big strides over time.

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The key to living longer could be to eat a healthy, balanced diet - including at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day - as well as regular exercise. But you could boost your life expectancy by simply doing 15 minutes of exercise every day.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including a well-rounded diet is crucial to prolonging your lifespan.

You could also boost your lifespan by doing regular exercise. Its the miracle cure weve all been waiting for, according to the NHS.

Making some small diet or lifestyle changes could help to increase your life expectancy and avoid an early death.

One of the easiest ways to make sure you live longer is to do just 15 minutes of exercise each day.

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Short bursts of activity could add up to three years on your lifespan, a dietitian has revealed.

Fifteen minutes of exercise could provide you with some benefits.

For every extra 15 minutes of daily activity you do each day, your risk of premature death is lowered by around four percent, according to Alina Petre.

"Everyone should consider doing more than 15 minutes of exercise every day, but anything is better than not doing any activity at all," she wrote on medical website Healthline.

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"Many people think that life expectancy is largely determined by genetics.

"However, genes play a much smaller role than originally believed. It turns out that environmental factors like diet and lifestyle are key.

"It should come as no surprise that staying physically active can keep you healthy and add years to your life.

"As few as 15 minutes of exercise per day may help you achieve benefits, which could include an additional three years of life."

Regular exercise is a crucial aspect to improving overall health, and helping you to live longer.

People that do regular exercise are up to 50 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes and some cancers, said the NHS.

It may even slash the chances of coronary heart disease and stroke by up to 35 percent.

All UK adults should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity every week.

Meanwhile, you could also lower your risk of an early death by drinking green tea, it's been claimed.

The tea has powerful antioxidants that have been claimed to increase longevity.

These antioxidants, which are known as catechins, protect against a number of medical conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.

Drinking more than four cups of green tea every day could lower your risk of death by as much as 23 percent, scientists have revealed.

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Andrew Thomas says his roommates understand the deal: For multiple hours a day, hes going to be posted up in the dining room area of their apartment, doing Zoom calls with teammates and coaches on the New York Giants.

In April, Thomas was selected with the fourth overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, and the Giants are hoping their highly-rated rookie will anchor their offensive line for a decade or more. But Thomas, like many other recent draftees, hasnt even signed a contracta side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted the traditional NFL offseason schedule. For now hes working out and studying the playbook in Athens, Georgia, where he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, though hes begun checking out some spots in New Jersey that arent too far from MetLife Stadium.

Thomass schedule is largely dictated by the aforementioned Zoom calls: He plans his day around them, and gets his meals and workouts in accordingly. In his limited downtime, he says he actually doesnt obsessively play video games; his stress-reliever is the piano.

In an interview with GQ, Thomas discussed how he altered his NFL Draft preparations and training, why hes on a carb-heavy diet at the moment, and how his interest in music has helped him absorb the Giants playbook.

For Real-Life Diet, GQ talks to athletes, celebrities, and everyone in-between about their diet, exercise routines, and pursuit of wellness. Keep in mind that what works for them might not necessarily be healthy for you.

GQ: Before the NFL Draft, when the pandemic really arrived in the United States, how did your day-to-day change?

Andrew Thomas: When the pandemic happened, Pro Day and all those events were cancelled. I had about 10 visits scheduled with different teams. That was the first big differenceinstead of going to the facilities to have my workouts, I started having lots of Zoom calls. Id wake up and have two or three Zoom calls with different coaches and members of their staff. And then Id drive 50 minutes to this place called DASH Performance in Gwinnett County. It was shut down to the general public, but I had a relationship with the owner, so he let me come in there with my personal trainer to do some social distanced workouts. It was very different to not be able to come as you please; we had to come at a certain time, and avoid working out in a group. I adjusted and made it work.

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What kind of workouts were you doing in the leadup to the NFL Draft?

After the NFL Combine, my workouts switched to more football-specific stuff. Before the Combine was more speed training. But after that, it reverted more to conditioning and strength training to be in better shape. Lots of position-specific drills that work your lower body and your hips. So, squats, power cleans, any explosive movements that you do when youre making a block. And then there are some run-block drills, different techniques with different weights, working your hands, stuff like that.

What does your diet look like lately?

Im not a huge breakfast person. Usually Ill just eat something quick on the way out of the apartment. I dont like to work out with a lot of food in my stomach. After I got drafted and we started having Zoom meetings that are pretty long, I had to adjust what times I work out. Ive been planning my meals more than I used to so I can make sure Im not running on fumes.

For lunch, I like some type of Mexican food, like a burrito, nachos, something like that. Lots of carbs. Usually theres brown rice, chicken, or ground turkey. Dinner is where I really sit down and eat. Thats steak and potatoes, maybe more chicken, maybe spaghetti and meat; thats my biggest meal of the day.

Are you cooking any of that up yourself?

I cannot cook. I can do breakfast, but my girlfriend helps with cooking, and other times I go get stuff from different restaurants. If I had to cook something up, itd be some type of chicken alfredo.

Have you always been eating lots of carbs and protein?

I used to be on more of a cut diet. I wasnt really eating as many carbs because I was trying to lose weight. Now Im trying to maintain, so Im eating more carbs. I want to get a little stronger too, build some more body muscle, which is why Im eating more protein.

Whats the most important tally for you and your dietary goals? Is it calorie count? Grams of protein?

My body fluctuatessometimes Ill eat food and gain weight, other times Ill eat a lot and my body weight wont change. I dont really focus too much on how many calories Im taking in. The biggest thing is hydration. I sweat a lot, so making sure Im hydrated is definitely instrumental for training, especially in avoiding soft-tissue injuries. Thats the biggest thing Im focused on.

How many sports drinks a day are you consuming then?

This is a new thing for meI used to drink that stuff all throughout the day. But the nutritionist with the Giants explained to us that its really not that healthy to be drinking those all day, given the amount of sugar in them. A big lesson for me has been sticking to water throughout the day, and then drinking Gatorade for my training sessions.

Whats your cheat meal?

Definitely fried chicken wings from a place called American Deli. I dont know if they have those up there in the North like that, but down South, its big, especially in the Atlanta area.

How have you been passing the time while mostly doing meetings from home?

The video game thing isnt going too well for me. My roommates play a ton, but I dont play that much. When quarantine started, I thought I was going to have a crazy amount of free time, but there really isnt that much. Especially before the NFL Draft, there were meetings all day, I was working out and getting position work in, and so I wasnt actually laying around the house very much. When I do get a minute, I like to play my piano in between meetings.

The Undefeated talked to you about how learning sheet music can come in handy when youre absorbing a football playbook. Is that something youve noticed with the Giants playbook?

The way my brain works, music and football correspond in certain aspects. The offensive line position is about technique, learning behaviors, and a lot of that stuff doesnt come naturally. Thats how a lot of music is too. When I was in the band in middle school, we used to have this event where wed have music prepared to perform, and then another part was music wed never seen before. To me, that kind of translates to the field. You have your plays and a game plan going in, but the defense is going to react and do things you havent seen, and you have to react.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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