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Stephen King’s Four Charms for a Successful Life

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Days before Halloween in 1979, my wife, Dallas Morning News reporter Judy Williamson, met famed author Stephen King at Dallas Love Field. It is one of the few interviews he has ever granted.

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Stephen King interview by Judy Williamson/Dallas Morning News/October 1979

King met her on a layover while promoting his fifth book, The Dead Zone.

What Judy learned was more surprising than the plot twists in his horror novels.

King directly and indirectly suggested four charms for a successful career and, believe it or not, a cheery life.

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Laugh Out Loud: Why Jennifer Fulwiler Changed My Definition of Success

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Can a comedian change the way you define success? Jennifer Fulwiler changed mine.

She has six children born in eight years, drives a minivan, and lives in a three-bedroom house with her husband in Austin, TX.

Instead of feeling trapped by six complicated pregnancies, she overcame what most folks call limitations by finding and firing up her blue flame.

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Jennifer Fulwiler is a national comedienne redefining success/jenniferfulwiler.com

Your blue flame is your natural talent in action, making the world beautiful.

Nothing can hold you back if you follow Jennifer’s fundamental principles for success.

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Mastering Life’s Challenges: How to Win the 5-Second Game

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Ask Cowboys Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer, who unexpectedly lost his beautiful wife to natural causes in 2009 at age 50, how to master challenges like the sudden death of a spouse.

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Cowboys Head Defensive Coach Mike Zimmer faces family losses/Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Ask him how he coped when he got a phone call that his son and best friend, a talented NFL coach himself, was found dead on his couch alone in his apartment at age 38.

The sudden death of a spouse or a child ranks number one as life’s most significant stressor.

Ask Coach Zimmer how football, the game he loves, knows, and coaches is a metaphor for handling life’s toughest challenges.

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Discover peace and purpose in the middle of your brokenness

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Robert Fulghum may have found peace and purpose for us all when he posed a question to Alexander Papaderos, PhD Philosophy, during a lecture at the site of a Nazi massacre in Crete during WWII.

“What is the meaning of life?”

Fulghum queried Papaderos, the founder of a peace institute built on the site.

Alexander Papaderos was taking questions after his lecture attended by Fulghum.

The famous author, like the rest of the crowd, was horrified after hearing how the Nazis . . .

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  • decimated Papaderos’ village
  • executed hundreds of the villagers
  • threw Papaderos into a concentration camp

And now he stands before this crowd, calmly lecturing and taking questions about this unspeakable murder.

As Fulghum asks about the purpose of life, nervous laughter engulfs the daring question.

But Papaderos willingly answered Fulghum.

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Exclusive: Rare Blue Supermoon Puts DNC Leaders to the Test

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A rare blue supermoon will light up the night sky as the DNC leaders convene in Chicago.

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Super blue moon in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India on 08/30/2023/Sipia via AP Images

Maybe God is sending a message.

The time has arrived to focus on big new goals.

Every great movement in politics, faith, or business is open to change.

“We possess all the resources and talents necessary. But the facts of the matter are that we have never made the national decisions or marshaled the national resources required for such leadership. We have never specified long-range goals on an urgent time schedule or managed our resources and time so as to insure their fulfillment.” John F. Kennedy, Speech to Congress, May 1961.

Kennedy challenged the country to put a man on the moon by the end of that decade.

What are political leaders inspiring us to do now?

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