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How the Will Smith slap smarts like the Tabasco mosquito

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Unlike Will Smith and the Tabasco mosquito (1998 Super Bowl commercial), wise folks ponder before plunging.

Both made impulsive choices with long term consequences.

When Chris Rock joked about Will Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss, calling her “G. I. Jane 2” at the 2022 Oscar’s, Will bowed up like a banty rooster and strutted to the stage.

He slapped the comedian host on prime time TV and yelled obscenities.

Will Smith slaps Rock
94th Academy Awards Oscars Show/Brian Snyder/Reuters

The Tabasco mosquito in the famous Super Bowl commercial acted on a similar impulse.

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Ukrainian compassion is the compass for world peace

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Ukrainian compassion and strength is what the world needs now.

Compassion for world peace
Captured Russian soldier consoled by Ukrainian soldiers/DailyNationToday

Love sweet love. Not weak love.

Strong love.

Be perfect in love even with your enemies.

Here’s a smart way to put the fire out of attack.

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Zelenskyy’s stand: How to fight when all looks lost

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy knows how to fight.

Fight for a nation
Zelenskyy on the screen in Prague, March 4, 2022/Michaela Rihova/CTK via AP Images

No panic. No doubt. No retreat.

Last stands are usually doomed. Otherwise, it’s not a last stand, right?

Yet, they often signify a turning point where the group expending its all in a final act emerges the victor.

For this to happen in Ukraine, we remember two examples.

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A Daily Dose of Enthusiasm Makes Success Come True

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The medal-winning German bobsled team shows how enthusiasm is the single trait for success.

The magic of enthusiasm
German bobsled team medal sweep 2022 Olympics/Michael Kappeler/AP Images

Six members of the German bobsleigh team sparked enthusiasm in an otherwise dreary, drug-laden Winter Olympics.

Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Johannes Lochner, Florian Bauer, Christoph Hafer, and Matthais Sommer captured more than three medals.

They captured the three great laws of enthusiasm.

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How the Miss USA Tragedy Shines Light on Hope

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Depression haunted Miss USA Cheslie Kryst.

On Sunday morning, January 30, she jumps from a 60-story building.

Depression overwhelms Miss USA
Miss USA Cheslie Kryst at the 2019 Miss Universe Pageant/Paras Griffin/GettyImages

Why?  Why?  Why?

Looks like she had it all.

  • MBA
  • Law degree
  • Beauty queen
  • TV correspondent

But, “she was dealing with high-functioning depression,” her mother said.

In March 2021, Cheslie wrote an essay in Allure Magazine.

“Turning 30 feels like a cold reminder that I’m running out of time to matter in society’s eyes. How do I shake society’s unwavering norms when I’m facing the relentless tick of time? I discovered that the world’s most important question, especially when asked repeatedly and answered frankly, is: why? Why work so hard to capture the dreams I’ve been taught by society to want when I continue to find only emptiness?” Selected quotes, Allure Magazine, March 4, 2021

Three pathways light our escape from emptiness and depression.

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