Pointers That Show You’re Succeeding In Life When You Feel Otherwise

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Pointers That Show You’re Succeeding In Life When You Feel Otherwise

We all feel like failures from time to time. While this is a normal feeling, you have to find a way to see yourself and your life from a different perspective. Sometimes we ignore the “little things.” Just because you are not a millionaire, don’t live in a mansion, and you don’t drive a fancy car, that doesn’t mean you’re a failure. In fact, it’s quite the contrary.

Here are 20 signs that you are succeeding in life:

1. Your relationships are less dramatic than they used to be.
Drama is not maturity. As we age, we should develop maturity. So maybe your relationships were drama-filled in your past, but if you have moved beyond that, then you are successful.

2. You are not afraid to ask for help and support any more.
Asking for help does not equal weakness. In fact, it is a strength. No person has ever succeeded in isolation. It takes teamwork to accomplish goals. Asking or help is a sign that you have grown as a person.

3. You have raised your standards.
You don’t tolerate bad behavior any more – from other people, or even yourself. You hold people accountable for their actions. You don’t spend time with the “energy vampires” in your life anymore.

4. You let go of things that don’t make you feel good.
No, this is not narcissistic even though it might seem like it. Self-love is success. Love yourself enough to say ‘no’ to anything that doesn’t make you happy, doesn’t serve your purpose, or drags you down.

5. You have moments where you appreciate who you see in the mirror.
Ideally, you should appreciate who you see in the mirror at every moment. But even if that doesn’t happen, if you do it more than you used to, then that is success. Love yourself. You are awesome.

6. You have learned that setbacks and failure are part of self-growth.
Not everyone can have success 100% of the time. That’s just not realistic. Life is about victories and losses. So look at your setbacks as stepping stones to something better. In reality, there really is no such thing as as setback. It’s all just part of a wondrous journey.
You may be interested in reading this too: 20 Common Habits Successful People Consciously Reject

7. You have a support system that includes people who would do anything for you.
If you have figured out the people who “have your back” and recognized the ones who only pretend that they do, then you have succeeded. This is a painful realization, but once you learn to see the signs of betrayal, you can stay away from those people.

8. You don’t complain much.
Because you know there really is nothing to complain about. Unless you really have gone through some horrific life experience and had unimaginable losses, most of what we all experience on a day-to-day basis is just mundane. And successful people know that. And they live in a space of gratitude.

9. You can celebrate others’ successes.
Just because other people succeed, that doesn’t make you a failure. Applaud the people who rise to the top. The more positive energy you give to other people’s victories, the more you will create your own.

10. You have passions that you pursue.
You are not stagnant. You know you have something wonderful to contribute to the world. You have unique talents and gifts. Not only do you know that, you pursue it… Read More

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Gospel Artistes Collaborate on Christmas Collection CD

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Gospel Artistes Collaborate on Christmas Collection CD

RCA Inspiration recently announced the release of its new holiday compilation album, “Gotta Have Gospel! Christmas… O Holy Night”.

This timeless collection is the latest offering from the ‘Gotta Have Gospel’ series which brings together the biggest artists in gospel as well as superstars from other genres to provide music lovers with a complete listening experience from start to finish.

Featuring perennial favorites including, “The First Noel,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” and “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” ‘Gotta Have Gospel! Christmas… O Holy Night’ is certain to bring enjoyment this holiday season and for years to come.

The 15-song collection boasts of some of the most beloved and recognizable voices in both popular and inspirational music performing holiday classics and modern worship songs.
The award-winning artists featured are: Fred Hammond, Mary Mary, James Fortune & FIYA, Marvin Sap, Joe, Israel Houghton & New Breed, Anthony Brown & Group therapy, Ayana George, Richard Smallwood, Donnie McClurkin, John P. Kee & The New Life Community Choir, Yolanda Adams, Commissioned, Tarralyn Ramsey, Hezekiah Walker and the late Whitney Houston.

The ‘Gotta Have Gospel!’ series is a brand partnership between RCA Inspiration and Integrity Music and became available in stores and via all digital music providers on October 21, 2014…Read More

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Gospel Songstress Unveils Album

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Gospel Songstress Unveils Album

Shakesphere said “if music be the food of love…”,
That seemed to be the best words to explain the nature of the crowd that gathered at the sensational album launch and unveiling of one of Nigeria’s best praise and worship ministers known by the name Monique,as fans came out in multitudes to honor her.

The event took place on Sunday, November 2, 2014 via a concert held in Ikeja, Lagos. The album titled “Power Flow” was released from the stables Spaghetti Records owned by renowned gospel artiste Mike Abdul of The Midnight Crew.

In attendance were Colleagues,friends,fans and various media practitioners.The Album which consists of 11 tracks is a combination of worship and praise tracks and showcases Monique as a power house when it comes to Nigerian Gospel music.

Apple Gears Up to Release SmartWatch

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Apple Gears Up to Release SmartWatch

Apple’s first smartwatch, the Apple Watch, which till now only featured an ‘Early 2015’ official launch date, might finally hit markets in spring.

Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores at Apple, Angela Ahrendts, purportedly revealed the spring time frame to company employees via a video message.

The alleged video message was then transcribed and leaked (via 9to5 Mac). The relevant part of the purported announcement read, “We’re going in to the holidays, we’ll go into Chinese New Year, and then we’ve got a new watch launch coming in the spring.”

The exact month or dates are yet to be known, with the US spring starting from around March and lasting until around June.

In September, another report had hinted the Apple Watch will be released on Valentine’s Day (February 14). However, this contradicts Ahrendts purported announcement that mentions a release after the Chinese New Year (February 19).

9to5Mac adds that sources close to Apple’s plans have revealed the Cupertino firm has already started planning the retail strategy of its first smartwatch. In a recent all-hands retail employee meeting, Tim Cook reportedly said that staff will be trained to help customers try the Apple Watch along with different sizes and bands.

Cook, while announcing new iOS and Mac products last month, also introduced the WatchKit software developer kit (SDK) for developers to build apps for the company’s upcoming Apple Watch. The WatchKit SDK will ship in November, and with it, Apple wants to make sure that there are enough apps for the platform before it finally releases the Apple Watch.

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Facebook Introduces App to Stalk Fellow Passengers Before Boarding Plane

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Facebook Introduces App to Stalk Fellow Passengers Before Boarding Plane

No one wants to be sitting next to an oddball for the duration of an 11-hour flight. But surely stalking your fellow passengers online is more than a little creepy.
A new app will allow passengers to pry on their fellow fliers’ social profiles before even setting foot on the plane.
Quicket, a travel app for smartphones and tablets, which facilitates ticket booking, flight tracking and provides detailed airport maps, has released its updated version this week.

The ‘social check-in’ option allows passengers to view others who have chosen seats on the plane by just clicking on their avatar linked to their social profiles.
Nosy fliers can even log in anonymously enabling them to view other passenger´s avatars, without providing any of their personal information.
But luckily, your fellow passengers won’t be able to spy on you without your consent. ‘Only users who approve the social feature will be presented on the flight,’ said a spokesman.


To be seen or to see fellow passengers, air travellers will have to check in themselves.
Fellow passengers will then be able to look at their profile, read information about them and study their photographs.
The app’s iOS and Android versions both include Facebook ‘social check-in’.
Other features of the app including the ability to book tickets for yourself and companions, choosing from all available options; review seat options and luggage rules; check-in directly and track flights.

Photo: Dailymail.co.uk
Photo: Dailymail.co.uk

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American Released from North Korea Says Detention Over Bible Worth It

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American Released from North Korea Says Detention Over Bible Worth It

Jeffrey Fowle, who became the center of an international incident when he left a Bible in North Korea, and who later served nearly six months in detention for doing so, knew exactly what he was doing.

He knew the risk and he knew the possible consequences. And he thinks it was all worth it.

He also now has a chore list about a mile long.

Fowle, a Miamisburg, Ohio, husband and father of three children, spoke publicly Friday for the first time since being released. He said that his visit to North Korea in April was motivated in part by a desire to visit the country, which few Westerners have seen in decades. But clearly this was a trip about faith —and proselytizing.

In the weeks before Fowle left Miamisburg for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, another American was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for spreading the word of God. So Fowle knew the risks.

“I did. I knew I was going against the laws of the DPRK,” Fowle said. “Having seen the plight of the people, I knew about the severe Christian persecution. I wanted to help them.”

So Fowle left a Korean/English Bible in a public bathroom in a restaurant/bar in Pyongyang. Clearly his tour group was being watched because the next day the tour guide asked if anybody had left anything behind. Fowle would not deny his actions, even though he knew it meant trouble. He raised his hand and said he left a Bible.

For two days nothing happened. Then, at the airport at Pyongyang, when he was preparing to leave the country, Fowle was detained.

He was held in his hotel room for nearly a month, and then a detention center for the next five months. Did he think God would protect him? “Yes, and I believe I was protected, I was never harmed physically,” Fowle said. “I was never in jeopardy of giving up faith.”

But that is not to say his time was easy. The beginning, especially, was arduous. Fowle did not know what his wife knew about his disappearance. He kept thinking of Tatyana waiting for him at an airport. He wondered about the fears of his children, Alex, 13, Chris, 11, and Stephanie, 9…Read More

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More Evangelicals Gain Access into Brazil’s Congress

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More Evangelicals Gain Access into Brazil’s Congress

By a very slim margin Brazilian voters have returned leftist President Dilma Roussef to office for another four years.

Roussef won the national election with the support of many evangelicals, who now account for over 30 percent of the population.

But evangelicals were divided.

“If you go to the churches, you will have more or less the same that happened in the last elections last Sunday here in Brazil,” the Bible Society’s Erni Siebert said. “Half of the people will be in support of the government.”

To gain the support of evangelicals, the president downplayed her party’s pro-abortion and pro-homosexual initiatives. But while voters returned Roussef to the presidency, they also sent more evangelicals to Congress, making it the most conservative legislature in years.

Siebert is hopeful.

“Really we hope that these leaders will affirm their positions on God’s Word,” he said.

He said that doing this would be a testimony to society and that they would “bring a good influence to the country so the country will have the fear of God in their hearts.”

The reason Christians are multiplying and the nation is changing, Siebert believes, is because of Brazilians’ growing interest in the Bible. The Brazilian Bible Society distributes around seven million Bibles a year.

Source and Original Content by Cbnnews

Nexus 6 and Nexus 9: Google’s New Phone and Tablet

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Nexus 6 and Nexus 9: Google’s New Phone and Tablet

In general, Google’s Nexus line of devices represents the epitome of how the company’s Android devices are supposed to look and feel. Google and a manufacturing partner collaborate on the gadgets; they run an unaltered version of Android, Google’s mobile operating system; and they receive updates as soon as they are available.

These devices usually give a glimpse into what Google is planning and what features will be coming to smartphones in the future.

Which brings us to the newest members of Google’s Nexus family, the Nexus 6 smartphone, Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player set-top box. The three gadgets were unveiled earlier in October, and we finally got to try them out ourselves Wednesday at a press event in New York City.

Playing off the name of Google’s latest Android release, Android 5.0 Lollipop, the hands-on event was held in an art gallery that was transformed into an awesome candy-sodden diabetic nightmare — there was literally candy on the walls that you could, and I did, eat…Read More

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Photo: yahoo

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New Mac Editions of MicroSoft Office and Outlook

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New Mac Editions of MicroSoft Office and Outlook

Microsoft understands that Mac people have just as much work to get done as its Windows PC owners do. So, as it’s done for the past umpteen years, the company has announced that it will again bring its latest Office suite of programs for spreadsheets, word processing, email, and more to Apple’s line of computers.

But not until next year.

The company wrote in a blog post Friday about its plans to bring the successor to Office 2011 for Mac, which will include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote, sometime in the second half of 2015. Its popular email software program, Outlook, is being released now, ahead of the pack, available for download by Office 365 subscribers.

Microsoft’s pay-by-the-month 365 program, starting at $6.99, allows subscribers to download and install the latest versions of Office software to PC and mobile devices, as well as access its tools online from any Web browser. The company also sells stand-alone software packages of Office for desktop the old fashioned way, with the full version starting at $219…Read More

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Megachurch Mars Hill Plans to Dissolve: Either Go Independent, Merge or Disband

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Megachurch Mars Hill Plans to Dissolve: Either Go Independent, Merge or Disband

The Seattle-based megachurch Mars Hill, once led by pastor Mark Driscoll, has begun the process of dissolving, and its 13 regional congregations have been asked to either go independent, merge with another church, or disband entirely, announced Dave Bruskas, the church’s teaching pastor while in transition, at noon on Friday.

Although Driscoll was not mentioned in the “Local Mission, Local Churches” blogpost on the church’s website released as a letter to Mars Hill by Bruskas, the normally outspoken pastor resigned on Oct. 14 from the multi-city megachurch he and his wife helped found 18 years ago after a series of calls were made for him to step down from ministry due to his admitted “divisive” leadership style.

In the letter, Bruskas writes that the elders recognize that the “reorganization plan is a significant and complex undertaking on many fronts; however, our goal is to have the process completed by January 1, 2015.”

He asks the regional churches to be in prayer for local elder teams as they contemplate in the next few weeks whether to become an independent, self-governed church, merge with an existing church to create one independent, self-governed church, or disband as a church and shepherd members to find other local church homes. He adds that the decision will be made by the local church’s lead pastor and elder team…Read More

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