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by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
… Read MoreAUTHOR CREDENTIALS: Monroe Mann holds a NY law license and a PhD in psychology. He wrote his PhD dissertation from Capella University on the decision-making process of successful entertainers.
by Tyrone Alcorn, Break Diving Staff (Accounting/Community)
Staff Sergeant, US Marine Corps
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
–Maya Angelou
Adversity is a visitor to us all.
It is not that we must escape the grasp of adversity, but we must prepare to meet it when it arrives.… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
I was eating lunch at KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) the other day, and the placemat had a bunch of ‘brain games’. Naturally, I figured they were kids games that wouldn’t challenge me at all.… Read More
The following is an excerpt from Og Mandino’s incredible book, “Mission: Success!” It’s a gripping novel, and the book tells an incredible story inspired by the author’s true experiences as a flying officer with the Eighth Air Force in England during World War II.… Read More
Shot by Claire Hanbing Lu
Break Diving Member and Volunteer in Canada
(c) 2017 by Claire Hanbing Lu, used with permission via a perpetual non-exclusive license to Break Diving, Inc. for any and all legal purposes.
Break Diving, Inc. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization.… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
Yes, you read the title correctly.
I want you to stop saying “Thanks” and “Thank you” to others.
WHAT?!
Yes, that’s precisely what I want you to stop doing.… Read More
Compiled by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
The following are real Chinese fortunes, newspaper horoscopes, and generally inspiring quotations I have encountered over the years. This is Volume Two! 😀 I hope they inspire you as much as they inspire me on my life’s journey:
… Read More“You will grow in awareness.
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
What follows is the first LFLO or Leaflow, i.e. Lessons From Loved Ones. This first one will be about my dad. It starts with the actual obituary I wrote for the local newspaper, then moves on to some amusing specifics about how he died, and then some lessons I learned from him.… Read More
Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
I find obituaries so bleak, clinical, and depressing. They are supposed to commemorate someone’s life, but let’s be honest, who really reads obituaries? I don’t.… Read More
Compiled by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
The following are real Chinese fortunes, newspaper horoscopes, and generally inspiring quotations I have encountered over the years. This is Volume One! 😀 I hope they inspire you as much as they inspire me on my life’s journey:
… Read More“Be Patient!
by Sarah Najem, Contributing Writer
English Language and Literature student at BAU, Jordan
The incredible futurist Jason Silva said: “A human is an insatiable wanting machine, designed to desire”.
Sometimes I pause to think about this statement, and in what dimensions one can apply this idea.… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME
Founder & Exec. Dir., Break Diving, Inc.
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” – Romans 8:18
I read this Bible verse today from an email sent from Steven Furtick Ministries (www.stevenfurtick.com).… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, ME, LLM, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
Wake up people! You could die tomorrow! Heck, you could die TODAY!
I hear so many people talking about what they are going to do one day, or what they are going to have one day, but if I ask them what they are doing to reach that goal today, they have a million excuses.… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
Yes, you can quit! But… in most cases, the reason you’re quitting is not acceptable.
You see, as far as I’m concerned, 99 out of 100 times, quitting is not allowed. … Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
& Producer, Co-Writer, Co-Director, & Co-Star of the feature film, “You Can’t Kill Stephen King”, a film I produced with Ronnie Khalil
Filmmaking, I now realize, is like a pirate ship. … Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
& Producer, Co-Writer, Co-Director, & Co-Star of the feature film, “You Can’t Kill Stephen King”, a film I produced with Ronnie Khalil
Why I Am Writing This
This is an amusing, but serious, account of the lessons I learned from 2008 – 2015 during the entire process of creating the feature film You Can’t Kill Stephen King, from conception, screenwriting, and fund raising to production, editing, Cannes!,… Read More
Psychology 101: In a class on abnormal psychology, the instructor was about to introduce the subject of manic depression.
She posed this question to her students: “How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits down weeping uncontrollably the next?”… Read More
Active members of our Break Diving community (www.breakdiving.io ) are recognized with a blog post all about that person, in interview format! If you are an active member of our Break Diving Slack community or are currently enrolled in one of our awesome courses, we would love to brag to the world about you!… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
Well, I am officially a coder now! I can actually officially say it without any crack in my voice!
I graduated from the Firehose program in June of 2017 and since then, have already launched my first app, and am hard at work at my second!… Read More
SSS3
That is pronounced Triple ‘S’ Cubed.
The three S’s stand for: Support, Scripture, Success.
As many of you know, Break Diving does have a Christian foundation. And I have learned over the years that my life without Christ makes no sense whatsoever.… Read More