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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!
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By Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, ME
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
As promised, here is another of my Acorn Investment App updates.
I’m now up to $122.15 in just two months.
Specifically:
$39.56 in the last 30 days
$10.00 one time
$.34 in dividends
$5.00 in referrals
I suspect I’ll surpass $250.00 by the end of the year.… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
Author, “The Theatrical Juggernaut – The Psyche of the Star” (now in its 2nd edition)
PHASE 1 – DEVELOPMENT (Where most projects get stuck)
Before I even explain what development is, let me start by explaining that development is where most projects get stuck. … Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
For you coders out there who are hosting your dynamic sites on Heroku, here are some helpful tips that you will likely use over and over that you may find helpful to have here in a central place.… Read More
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
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by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME
Founder & Exec. Dir., Break Diving, Inc.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently downloaded the Acorns automatic investing app. You can read more about it elsewhere on this blog.… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME
Founder & Exec. Dir., Break Diving, Inc.
If you’re a rails user, awesome news: there’s an amazing gem that takes less than 5 minutes to install, and voila, you’ve got a beautiful admin backend to handle all of your users. … Read More
by Dr. Monroe Man, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME
Founder & Exec. Dir., Break Diving, Inc.
If you ever do a search for software online, I’m sure you often end up on Capterra.com. It’s the Yelp for computer BUSINESS software and apps, and it allows users to rate software.… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME
Founder & Exec. Dir., Break Diving, Inc.
If you want an awesome online database program to keep track of people in your life, the projects you are working on, the books in your library, or whatever, I recommend obvibase.com… Read More
This is a simple list of US States and World Countries for your memorization and/or copying for use on another website. I am tired of google searching for an easy cut/paste list (because they are hard to find), so I created it myself.… Read More
by Dr. Monroe Mann, PhD, Esq, MBA, LLM, ME, EMT
Founder & Exec. Dir., Break Diving, Inc.
Almost 20 years ago, I wrote a book called, The Theatrical Juggernaut – The Psych of the Star (now in it’s 2nd edition). It was the first book I ever wrote, and it’s hard to believe I wrote it back when I was 22!… 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
Founder & Executive Director, Break Diving, Inc.
Note: although I am a lawyer, the following is not legal advice, but rather, just some helpful tips to point you in the right direction as you get your own 501(c)(3) not-for-profit up and running. … Read More