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Anyone who reads this book cannot come away unmoved–cannot come away unchanged–cannot come away unenlightened.

Carlos Bulosan was born in 1913 in Pangasinan, in Luzon, in the Philippines. He was the son of farmer.

The first few chapters of the book detail his life in the Phillippines, working on a farm, plowing with a carabao and struggling with his family to make a living. After a difficult childhood, he immigrated to the United States in 1930.

Mr. Bulosan tells of the struggles, prejudice and injustice suffered by he and other pinoys as they manage to eke out a living in their new country. Carlos worked in the fisheries in the Northwest for a time. He eventually wound up in California where he did migrant work for many years.

Few books detail the struggle of migrant workers and immigrants as well as this book. If you read The Grapes of Wrath-compound the situations, add a big helping of racism, changes the characters to brown and you might get close to the meat of the book.

This first hand account of the farm worker in California in the 30s and 40s is often brutal. It reminds the reader of recent events where the victim was too brown, too black, too poor or any of the above and in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Parallel to this struggle is the struggle of the Mexican-American. To the scholar and to those who lived the farm worker experience, the reading will make the similarities apparent. His participation in attempts to unionize the workers in that era is one example.

The book gives the reader a glimpse of the prejudice apparent during his era. Some stores in California, at the time, had signs that read, “Dogs and Filipinos not allowed.”

The book shows the ugly underbelly of America. Carlos suffered beatings, threats and ill health due mainly or in part to his struggle in labor. Yet, through the years, Mr. Bulosan maintained a strong love for America. In fact, the book ends with a statement that no one could destroy his faith in America.

For those interested in the history of the Asian-American experience, for those who want to understand the past and for those who just love a great book-American Is In The Heart is for them.

Gene Smith is a writer from West Virginia. He spent 20 years in the Navy where he experienced the association of many Filipinos, their stories and an occasional sign that read, “Sailors and Dogs Keep Off The Grass.”

Here are some strategies to help you achieve your goals. Using these strategies* can help you reach your goals faster and with far less effort!

Strategy #1: Make sure your goal is inspiring. Take a look at your goals – are they merely interesting? Are they goals you feel you ‘should’ or ‘could’ or ‘ought to’ do? Make sure you feel really excited and inspired by your goal.

Strategy #2: Outsource or delegate your goal. Who says that you have to reach your own goal? Why not cheat a bit and have someone else do the work for you? This is often a
win- win situation.

Strategy #3: Set goals that express your values. If your goals are value based, they are often easier to achieve because they are an expression of what is important for you. Clarify your vision and your values then set your goals.

Strategy #4: Work with an achievement partner / coach. Reaching goals is much easier with synergy and support that a partner provides - even if you are certain you can reach the goal on your own.

Strategy #5: Have your goals “in your face”. Have your goals ‘pop up’, constantly reminding you about them, makes achieving them easier. There are some great tools / products to help you with this, including Goal Genie.

TIP OF THE DAY – Look into some tools such as Goal Genie to make achieving your goals easier.

My challenge for you: is a stretch strategy – go for an impossible dream AND be comfortable that you may never reach it. But in the meanwhile, you’ll reach lots of smaller goals along the way.

Final thoughts:
Knowing your destination is half the journey. Anon

* Source: Coaching School of Coaching

Michelle Zelig Pourau of Personal Power International is a successful business & life coach & professional speaker. She has considerable experience in all types of coaching around the world.
Michelle started her coaching career when living in New York in 1992 & continued coaching in New York, while still working on Wall Street. On return to Melbourne Australia in late 1996, she returned to Management Consulting. In 1999 she decided it was time to re-ignite her coaching career & has been coaching since. Given Michelle has had over 20 years corporate experience, one of her speciality areas is executive/corporate coaching – helping people to understand & distinguish behaviours that are effective & those that impede their success. Once these are understood, Michelle then works with clients to work through these issues.
Other coaching specialties are motivation, building confidence, de-stressing, setting &achieving goals, creating balance & life transitions, relationships and wellness.
Michelle is past President Interntaional Coach Federation 7/2002 - 12/2003

Women can have a difficult time in managing their negative
thoughts. It can be tough to have to experience fearful thoughts
that are intrusive, scary, and difficult to manage. As a result,
here is a short list of techniques that women can use to help
manage their negative and fearful thoughts.

>From my interviews with various psychologists, I was told that a
person should visualize a red stop sign in their mind when they
encounter a fear provoking thought. When the negative thought
comes, a person should think of a red stop sign which serves as
a reminder to stop focusing on that thought and to think of
something else. A person can then try to think of something
positive to replace the negative thought.

A person must not dwell or focus on the fear provoking thought
when it comes. The more a person tries to reason out the thought
or focus on the fear behind the thought, the stronger the
thought becomes. The next time you encounter an obsessive
thought, get into the practice of not dwelling on it.

A person should keep a small notebook of positive statements
that makes them feel good. Whenever they come across a positive
and uplifting verse that makes them feel good, write it down in
a small notebook. A person can then carry this notebook around
in their pocket and whenever they feel anxious, they can read
their notebook.

Sometimes, a person may encounter a lot of scary thoughts coming
at them all at once. Instead of getting upset, remember that
these thoughts are exaggerated and are not based on reality.
>From my interviews with various professionals, I’ve learned that
usually it is the fear behind the thoughts that gets us worked
up. Ignore the fear behind these obsessive thoughts, regardless
how the strong the fear may be. If you ignore the fear behind
these thoughts, then the thoughts become easier to manage.

Another thing to remember is that no one can predict the future
with 100 Percent certainty. Even if your fearful thoughts tell
you otherwise, the fact is that there are circumstances and
factors in every situation that can not be anticipated. We may
be ninety-nine percent in predicting the future but all it takes
is for that one percent to make the biggest difference.

Although I am a Layman and not a professional, I have
interviewed many counselors and I learned that there are many
ways to deal with these kinds of thoughts.