self-determination

self-determination

August 25, 2016

Learning To Trust My Intuition

Her Latina heritage encouraged her to trust her dreams. Her business degree taught her rational analysis. Now Sacramento public radio listener Cynthia Sommer believes intuition is her best asset.
June 4, 2016

I Am Still The Greatest

To be “The Greatest of All Time,” boxing legend Muhammad Ali said you have to believe in yourself. It’s something Ali’s parents taught him as a child, and it’s helped him through the biggest challenge of his life: fighting Parkinson’s disease.
January 25, 2016

Learn to Have a Voice

I believe that having a voice in something that you invest in, whether it involves time or money, will build you into a stronger person. All my life, I have grown as the one to be taken advantage of, only...
December 2, 2015

Untalented

I am a music student. In the world of music you hear a lot about talent. However, I am not a talented musician. What I want to end up doing in my life is teaching music to middle and high...
August 28, 2015

Staying Positive

I believe in always staying positive and never giving up on anything you set your mind on. Even when you feel like the whole world's against you and throwing their negativity at you. My family really never paid much attention...
August 21, 2015

Hold Tight to Who You Are, and Don’t Let Go

I believe that each one of us as individuals, makes a difference, and that we should hold tight to who we are at our core. I believe that values and self-worth are bred and not born. That we are influenced...
July 2, 2015

There’s Immense Power in Being Me

I don’t know how much power there is in me. I suppose it depends on what kind of power. But I believe there is incredible power in being myself. My childhood was a wreck. I hardly ever went to school...
July 2, 2015

Judging From the Outside

I believe that everybody is beautiful; we all come in different shapes and sizes. People label me as the girl who loves to smile and make people laugh, but what they do not know is that ever since I was...
July 1, 2015

The Power of Perseverance

I believe in perseverance, hard work and overcoming obstacles. Everyone has something that stands in their way of reaching paramount success and having all that they desire in life. For me, my obstacle was my own drive and ambition. I...