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Stop Robbing Yourself
“The price of great- ness is responsibility.”
~Winston Churchill
mpowered Greet- ings. Stop robbing yourself the way Arthur Berry robbed Arthur Berry.
Who is Arthur Berry, you ask? He was a famous jewel thief that stole from the rich. He dressed like the rich, acted like the rich and spoke like the rich, but his moral compass was poor. He even- tually served 25 years in prison.
After being released, a newspaper reporter inter- viewed him. He told the re- porter of his various exhilarating adventures. But the one thing that stuck with me was that he also told the reporter that “when you write the story of my life, when you tell people about all the burglaries, don't leave out the biggest one of all...
“Don't just tell them I robbed Jesse Livermore, the Wall Street baron or the cousin of the king of Eng- land. You tell them Arthur Berry robbed Arthur Berry."
Arthur realized that while he was robbing the rich, he was also robbing himself. So again I say, stop robbing yourself. Stop rob- bing yourself of your great- ness by not capitalizing on the gifts and talents God has bestowed upon you.
Stop robbing yourself of precious time by not making full use of the 86,400 sec- onds that God grants you with everyday. Stop robbing yourself of your financial freedom by spending large amounts of money on mate- rial things, but you haven’t invested any money in your financial future. Stop rob- bing yourself of a healthy and productive life by having unprotected sex, smoking,
drinking, slipping and dip- ping, scheming and thieving. In life, whatever you do in the flesh you will also reap in the flesh. Whatever you sow into your life, that is what you will get out of your life. I challenge you today to start sowing a righteous seed. Stop robbing yourself and start robbing the grave of
your greatness.
Make up in your mind
today, that you cannot and will not die, without being and achieving all that God has designed for you to be and do. Until next time be empowered for greatness.
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Do We Need The Apple Watch?
pple surprised us with
the first Apple watch September of 2014. The watch was introduced around the same time of the iPhone 6. Tim Cook, the head of Apple promised us a bold adventure, a watch that would perfectly compliment the iPhone in every way.
This new smart watch was designed with internet activity, display text messag- ing, voice control and fitness tracking. Despite all the glamour and promises, Apple did not know for sure if the watch would take off in sales. The first Apple watch did so well in sales, they launched the second series with GPS capability and other neat fea- tures, including a very bright display.
The watch is selling so strong Apple has continued with a fourth series iWatch. The Apple watch is the num- ber one wearable smart watch in the world ahead of Samsung and other competi- tors. The Apple iWatch has become more than a fashion piece, a stable and necessary tool for busy people. You can use the watch to control your daily calorie intake and mon-
itor weight loss and keep an eye out for important text messages without scrum- maging through your pocket to get to your phone.
A neat feature with the iWatch is returning phone calls and text messages by talking into the watch and sending an audio message in- stead of typing. Gym freaks will like controlling their music through the face of the watch instead of grabbing for the phone with sweat run- ning down our palms.
But is it worth shelling out big bucks around $300- $400 for the iWatch? It de- pends on how much you use your phone. If you like mon- itoring your daily activity and need a companion, then it’s well worth the purchase. If you are constantly in meet- ings the third or fourth gen-
eration will work great for you. The first generation iWatch was way too slow and barley responsive for all that money. The second and third generation watches have a dual core processor, which makes the iWatch much faster than the first genera- tion.
There are other neat fea- tures of the iWatch, such as using it as a flashlight, listen to podcasts, you can turn it into a walkie-talkie, monitor your heart rate, pay with Apple pay and even store ticket information.
Some people like using their watch as a night clock, it looks great in the dark. I suggest buying a custom band as the band shipped with the watch is a little finicky and may slip off your wrist at times.
Eric Hall holds a Mas- ter’s Degree from the Uni- versity of South Florida in Instructional Technology and Cybersecurity Digital Forensics. He has been a computer technician for over 20 years. He is formerly the manager and owner of Comptech PC, Inc. in Fort Pierce, Florida. Follow him on Facebook.
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