That the Conservative values of enterprise, self-improvement, self-reliance and traditional families are also the values of many ethnic minorities.
They discover how to take self-improvement and learning skills seriously, improving their self-esteem in the process.
Self-improvement has forever been an American religion, but the norms about what is normal keep changing.
In contrast to many rivals, Ms Winfrey has made self-improvement a part of her brand.
Whelan got the idea to start teaching self-help classes, which she framed as the sociology of self-improvement.
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Winfrey, known for a feel-good message and penchant for self-improvement, used the final hour to teach one last lesson.
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Hanks plays Larry, a blithe, middle-aged spirit who loses his job and, with barely a hiccup, embarks on self-improvement.
Destroying the other, or feeling destroyed by them, totally swamps desire for self-improvement.
High progressivity is poison for growth because it kills the incentive for self-improvement.
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The salespeople who earn the highest commission generally practice self-improvement regimens, Sobczak says.
Now, it is well known that most educational and self-improvement books are not worth the trees killed to produce them.
In another company town 30 miles to the north a more famous manufacturer put itself through similar cycles of self-improvement.
Moreover, all of the performance metrics used by the quantified self movement are used to for behavior modification to drive self-improvement.
Deeper than this was Thatcher's sympathy with what is best in America: freedom, enterprise, opportunity, optimism and the urge for self-improvement.
Third, to the Chinese people, American universities, for all their shortcomings and blemishes, are still beacons of freedom, individualism and self-improvement.
Thrift, debate, self-reliance, self-improvement: it all sounds very like the moral and political training of a certain grocer's daughter from Grantham.
Although it may help undermine our self-improvement plans, overconfidence might give people a leg up as we compete, some experts say.
An economy until recently dependent on peasant farming in harsh latitudes has shaped a stoic national character and an appetite for self-improvement.
He is also a model professional, never caught drinking before a game, obsessed with self-improvement and driven by the pursuit of trophies.
Above all, he is admired for his triumphs over adversity, successfully overcoming several serious injuries and setbacks and continuously striving for further self-improvement.
During his recent speech before the civil rights group, the NAACP, he made reference to these events to emphasise his theme of black self-improvement.
Compared with Europeans, who instinctively look to government for guidance, the vast majority of Americans still believe that hard work is the key to self-improvement.
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It became the bible of this new religion and Scientology grew rich, charging its followers for self-improvement courses that promised fulfilment and ultimately superhuman powers.
It had the trendy wind of righteous self-improvement at its back.
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Her research shows that self-improvement projects are also popular with residents.
Even a recent TED blog on the 7 Benefits of Gaming still focused on self-improvement rather than meaning as the best way to justify gaming.
We offered loads of advice for career and self-improvement.
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This process begins with a desire to change behavior and embrace willpower as a method of controlling your finances, as recent research suggests that this has genuine scientific merit as a self-improvement tool.
But they're work--all that goal-setting and strenuous self-improvement.
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