The 1% Mentality - The Difference Between The Haves And The Have Nots

In the midst of the Occupy Wall Street protests, investigative journalist and Success Coach Te-Erika Patterson reveals the top 12 traits of the wealthy elite in her latest eBook, The 1% Mentality- The Difference Between The Haves and The Have Nots.

This eBook, available on Kindle, explores 12 distinct mental perspectives that the 1% have that are different from the lower class, enabling them to prosper beyond their wildest dreams. You too can become a part of the 1% by adopting these perspectives and pushing their principles to the limit.


About The Author

Te-Erika Patterson is an inspirational journalist and the publisher of MySavvySisters.Com, the leading empowerment website for women. She is the founder of My Savvy Sisters, Inc., a non profit organization dedicated to providing financial and emotional relief for women in crisis.

Patterson is also the creator of The Rebuild Your Life Project, where she gave away everything that she owned and became homeless on purpose to teach women how to overcome their fear of failure. For four months she explored the homeless lifestyle and mentality and presented mental strategies for success as well as survival skills women need to rise again after an extreme failure. She documented her journey in and out of homelessness on her youtube channel and in writing on MySavvySisters.Com.

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10 Movies That Will Make You Cry

My Savvy Sisters know that a vital part of being strong is understanding that showing emotion isn't a sign of weakness. We all need a good cry sometimes. Go ahead, release your emotion and let it all hang out by watching these clips of the saddest scenes from 10 Movies That Will Make You Cry.


Thomas J's Funeral (My Girl)




Rudy finally gets to play (Rudy)




To Me You Are Perfect (Love Actually)




You Make Me Want To Be A Better Man (As Good As It Gets)




The Moment Just Passes You By (My Best Friend's Wedding)




Celie Reunites With Nettie (The Color Purple)




Somewhere Over The Rainbow (You've Got Mail)




Jack Dies (Titanic)




Their Great Escape (Set It Off)




Wind Beneath My Wings (Beaches)

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Change Your Conversation - Change Your Life

What type of conversation flows out of your mouth most consistently? You can tell a lot about a woman's future by the conversation she has today.






Poor people generally speak of:

• Their problems and all the awful things anyone ever said or did to them
• Negative events that they have no control over
• Gossip about other people
• Blame everything and everyone for their misfortunes
• Complain about their lazy spouses, ungrateful kids, stupid boss, and parents
• Have strong prejudices against other social groups (usually this includes wealthier and more successful people, people of other nationalities and other religions)
• Brag about all the good things that they have ever done for someone else
• Investments they make in things that bring instant gratification, without thinking about the consequences.

Wealthy or the wealthy-in-training talk about:

• New theories and skills that they are learning
• Investment ideas and strategies
• People who inspire and guide them
• Positive events that have happened in their life
• Activities and things that motivate them
• Their long-term goals
• How they will feel once their dreams come true
  

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Poll Results: Where Do You Stand On The Occupy Wall Street Protests?

MySavvySisters.Com posted a poll that asked its readers to answer the question: Where do you stand on the Occupy Wall Street Protests?

Of the women who responded:

30% answered - I disagree with them
46% answered - I have no idea what they want
15% answered - I agree with them
7 % answered - I am a protestor

Analysis- What does this poll say about the way My Savvy Sisters view the Occupy Wall Street Protests?

The majority of women who responded to this poll are clueless as to the objectives of the Occupy Wall Street Protest. We attempted to explain both sides of the OWS Protest in an editorial- Occupy Wall Street Both Sides Of the Coin.

This general confusion mirrors the attitude of the majority of the country as well as the protestors themselves who are protesting because they are generally fed up with the big businesses who they claim are taking advantage of them and causing them to experience more struggles in life.

They protestors call themselves the 99% which is a way to distinguish themselves from the financial elite that control most of the wealth. According to a wiki style document called the Liberty Square Blueprint which acts as a voice for their demands which center around a government based on direct democracy, a concept that has not been used since ancient civilizations.

The next largest group of women who responded to this poll indicate that they disagree with the actions of the Occupy Wall Street Protestors. This may indicate that a large majority of My Savvy Sisters are financially stable and see no reason why they should protest.

The category in our poll that received the least amount of votes was "I am a protestor" which indicates that only 7% of My Savvy Sisters actively participate in the protest.

Why are My Savvy Sisters oblivious to the plight of The Occupy Wall Street movement?

Simple. My Savvy Sisters are not victims. We do not point the finger at anyone to blame them for our lot in life. My Savvy Sisters understand that we create our world through our choices and we do not look to others to offer a hand up. We do not compare ourselves to others causing us to feel badly about who we are.

We do our best. We make ends meet. We are devoted to taking care of our families. We are focused on making our ideal world into a reality. We take risks to go after our dreams and when we hear the word 'No' we simply know that there is another way to get what we want, and we re strategize.

This idea of protesting is an excercise of the right to free assembly and My Savvy Sisters respect that. We wish the protestors well in their plight and hope that they are able to see their mission accomplished.

While the protestors are actively organizing, My Savvy Sisters are doing the inner work that creates the strength and resolve to first visualize and then achieve our most lofty goals knowing that nothing can stop us from creating our very best lives.

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EDITORIAL: OWN: Oprah's Biggest Problem

I am not a television watcher because it's mostly crap but after reading about Gayle King's departure from OWN (the Oprah Winfrey network), I decided to do a little research about the OWN network which I am a fan of, only in theory, since I've never watched it.

I learned that Oprah is now the CEO- smart move! She says she now has time to devote to its programming and evolution after ending The Oprah Winfrey Show's 25 year reign over the airwaves.

As I perused the list of shows airing on OWN I shook my head. The reason why OWN has not gotten the ratings that it needs to stay on the air is simple: Oprah's vision is way too evolved for the masses.

Think about Oprah's own career. Her show was the biggest, bestest talk show that ever existed but it went through its own transition. After beginning as a television version of those disgusting tabloids, Oprah's popularity and power blossomed. She grew to heights even she never imagined. Once you reach the type of power and influence that Oprah did you can't help but stand back and wonder, "How did this happen?" and "Where do I go from here?"

Oprah set out to do the inner work that many of us don't do until we stand face to face with our mortality. As a result of this soul searching, The Oprah Winfrey show evolved and she took her international audience with her. Millions of women grew with her as she battled her weight issues, sought answers on spirituality and decided that romantic love wasn't the ultimate love.

What do you do when you reach the top of Mount Everest? You take some pictures, plant a flag and go back down the mountain. You don't find other mountains to climb because you've conquered the biggest and baddest. You go home and find another way to experience the high you felt as you prepared for your biggest journey and set out to reach your destination. Oprah is at the point where she wants to share a message of hope and enlightenment to mankind yet the issue is; mankind isn't ready to receive it.

What passes for television these days? Reality shows that celebrate debauchery and bad decisions. Bad news is the standard for any "hot" news channel or website. The majority of America hasn't woken up to their divinity yet and that is the population that Oprah's network serves.

It worked the same way for me. I could not find anything on the Internet that gave me the information, inspiration and resources I needed to be the best woman I could be so I created what I wanted to see by creating this website. Every woman won't appreciate my mission simply because only women with my specific mentality will understand its value.

Oprah's biggest problem isn't that the shows she airs aren't good. Her biggest problem is the fact that we still live in a dumbed down society that celebrates stupidity and the majority of people want to hear bad news and watch the world tear itself down. The majority of people are walking around unaware of their real powers and their entertainment choices reflect that.

Does Oprah want ratings or does she want a network with content that reflects the culmination of her most powerful epiphanies?

If she wants ratings she should:

• Hire Kim Kardashian as a talk show host
• Run re runs of In Living Color
• Air a reality show about South Florida night life
• Create a Celebrity Wrestling Match Show
• Create a Soap Opera

If Oprah wants to continue on her path she should:

• Ignore the ratings and reviews
• Make her network- FUTURE FOCUSED
• Seek out new leaders in art, politics and spirituality and give them a platform
• Find ways to integrate exploring the latest technology in the presentation of her shows
• Create a distinct model of movies that will help brand her network
• Partner with Google Plus and showcase the diversity of its users
• Hire writers to develop sitcoms and dramas that reflect the future she wants to see
• Host a late night talk show with a host that challenges mainstream ideas and invites popular music artists to perform

I am confident that Oprah can do this. Don't discount her efforts just yet. Humanity does not know that it needs what Oprah is offering, not yet anyway. We are still awakening.

Give her some time to focus and hear her intuition as she makes her transition from the face in front of the camera to the force that molds the way we entertain ourselves as a society.

All my best!

Te-Erika

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Kotex Tampons Recalled After Being Infected With Bacteria

Kimberly-Clark is recalling nearly 1,400 cartons of Kotex Tampons. She says the plastic tubing could contain a bacteria that could cause “dangerous infections.”

The recalled boxes have the SKU numbers 15063 and 15068 on the bottom of the box.

The contaminated tampons were shipped to Walmart stores in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas. All stores have been notified to pull them from their shelves … no infections have been reported as of this report.

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REVIEW: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Author: Rebecca Skloot

Reviewed by L. Cherelle


The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a riveting story about an African American woman’s unsung contribution to medicine. While undergoing treatment for cervical cancer in 1951, two tissue samples were removed from Henrietta’s cervix and sent to a cell culture lab for examination without her knowledge. One of the samples led to a massive discovery—the first immortal human cells—which assisted in the cure and treatment of many illnesses. For years, Henrietta was only known in the medical and scientific communities as the infamous HeLa—an acronym for her immortal cells. Her family, however, remained in the dark about the ever-growing cells and the multimillion-dollar industry that was birth as a result of them.

This nonfiction work delves into a pivotal scientific breakthrough and the lives of Henrietta’s descendants. It provides an extensive account about Henrietta’s life and cancer, the medical professionals she encountered, her invaluable cells and their implications in science. Page after page, you develop an unrelenting need to find out what happens to the family; why they where oblivious to Henrietta’s cells; what, if any, restitution is made to the family; and if there are any ramifications for those who researched and sold HeLa.

To counter the extensive fact based reporting, Skloot weaves legal, medical, scientific, familial and cultural journeys into a narrative that accelerates the pace of the hefty book and keeps each chapter interesting. And Skloot does so mostly through the words and experiences of Deborah, Henrietta’s second daughter. I wish that a greater portion of the book were devoted to Henrietta’s importance in science. There was a point in which I learned too much about Deborah, her siblings and their children. Sadly, Deborah (and the family in general) became a spectacle and her plight began to overshadow her mother’s significance during the reading.

I found myself laughing out loud at Deborah, rather than siding with her emotional, uphill battle to find peace in her mother’s death and immortality. In addition, Skloot uses examples such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study to trace related cultural and medical instances in American history that brought forth forums on ethics, rights, consent, and race-based medicine. Given that Henrietta was a Black woman who suffered and died from cervical cancer, I wonder why Skloot never mentioned Black women’s role in the development of gynecology. In doing so, she could have made a profound connection between the use of women’s bodies as research subjects in medical advancements pre and post chattel slavery.

Despite those weaknesses of the book, you can’t finish “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” without feeling some ounce of gratefulness for Henrietta, sympathy for her family, or questioning your stance about donorship and consent, ownership and compensation, or exploitation and bioethics. It leads you to question your physical and societal worth.

If you seek an educational nonfiction read rooted in hard-hitting fact and monumental legacy, you will find the “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” an appreciated literary adventure.

L. Cherelle is the author of “Accept the Unexpected’ and manager of Resolute Publishing—a publishing collective for women. She is a graduate of The University of Tennessee with bachelor and master degrees in Fine Arts/Graphic Design and Business Administration, respectively. To view her books, magazine, and projects, visit www.ResPublishing.com.

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EDITORIAL: Burst Your Bubble

By Christina Fermin

We Americans have become complacent. Not only have we become complacent, we are satisfied. We are not happy, just satisfied. Not only are we complacent and satisfied, we are comfortable. We are comfortable with the status quo and the way things are. We seem to live our lives within a bubble. Things that go on in the world beyond the bubble don’t matter and we pay little to no attention to them. Some of our bubbles are good, some of them bad, but either which way, we abide by the rules of the bubble and never want to leave it, change it or grow out of it. Essentially we have settled.

What have we settled for? A life, a society and a country that is less than that to which we aspired to when we were kids or young adults. When we are young, we are full of energy and ready to battle the world. As life takes its tolls on us, chipping away at the dreams we once held, we begin to settle. We settle for that desk jobs we dislike. We settle for limited benefits and virtually no time off to replenish ourselves. We settle for what happens beyond our scope of understanding and knowing. We feel defeated, and in feeling defeated, we create this “safe” bubble, where we may or may not dictate what goes on in this bubble.

I dare you to step out of that bubble. Step away from it and the mundane thinking of the everyday complacency about life. Take a risk, be spontaneous, do something wild and fun. I’m not talking about shopping or getting in your car and going somewhere. I’m talking about trying something you have always wanted to do and are too afraid to think about. Don't question it- just do it! Go skinny dipping, take salsa classes, take that trip to Europe or New York or Bali that you have always dreamt of doing. Go for a motorcycle ride or try something new. Whatever you choose to do, make sure it makes you feel alive and free.

The problem with the bubble that we end up creating is that it makes us numb. We forget what it feels like to live and be alive. We lose our imagination and creativity. Eventually, we lose ourselves. So go paddle boarding or kite surfing. Try skydiving or a road trip. Take a walk on the wild side and do the things that you keep talking about, but never take the time to do. I’m sure you have responsibilities, jobs, limited funds, kids and a home to maintain but you owe it to yourself. We sometimes get so caught up in caring for the lives of others, that we forget about ourselves- Don’t.

Remember that you’re number one. Unless number one is happy, no one around you will ever be happy. Remember the adage- smiling is contagious? Well, so is being happy. The best thing you can do for yourself and the people you love is to be happy. Sometimes, we have to be a little wild and crazy and selfish to feel alive again, and that’s ok.

When was the last time you felt alive? When was the last time you laughed and joked and lived in the moment? Don’t you owe it to yourself to enjoy this simple pleasure? Liberate yourself by following your dreams and passions. Don’t give up and when life knocks you back, get right back up and keep going.




About the Columnist

With a bachelors degree in political science from Florida Atlantic University, Christina Fermin has always cultivated her love for history, politics, sociology, ancient knowledge and teachings, the outdoors, the ocean and the environment. Christina strives to make our world better by helping us all create a new reality and understanding of all taking place here and now.

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$83,000 in College Scholarships Available to Minorities in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC®) and the McDonald's Owner/Operators of the Greater Philadelphia Region are seeking qualified applicants from the Greater Philadelphia Region to enter the RMHC Scholars program; the RMHC/African American Future Achievers program for African American high school seniors; the RMHC/Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources® (HACER®) program for Latino high school seniors; and the RMHC/Asian Students Increasing Achievement (ASIA) program for Asian high school seniors. Fifty (55) total scholarships are awarded ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each.

RMHC offers college scholarships to all high school seniors who demonstrate academic achievement, leadership, community involvement, financial need and plan on attending a two- or four-year college during the next academic year.

"RMHC scholarship winners are exceptional students who excel academically while taking on extra leadership roles and volunteering in their communities," said Mike Anton, president of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region, Inc. and McDonald's Owner/Operator. "Each year we are proud to recognize their accomplishments and to help make a college education a reality for these outstanding young role models."

Applicants will be asked to submit a high school transcript, a letter of recommendation and a personal statement detailing their background and community involvement. Applications are available in high school guidance offices and must be completed and postmarked by no later than January 27, 2012. Students, parents or educators can download an application or apply online at www.rmhc.org. For additional information regarding any of the scholarships, please call the scholarship hotline at (215) 790-4320.

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