America is hungry for heroes in these dispiriting, violence-riddled days, so Erin Gruwell is having her bright moment in the spotlight. The 37-year-old teacher from California recently was portrayed ...

* African Americans have long been big supporters of motivational books. Along with fiction novels, motivational books make up a huge percentage of books bought by African American readers. To name ...

Our last two posts have dealt with Tiger Woods, a sports figure with a name that is known around the world. Tiger came in 2nd at the PGA, which was played at Hazeltine Golf Course in Chaska, MN.

So you're not a "10" in every which way. But you're probably pretty spectacular in some way, and definitely good enough in most areas of life. If ever there were a time to stop beating yourself up for ...