Live and Learn

"The person with burnt fingers asks for tongs."

– Samoan proverb

There's one thing for sure you can say about Americans: no two are exactly alike. (If after that line you expect me to drop in a political "snowflake" joke, don't worry. I'll leave that up to opinion writers who waste their words with name-calling.)

Back to the topic at hand: all you have to do is look around and you'll spot the differences. We are individuals with unique talents. Each of us has strengths in certain skills but less so in others.

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