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How much money do student athletes really make from NIL? According to the NIL marketplace Opendorse, the average compensation for student athletes on their platform was about $1,300 per deal in Year 1 of NIL. It should be clear that averages can be inflated due to very large deals by a handful of student athletes when analyzing data like this.  For Ryan Schachtner he is an “Award Winning Name, Ima...

According to a January survey in USA TODAY  which measured the safest places to live in the world, the United States ranks at 129th with a score of 2.44, marking the country's score "low." Just above the U.S. is Azerbaijan, and just below is Brazil.  “Civil unrest continues to be the primary driver of the deterioration,” the GPI report says about the U.S., noting rises in the political terror and...

Research from the National Institute of Health shows that plant-based diets are cost-effective, low-risk interventions that may lower body mass index, blood pressure, HbA1C, and cholesterol levels. They may also reduce the number of medications needed to treat chronic diseases and lower ischemic heart disease mortality rates. Olivier Mankondo is a keynote speaker, author, weight loss and wellness...

In just the first three months of Fiscal Year 2023, over 7,000 migrants per day on average were apprehended after illegally crossing the border. Those numbers don't include hundreds of thousands of aliens who evade apprehension entirely estimated at almost 600,000 just in Fiscal Year 2022, according to the US House Oversight Committee.    Illegal immigration touches every fabric of American societ...

If you lead a life rooted in your faith you can use it as a source of strength to propel yourself through adversity and celebrate the promise of prosperity on the other side. Susan Welch-Rodriguez is an extraordinary woman whose life story is both fascinating and inspiring. With 44 years of experience as a Deputy Sheriff, she currently serves in the Dallas Sheriff Posse, riding on mounted horsebac...

The current divorce rate in the United States is 3.2 per 1,000 population according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This means that approximately 827,261 divorces were recorded in 2019, with the total number of divorces since 2000 topping 8.3 million.  Andy Heller is a successful businessman and not a divorce professional such as a divorce attorney, mediator, therapist, co-parenting counselor, or the h...

The Journal of Clinical Nutrition has compiled data from a registry of volunteers, and here are some of their findings. After one year, 35% of people regain at least 5 lbs. 59% maintained their weight. Only 6% continued to lose weight.   Lizzie Merritt is a Martha Beck Certified Wayfinder Life Coach and professional weight loss coach specializing in helping people figure out why they don’t do the...

Leadership it’s the component of your life, which you lean upon in order to prioritize the events and objectives in your life which you hold close to the vest.  There your non negotiables the things in which you’re unwilling to compromise on at any cost.  Putting such a list in sequential order may cause you to seek some assistance in the matter.  If you fall into such a category today, you’re in...

According to www.zippia.com There are an estimated 12 to 24 million e-commerce sites in the world, with 2.5 million based in the U.S. Online businesses are growing every day. With easier access to the internet, especially through mobile phones, along with advances in server technology, the market for internet users is expanding.   Allan Miles is a father of 5 children between the ages of 5-14, hus...

College athletes earned an estimated $917 million in the first year of Name Image and Likeness (NIL) payments, which began in July 2021, according to new data from Opendorse. Opendorse, which provides technology to the athlete endorsement industry, projects the NIL market will produce $1.14 billion in NCAA athlete compensation over the next 12 months. Shawn O'Gorman is the Director of Name, Image,...

At least 1 in 7 children have experienced child abuse or neglect in the past year in the United States. This is likely an underestimate because many cases are unreported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For Kari (Fox) Kelley she is passionate about advocating for awareness and prevention of child abuse and “my life experience is such that I feel compelled to provide su...

Physical activity reduces many major mortality risk factors including arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease, stroke, and cancer. All-cause mortality is decreased by about 30% to 35% in physically active as compared to inactive subjects, according to the National Institute of Health.  David Germeau  is a man who has spent more than 20 years of his lif...

Statistics from the IBIS World Landscaping Services Industry Report shows that the landscape services industry has a market size of $129 billion in 2022. The industry employs more than 1.2 million people and represents 633,481 landscaping service businesses and represents 633,481 landscaping service businesses currently. Between 2017-2022, the market size of the landscaping industry has grown at a...

Essence Magazine reports women make up just 23% of U.S. NFL agents, and of that, only 10.4% are Black (men or women.  Jill McBride Baxter The daughter of a Hall of Fame football coach (Ron McBride), Jill McBride Baxter was born into a sports family. She’s turned a love for the game and combined it with a passion for the law to become a leading sports agent and attorney. She’s been representing pro...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention There were 51,642 home births in 2021, an increase of 13% from 2020 (45,646). This increase followed a 19% rise in the number of home births from 2019 (38,506) to 2020. For (non-Hispanic) White women, the percentage of home births increased 10%, from about 1.9% of all births in 2020 to almost 2.1% in 2021.    Nathan Riley, MD, is a board-...

The American Academy of Neurology estimates that mild cognitive impairment is present in about 8 percent of people age 65 to 69, in 15 percent of 75 to 79 year-olds, in 25 percent of those age 80 to 84, and in about 37 percent of people 85 years of age and older.  Jimmy St Louis is a businessman, former competitive athlete, and family man. He is the founder and current CEO of Franchise123 and The...

The framework for your own personal development is incumbent upon your own desire to elevate the level of personal investment you’re willing to make in yourself.   Society tends to pull us in multiple directions and influence our thinking and the way we grow as people.  Making it imperative we construct our own roadmap and portrait of victory.  To ensure, we can write and control the narrative to...

Choosing to have a victorious mindset in life is a personal choice we all have to make.  To be aware of the version of our lives which define our most vigorous level of success. The great thing about life is such a definition is different for all of us.  The direction we choose to take it is ours to discover.   Because you see, maximizing your fullest level of potential starts by optimizing your t...

Only 63% of Small Businesses Invest in SEO, Despite Enticing Long-Term Benefits, according to Yahoo Finance.    Visual Objects, a B2B guide for choosing the best creative services, found that nearly half of small businesses (47%) don't have search engine optimization (SEO) efforts at their businesses.  Matt Gerchow, is  a leader in the content marketing space and developer of the leading SEO app –...

Placing value on your life is a self determined equation.  We must make sure individually we define our purpose, success, and depiction of prosperity.  The great thing about life is such a description is different for all of us. Furthermore, the answers to the test of consequence are left to all of us to write. They all have individual fabric, and our goals have a way of defining our picture of gr...

In today’s world the intersection of sports and music plays an intrical role in our line of thinking, and how we approach society at large. It informs our decision-making and helps us to form a philosophy which assists us in winning in all aspects of our life.  No one knows this better than Andy Frye. He has written for Rolling Stone, ESPN, Chicago Tribune, and other publications. Currently, he wr...

Writing a story of redemption and resilience causes you to publish chapters of struggle and strength with the promise of prosperity at the end of your rainbow.   For  online fitness and mindset coach David Falco “I came from a divorced household at 7 years old, hopping around 19 different residences from different homes, apartment buildings, trailer park, grandparents & girlfriends homes, and even...

Exposing what professionals really think about their bosses, here are a few of the most startling results: Only about half (53%) of employees agree that their boss values their opinion, Forbes reports.   Ron Ross is a dynamic speaker, facilitator, and consultant that specializes in creating happy, harmonious, and high-performing teams. Ron is an expert on building successful culture and group dyna...

According to the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), around one in five adults experience a mental health condition at some point during their life. Among student athletes, however, approximately 30% of women and 25% of men report having anxiety. According to the National Institute of Health dancers and performers  have higher distribution of PTSD (20.2%) compared to the normal population...

Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, as well as recognize and influence the emotions of those around you. The term was first coined in 1990 by researchers John Mayer and Peter Salovey, but was later popularized by psychologist Daniel Goleman. For  Executive Coach Phill Johnson he’s developed the  Master of Business Leadership program which ha...