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This document provides an introduction to a self-help book titled "Invest in Yourself" that aims to guide personal and professional development through spiritual and practical means. The introduction discusses the author's experience with religion growing up and how it led him to see the Bible as the best self-help book. It emphasizes that the key to improvement is changing one's thought process to be more positive by understanding God's unconditional love. The book that follows will explore a five-step process for improvement based on the PDCA cycle of continuous improvement.
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The passage discusses how the earliest Christians lived communally, sharing possessions and distributing resources to those in need. While this exact model may not be practical, it prompts reconsidering what we own individually versus what we hold in common. The author reflects that in reality, we do hold all things in common as interconnected neighbors, with a shared responsibility to care for resources that belong to all.Final Portfolio
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