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by Max Maxfield I’m a big fan of having hobby projects. In addition to taking one’s mind off the toils, troubles, and tribulations of the world, I think that having a new “thing” that you want to do is the best way to set about learning how to do it. Take adding a new programming language to your repertoire as an example. One way to do this is to wade through the language reference manual (yawn). Another approach is to come up with some algorithm or task you wish to ...

Thoughts over the last couple of days, youve had a piece talking about the power of a presidents words. >> yes, i mean i think it has been a moment where theres clearly a vacuum of the kind of leadership that franklin roosevelt described, in 1932, before he became president, saying the presidency is not an engineering job, it is not an administrative job, its preeminently a place of moral leadership. and i think not just console ner chief, which is a new cliche, you know, it is like saying that ...

Visit. >> the stories he told me about the missions that he accomplished, building schools, clinics, roadways and bridges, really had an impact on his life. he finally felt like, "hey, im getting to do something." >> reporter: when george left the military with the rank of captain, he took a corporate engineering job, but soon realized that life in an office building wasnt for him. he wanted to work for real people, which is why george put aside that fancy degree of his and went to vegas to trai...

Captain, he took a corporate engineering job, but soon realized that life in an office building wasnt for him. he wanted to work for real people, which is why george put aside that fancy degree of his and went to vegas to train as a firefighter/emt. >> focusing on himself was not how he wanted to live his life. he wanted to serve. that was a favorite word of his, to serve. >> reporter: so while shauna served drinks at the palms, george served as a firefighter and found time to volunteer, do what...

Will be selling true pop popcorn. >> reporter: she left a full-time engineering job to join the air force. now shes working to profekt the fellow americaning in a new way, nutrition. >> its a different kind of war. the amount of deaths that are happening in the united states can be preventable, cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease. >> reporter: she said the program is huge for her brand. >> 18 stores and now 9 states and covering lowes to 68 stores in the last 6 months. >> reporter: accordin...

Road, previous presidents these past few decades would have you know it has taken hard work to remain where we are today and a peaceful korean peninsula. >> people do w they can do and trump didnt get to the presidency by doing his homework. he didnt have a lot of work and due diligence. he popped off. and i think he likes the show. a friend of mine once said that everybody gets a job and everybody takes themselves and puts them in the job. for some people like jimmy carter, hes an engineer, he ...

This is his sister maria mcgrew. >> a valedictorian and on the football team. >> yeah. youd think hed be just a jerk, right? >> yeah. >> just kind of a jock, mean-spirited sort of who knows, stereotypical. >> reporter: but it was quite the contrary, said maria. >> he was always the calming force amongst family and friends. you know, he was the gentle speaker. he had this outlook in life where, "i wanna go out and make the world a better place. >> reporter: so george did. he earned a prestigious ...

Football team. i -- >> yeah. youd think hed be just a jerk, right? >> yeah. >> just kind of a jock, mean-spirited sort of who knows, stereotypical. >> reporter: but it was quite the contrary, said maria. >> he was always the calming force amongst family and friends. you know, he was the gentle speaker. he had this outlook in life where, "i wanna go out and make the world a better place. i wanna go out and do something with my life." >> reporter: so george did. he earned a prestigious appointment...

Football team. i -- >> yeah. youd think hed be just a jerk, right? >> yeah. >> just kind of a jock, mean-spirited sort of who knows, stereotypical. >> reporter: but it was quite the contrary, said maria. >> he was always the calming force amongst family and friends. you know, he was the gentle speaker. he had this outlook in life where, "i wanna go out and make the world a better place. i wanna go out and do something with my life." >> reporter: so george did. he earned a prestigious appointment...

Have come back since the depths of the recession arent what they used to be. >> with the auto company, i was making about $40 an hour. >> rick quinn worked at one of the big three auto makers for more than two deck katades unti was laid off. >> i put out resumes every day for all kinds of jobs. im not just looking for a an engineering job. im looking for anything i can find. >> donald trump wasnt quinns first choice but he voted for him in november and hes got a lot on the line facing $60,000 in...