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There are ladies who are incredibly brilliant, driven and ambitious. You can tell they are loaded from the onset. Such people tend to have a light shine on them and often end up in the public eye doing great things. You shouldn’t marry someone like that and try to cap her … you will kill her spirit, kill the marriage or kill yourself. Remember that your wife also wants to die empty. Your responsibility as a husband is to give her wings to fly. Be a real man, a secure man. Manage your ego and support her. Now if this is difficult for you to stomach, please don’t marry her. In your house, everyone should be a cheerleader urging each one to victory. If you know you've the tendency to be jealous of people’s progress or be competitive, marry wisely. More importantly, deal with this weakness. It’s a bad one & reeks of emotional immaturity. (D) Finally- Attitude. Sometimes the husbands try to be supportive but the attitudes of the wives make it very hard. 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His support helped you become successful. Even if he has not been supportive still carry your blessing with decorum and don’t disrespect him. Remember the blessing comes from God. A woman that sees God’s perspective when it comes to the marriage institution will not misbehave when blessed. God has chosen to bless your family through you. Be humbled by the blessing and obedient to God’s order. To both man and wife: keep praying for each other’s success. Both of you should do your best, no one taking advantage of the other. Keep aspiring to get better and more productive. Keep pushing the limits and be the best you can be. God will cause joy to fill your home. I hope this has been helpful to you. I will be back next week with another topic. Until then, thanks for following and retweeting. May your marriages and relationships be sweet! #MrMrsBetterHalf

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If you’ve been living under a rock, NBC shocked the world and somehow convinced Michael Jordan to sign on as a “special contributor”. “Insights to Excellence” is sadly everything I thought it would be… nothing. He wasn’t in the studio or anything. Looked like some pre-recorded interview with Mike Tirico from who knows when at his house, talking about why he’s come out of hiding. The thing lasted about three and a half minutes. “To pay it forward. I had the obligation to basketball.” - MJ on the decision to join NBC Okay Mike. Hoping for some actual insight in future recordings. TWO) Champs Are Here OKC received their rings and raised their banner before the game. Vibes were immaculate. Dillon Jones was even in attendance. Good thing the Wizards waived him just in time for him to make his flight. Rockets weren’t having it, though. Ime Udoka said that they didn’t watch the ceremony and were instead focused on trying to ruin their night. Kevin Durant came out for warmups to loud boos, and so he booed them back. Everyone laughed. Meanwhile, Steven Adams still gets loud cheers because, well, who doesn’t love Steven Adams? It was a rough go-around for all Thunder not named Chet Holmgren (28 points, 11-17 FG) to start, especially SGA. He had just five points at the half on 40.0% shooting (2-5 FG), but you can only contain the league and Finals MVP for so long. He scored 24 of his 35 points in the 4th quarter and overtimes. What’s up with the four missed free throws (10-14 FT)? "I'm glad the guys enjoyed the ceremony. That's a great, great life event they had." - Mark Daigneault "It was surreal. I don't know how to describe it besides that. Seeing the banner raised was cool too... I'll remember it for the rest of my life." - SGA on the pregame ceremony THREE) Thunder Starters One of the more critical questions going into Opening Night was, “Who’s the 5th Thunder starter?” as we wait for JDub’s wrist to get right. SGA, Dort, Chet, and IHart felt obvious. Between Alex Caruso, Aaron Wiggins, and Cason Wallace, I leaned Cason mainly because of the bigger picture. Didn’t make sense to start Alex after managing him all last year, but then he started in every preseason game he played. Had to give that some sort of credit (and we did). Well, they ended up doing what they did a lot last year: change it up midway. Wallace started, and then Caruso started the second half… for Hartenstein. Here we go again. Cason’s playmaking looks improved. Daigneault went 11 deep (!!!) in the first quarter. Rookie, Brooks Barnhizer was the fourth sub off the bench, played about two minutes, and was never seen again. Part of that reason is Ajay Mitchell, who checked in after him (for Shai). There’s been some buzz, going back to his standout Summer League (19.8 ppg, 5.3 apg, 4.8 rpg, 1.5 spg). He scored 12 of his 16 points in the second quarter. “Not surprised. He was playing like this before he got hurt last year.” - Mark Daigneault on Ajay Mitchell FOUR) Jumbo Lineup It’s not much of a surprise to see Udoka start with the Steven Adams/Alperen Sengun pairing after how dominant they looked at the end of last season (+29.9 net rating, 162 minutes)—especially given the matchup, with Holmgren and Hartenstein on the other side. The real shocker is how much they leaned into it. Alpi and Adams shared the court for over 30 minutes (+8). LIKE WTF?!!! This was Adams' first time touching 37 minutes since November 9, 2022. They did just sign him to a three-year extension. You’d think they might wanna be careful with their investment. The average height of this Rockets' starting lineup is 6'10 (Thompson, Durant, Smith, Sengun, Adams), LMAO FIVE) Alpi Dominance Continues Maybe what Sengun was doing at EuroBasket 2025 (21.6 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 6.6 apg, 1.0 spg, and 1.1 bpg) translates over? Not gonna lie, I certainly had my doubts, but no… he’s looking just as dominant (I know, one game). Alperen Sengun vs Thunder: 39 PTS 11 REB 7 AST 2 STL 5-8 3P (career-high) 10-11 FT 27.7% USG Yeah, I see it too. Second time in his career, he’s attempted eight threes. Dude averaged 1.2 attempts per game last year. The hitch in his shot appears to be gone, so hey, this could be real (doubt it). All I know is that if it is, it’ll do wonders for his ceiling on sites that reward threes (DK). Also, going 10 of 11 from the line is something worth paying attention to. He was a 69.2% free-throw shooter last season. On the flip side, Amen Thompson (18 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast) had seven attempts from behind the arc and missed them all. Sucks, but his shot still looks flat. There’s no lift. While we’re here on Thompson, he had to leave the game late because of cramps. SIX) The Reed Conundrum I’ll give Reed Sheppard (9 pts, 4 ast, 37.9% TS, 28 min) this; he’s a confident motherfucker, and I love that about him (in a cute way). It’s hilarious how many times he looked off KD in this game. He’s gonna have stretches where he’s feeling it and looks automatic, but is it really gonna be worth it if his defense looks this dreadful? He can’t stay in front of anyone. The Thunder hunted and won that matchup with ease all night. Amen getting cramped up in OT1 really salvaged his minutes, cause I didn’t think he was gonna see the court again. Again, I know it’s only one game, but a couple more performances like this and things could get ugly. SEVEN) KD Gets Away With One Or should that say gets away with none? Kevin Durant (23 points, 9 rebounds) made his Rockets debut, and there’re gonna be two things you take away from it. Why’d you trade for him again? He was pretty much non-existent when they needed him most down the stretch, with a 12.5 USG% in both OT’s. There shouldn’t have been a second overtime. KD was clearly seen calling for a timeout after a rebound with about a second left on the clock. The problem is, they didn’t have any–He Webber’d it. He should have been T’d up, giving the Thunder a free throw to potentially end the game. Zarba and his buddies even got together to talk it over once the buzzer sounded, but did nothing. Strange, but luckily, it didn’t end up mattering much since OKC won in the second overtime. “Kevin definitely called timeout 3 times… They just missed it.” - SGA The Thunder beat the Rockets 125-124. EIGHT) Kuminga Starts Gallagher and I both felt pretty confident (sounds so stupid saying that with Kerr) that had Mosey Moody been available for this one, he would have been named the fifth starter, but his calf’s still bothering him. Steve Kerr decided to start Jonathan Kuminga (17 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 33 minutes) instead, rewarding him for a strong preseason. There might be some more rewards coming because, whew, this is exactly what they’ve been wanting to see from him for the last couple of years, especially the boards. You wouldn’t know it from looking at Luka’s box score, but JK did about as well as you could defending him; he made his threes (4-6 3PT) and consistently found the open man. I’m gonna go ahead and guess that he starts again against Denver on Thursday Let the showcasing begin. “When you ask for opportunity, you must deliver. He’s been very vocal about his opportunity and he delivered.” - Draymond Green on Jonathan Kuminga “I just wanna help JK be great… We’ve been kickin' it. Hanging out. Watching film and just working on our game together. I know how great he wants to be and how great he can be.” - Jimmy Butler on mentoring Jonathan Kuminga NINE) Jimmy Being Jimmy One of the funnier moments of the night came post-game, when Jimmy Butler talked about a bet he made with Draymond Green. The wager is that he’ll have a better free-throw percentage than Steph Curry this season. Deadass, hahaha. He admitted that it’s probably a bad bet but I still love that he does this type of shit. Two years ago, he said he was playfully aiming to shoot 50.0% from three. He obviously didn’t hit that mark, but he did shoot a career-best 41.4% that season. If you’re wondering how the bet is looking to start after Game 1: Jimmy Butler: 16-16 FT (100.0%) Steph Curry: 8-8 FT (100.0%) Will keep you updated as the season goes. Jesus, 16 free throw attempts. “No chance.” - Steph Curry when asked if Jimmy Butler has any shot at winning the bet Before we’re done with GS, a shoutout to Will Richard (5 points, 14 minutes). We tease Kerr all the time about playing these randos, but this kid looks like he can actually play. TEN) All Luka and Austin The Lakers are gonna struggle hard while LeBron’s out. They just don’t have any other guys on the team that can create. Luka Doncic (43 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 34.7% USG) and Austin Reaves (26 points, 9 assists, 30.1% USG) scored or assisted on 97 of the Lakers' 109 points. So wild. Marcus Smart (9 points) was the first sub off the bench. As for DeAndre Ayton’s debut (10 points, 6 rebounds, 4 turnovers), let’s just say it didn’t take long for the Lakers’ fan base to turn on him. Poor guy looked lost out there. "We just started. This is probably the second game we've played together." - Rui Hachimura on what the difference was for the Lakers "The trend I see is that we continue to be a terrible third-quarter team." - JJ Redick The Warriors beat the Lakers 119-109.

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A Weekend Message to Global Pioneers Hello, pioneers! This is Doris, Founder and Chairperson of the Global GCV Movement. Today is Saturday. It is a very nice day. First of all, I want to wish everyone a happy weekend! Today, I just want to give you a brief summary about what has been happening recently with our Global GCV Movement. Recently, we completed an important stage of our reorganization. Our structure is basically finished now. Everything is going very well, and I am very excited. During these days, I have been communicating with different communities around the world. Today, I have been communicating with the Vietnam community and Thailand community leaders. We have also prepared another meeting with the Thailand community for next Monday. Next week, I will talk with GCV leaders and pioneers from different African countries. The following week, we are preparing a meeting for the Arab community. After that will be India, and possibly some other countries. I am very happy because during this process, I have seen many great leaders. They are energetic. They have vision. They are very smart. Most importantly, they can recognize what is right and what is wrong. This is one of the basic qualifications of a good leader. Why Do I Want to Talk to You Today? Because I have found that one of the biggest problems in our community right now is misinformation and fake promises. These have become obstacles on our path toward financial freedom. I know what everyone wants to ask: When can we have money? When can we achieve financial freedom? Right? This is the answer everyone wants. But today, I want to tell you: It also depends on you. If you can be humble enough to study and truly understand how Pi Network works, and if you stop being misled by so much misinformation and fake news, you will gradually understand the answer. Because you must look at Pi Network as a complete and systematic structure. It is not something where only one part can work and then the entire system will automatically succeed. Technology Alone Is Not the Answer For example, many pioneers have been misled. They assume: Technology alone can bring them financial freedom. So they wait for upgrades. They wait for contracts. They wait for smart contracts. They assume that once these things arrive, they will achieve financial freedom. So they just keep waiting. Every day, they wait. They do nothing, but they expect something to suddenly happen. I tell you: That is impossible. Why? Because the vision of Pi Network is for Pi to be used as a currency. This is different from simply being an asset. If something is only an asset, you may not need to do anything. You buy it, hold it, wait for the price to increase, and then sell it, hoping to make a profit. But Pi Network is different. Because the vision is for Pi to become a currency. So we must understand: How can we support the long-term vision of the Pi Network Core Team? If pioneers cannot understand this long-term vision and only have a short-term view, then they will do nothing. And after Migration, they may immediately sell their Pi. That behavior will have an impact. Ecosystem Maturity, Migration, and Pioneer Behavior This part is extremely important. Please listen carefully to this logic. The development of Pi Network's Value Mainnet depends on Ecosystem Maturity. But: Ecosystem Maturity depends on Migration Speed and KYC Speed. And: KYC Speed and Migration Speed are related to the condition, understanding, and behavior of pioneers. This is the logic. So ask yourself: Have you studied? Do you truly understand Pi Network? Do you understand and support the long-term vision of the Pi Network Core Team? If pioneers do not understand this long-term vision, if pioneers do not have this vision, then what may happen when their Pi is migrated into their wallets? They may sell it immediately. And this behavior will have an impact. It will affect the Core Team's confidence in the pioneer community, and it will affect the overall speed of the process. This is one of the reasons why the steps can be very slow and why we still feel that we are stuck here today. The Core Team needs to see the condition of the pioneers. They need to see whether pioneers truly understand the long-term vision of Pi Network. If large numbers of pioneers immediately sell their Pi as soon as they receive their Migration, this behavior shows that pioneers are not truly ready yet. We can already see evidence of this kind of behavior through the exchange market and market price. So I want to tell everyone again: Technology alone cannot bring you financial freedom. It also depends on you. Because we are human beings. Human behavior will influence whether Pi Network can succeed. Pioneers are not simply people standing on the sidelines waiting. Pioneers themselves are part of this entire system. So What Is the Answer? Actually, the answer is very simple. Today, please read the Pioneers Handbook. Please also study the GCV Education Series that I have been writing. You must first understand. Once you truly understand, it is almost like waking up. Because suddenly, you can see: Your future destination is right there in front of you. What you need to do is not complicated. Read. Study. Then repost and share the education. Help another pioneer read it, study it, and understand it. It is actually very simple. Why do I ask you to help other pioneers? Because if you say: “I don't care. I don't want to contribute. It has nothing to do with me.” Then when other pioneers receive their Migration, they may sell their Pi. When large numbers of pioneers sell their Pi, their behavior will affect the development speed of the entire ecosystem. It will also affect your Migration Speed and, ultimately, the timing of your financial freedom. Do you understand? This is very simple logic. So please calm down and study. Once you truly realize this, you will know where you should focus and what you should do. All Pioneers Are on the Same Boat All pioneers are one big family. Don't fight each other. Because we are all on the same boat. Don't do foolish things, okay? All of us who are working here are also working for you. If you want financial freedom, what you are supporting today is actually yourself. You are not supporting Doris. You are supporting yourself. But right now, many pioneers have become confused by all kinds of information. You don't know where the correct path is. Today, I am telling you where I believe the correct path is. I hope everyone can calm down and study. In my view, this is one of the most important paths toward financial freedom. Don't assume that everything will automatically happen simply because you are waiting for another Core Team upgrade. And don't assume that everything will automatically be solved because you are waiting for legislation such as the Clarity Act. You have already waited many times. Now somebody says: “Something will happen on September 15.” But I want to tell everyone: Do not continue putting your hopes into unverified dates and promises. Because the most important problem has still not changed: Pioneers have not truly awakened yet. The pioneer community has not yet built sufficient trust through its understanding and behavior. So from today, I hope everyone can truly calm down. Calm down and study. Study carefully. Understand Pi Network. Understand the Ecosystem. Understand Migration. And most importantly, understand this: Your own behavior is connected to the future of Pi Network. Don't just wait. Start with yourself. Study. Educate. Share. Help more pioneers truly wake up. That is what I want to share with everyone today. Have a wonderful weekend! Doris Yin Founder & Chairperson Global GCV Movement Toronto, Canada August 29, 2026

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