Editor’s Choice
Chosen Stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated #03
Dear Readers and Writers,
I have been reviewing and featuring stories from Illumination and posted 70 collections so far, and I shall continue to support the writers and readers of this unique publication. My collection is titled “Hand-Picked Articles,” as I only feature stories that resonate with me. Now, I enjoy reviewing stories from ILLUMINATION-Curated. Each day, I discover remarkable stories. I hope you enjoy these impressive stories as much as I do. Many thanks to Dr Mehmet Yildiz, ILLUMINATION-Curator, and ILLUMINATION editors for leading and supporting this unique publication giving voice to our accomplished writers.
Today, ILLUMINATION editors interviewed Dr Mehmet Yildiz asking him to provide guidance to new writers. We hope you enjoy this valuable interview reflecting observations and personal experience on Medium as a reader, editor, writer, and publication owner mentoring many writers.
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Stories from Writers of ILLUMINATION-Curated
Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Five Practical Ways to Achieve More and Better Results with Less Effort
Sebastian Purcell, PhD
How To Build Your Willpower According to The Stoics and Aztecs
Ellen Clardy, PhD
Dr Michael Heng
Know the Difference Between Culture and Ideology
Dr. Preeti Singh
Dr Jeff Livingston
Happy Birthday; Another Year Older and I Feel Younger Than Ever
Dr. Deborah M. Vereen-Family Engagement Influencer
It has been suggested by CNN televised reports that Donald Trump may consider creating a Patriot’s…
Brian E. Wish, PhD
How To Get A Gold Star With Your New Boss
Roger A. Reid, Ph.D.
Instead of Paying for Your Child’s College Education, Give Them Something Far More Valuable
Dorothy Hines, Ph. D.
Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb” Schooled Us On Privilege
Teresa D Hawkes, Ph.D.
Social Media as Human Mind Therapeutic
Arlo Hennings, Ph.D.
My Daughter Versus the American Health Care System
Douglas Giles, PhD
Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg)
If Everyone Knew Everything About Everyone Else Always, What Would Our World Be Like?
Melissa Kalt, MD
7 Monumental Ways a Narcissist is the Master of Manipulation
Edward Robson, PhD
Dr. Fatima Imam
David Mokotoff
The Only Way Forward From Heartbreak is Forgiveness
Kenneth Silvestri
How to Widen Your Lens and become a Systemic Thinker and Communicator: in memory of Paul Byers
Rebecca Stevens A.
We Hire Diverse People To Make Then Like Us
Crystal Jackson
A New Puppy Parent’s Guide to Going Overboard in the Name of Puppy Love
Rebecca Romanelli
Tom Hanratty
Master Bao and the Third Princess
Erin King
4 Foods and 1 Drink That Make You Feel Rich On A Shoestring Budget
Remington Write
Emily Kingsley
There’s A Hippo Sex Problem in Colombia
Steve QJ
Joe Biden’s Most Pressing Job Is To Cure America’s Obsession With Labels
Kim McKinney
I Wasn’t A Very Good Perfectionist, So I Quit
Jessica Lynn
Jennifer Geer
Through the Years, Animals Have Brought Life Into the White House
Rich Sobel
Everything You Need to Know About DNA and Sequencing Your Genes
Gayle Kurtzer-Meyers
You Don’t Have To Be an Expert to Recognize a Narcissistic Personality
Thewriteyard
Plagiarists Are Playing Games With the Internet
EP McKnight, MEd
Bill Abbate
How to Use Deadlines to Your Advantage
Tree Langdon
Proud Boys Declared a Terrorist Entity in Canada — Will The U.S. Follow Their Lead?
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
100’s of Stories about Spiritual Awakening
Julius Evans
OMG! Why Am I Still Seeing Drivers Using Their Cell Phone While Driving
Douglas Pilarski
12 Steps to International Savvy
René Junge
Being the New Guy Is Always Painful. but It Gets Better
Randy Wolken
Act On What’s Within Your Control To Be Successful
Act On What’s Within Your Control To Be Successful
Do not focus on what you cannot impact
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Terry Trueman
Penofgold
Floyd Mori
Find A Day Of Remembrance (DOR) Event To Attend
Stephen Dalton
Let’s Talk about Some of These Screwed Up Pardons!
Desiree Driesenaar
How I Became the Victim of a Dutch Prince and Survived
Kristy Lynn
Don’t Let the Door Hit You On the Way Out
Abena D
Grief: A Compelling Short Story — Part 2
Dew Langrial
Editor’s Picks — Top 10: Writing and Trying To Write Are Two Different Things
Keira Fulton-Lees
Tom Handy
3 Things I Learned When You Make Your Dreams Come True
Jordan Mendiola
Should You Quit Your Job If It Makes You Unhappy, But Pays Well?
Daniel Hopper
Product Placement: Marketing That Isn’t as Obvious
Julia E Hubbel
Nkeonye Judith Izuka
Was This a Personality Mismatch or Something Much Darker?- Final Chapter
Gary McBrine
How to Defeat “Promotion Anxiety” and Become a Great Leader
Kristina Segarra
5 Mindful Habits You Can Learn From Jeff Bezos To Achieve Success
George Blue Kelly
Is Religion An Enemy To Enlightenment?
Daniel Hövermann
The Inauguration-Performance of This Country Singer Was a Stroke of Genius
Danell teNyenhuis Black
Were Covid-19 Vaccines Rushed To The Market?
Marjorie J McDonald
Which Finch is Best for Your Family Pet
Tooth Truth Roopa Vikesh
We Aren’t The Same Kind Of Old People We Used To Know
Illumination YouTube Coordinator
Important Life Lessons from 30 Personal Stories Inspiring Me on Medium
Georgia Dimitrious
I Lost 20lbs in 2 Months By Drinking Only Water
Isaiah McCall
Donald Trump Made Your Life More Interesting and Now You Don’t Know What to Do
Tina L. Smith
John Teehan
5 Simple Ways to Live a Happier Life
Rebecca Sealfon
How to Get the Right Man to Want You
Francesco Joseph
Lessons learned from the Lockdown
Suntonu Bhadra
A Short Term Instagram Promotion & Derived Critical Learning On Social Media Campaigns
Dawn Bevier
The “Average Joe” Writer Syndrome
Martine Weber
Deborah Barchi
Tim Ebl
2021 Wakeup Call — How Many More New Years Do You Have
Tim Maudlin
A Conversation With 7-Year-Old You
Britni Pepper
Sordid Secret Life of Beloved Children’s Author
Blaine Coleman
It Is January 2021: Time to Get to Work
Mack Bason
Luke Beling
Hoffi
What is Important to You in Life?
Renay Intisar Jihad
Jason Ward
How Did Japan Become Infested with Raccoons?
Daniel A. Teo
Jan M Flynn
The Republic Stands, But I Slump
Julie Nyhus MSN, FNP-BC
M.G. Sunde
A Year of Coronavirus: How Deadly Was 2020 Compared to Other Years?
John Cunningham
You Will Win If You Do This One Thing
Alastair Isaacs
Three of the Most Spectactular Galaxies
Holly Kellums
Brand Building — The Importance of Consistency in Purpose
Liam Ireland
Why Rotting Soy, Swamp Water And Cat Poop Are Good For Your Health
Øivind H. Solheim
How to Make the Most of Life — Even During a Shutdown
Bill Myers
Impeachment’s Real Issue! Trump, Himself, Is Secondary.
Harry Seitz
How Working From Home Turned Me Into a Raging Drunk
Utpal Kumar
Our Emotions Are Not For Public Consumption
Shirley Willett
Mila
Loving Yourself On Your Worst Days
America Zed
Urfa
5 Signs You’re On The Right Path In Life
Maria Cross
How Exercise Changes Your Brain and Your Mood
James Jordan
How Your Own Mind Holds You Back
Shannon Hilson
How to Tell Whether She’s Open to Being Approached or Not
Orla Kenny
How To Generate New Ideas Through Lateral Thinking Techniques
Liz Porter
Keith R Wilson
Drama Llama
Would You Sell Your Soul to the Devil?
Nkeonye Judith Izuka
Kevin Farran
I Kissed Off Medium and I Liked it.
J.D. Harms
Kathryn Andersen Spratt
Schools Teach Useless Information, and That’s Okay
Bebe Nicholson
I Don’t Know Where I Fit in As A Christian
Dayton Parks
Cultivate Your Creativity by Letting go of Comparing
Alice Vuong
9 Simple Changes I Made In January That Kept Me Creatively Inspired All Month
Rob Hourmont
Fraud and Scammers are Everywhere — And It’s Happening All Over The World!
Daniella Mini
How to Make Your Relationship with Facebook Work for You
Mukundarajan V N
The World Needs More Sceptics Than Experts
Lynda Coker
How Top Stories and Viral Hits Happen
Jude C. Ifeanyi
4 Simple Daily Tasks to Change Your Life’s Results
4 Simple Daily Tasks to Change Your Life’s Results
How to Improve on your successes daily
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Christian Soschner
How the Pandemic Turned Me Into an Online Shopping Addict
Neha Sandhir S
Debbie Walker
Traditional Ideas That Will Make Her Say Yes in a Heartbeat
Kimberly Thomas
Collected of Curated Poems on Illumination
Andrew Jazprose Hill
Zachary Minott
Want to Succeed as an Entrepreneur? Stop Being so Positive.
Bridget Webber
Vanessa Robinson
The First United States Congressman to Be Assassinated
Charles Stephen
Here are 5 Fascinating Types of Multiverses
Francesco Joseph
Top 10 “Twilight Zone” Episodes; That Speaks To Us About Humanity
Eira Braun-Labossiere 🌻
Debra Groves Harman
I Found Her Birth Family, but Did They Want To Find Her?
Michele Thomas
Paul Abela, MSc
Why Do Good People Do Bad Things?
James G Brennan
Bashar Salame
Treat Yourself Like a Dog (or Cat)
Maeve Macrae
2021 Will Be Different: How to Set Boundaries and Stand Up for Yourself
Greg Beatty
If You Are a Conservative, You Cannot Support Trump
Chelsea Mandler MAT
Piper Steele
My Dentist Voted for Trump — Twice. I Needed to Find Out Why.
Parv Sondhi
3 Reasons Your Hobbies Might Be More Important Than You Think
Sajjad Choudhury
My Strategy for Saving Money and Building Wealth
Jeanette C. Espinoza
The Toxicity of Inflicting Whataboutisms When Discussing Racism
Fatunla Samuel
How I Did Proper SEO Without SEO Tools — Top Notch Hack For Writers
Michael Papas
Be Effective: 3 Ways To Save Energy Using Attention
Jamie Bean
The Man Who Sold Everything to Invest in Bitcoin
TDO Timothy
Emily Jennings
Gaslighting: The Ultimate Form of Disrespect
AJ Krow
Why You Should Tackle Short Stories Before Writing A Novel
Charlotte Fisher
Why Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect
Patrick M. Ohana
Jaja Requa
Fear of Love can Make you Break your own Heart!
G Correia
Yes, Brown Privilege Can Be A Thing
Teressa P.
Helping You Help Others Exit With Dignity
Diana Rus
7 of the Greatest Commercials that Will Never Be Forgotten
Gavin Sher
Martin D. Hirsch
I Used to Renew My U.S. Passport Without a Second Thought. Not Anymore.
Debbie's Reflection
Comments on Daily Struggles of an 81-Year-Old and His Daughter Articles Ripped Me to Pieces
Crystalclearcandace
My Stories — Lessons About Death
PseuPending (Seu)
Astonishing Secrets of Spiders — Human Wisdom is Way Behind
Lawson Wallace
What Happens When Two Dyslexics Go to Wal-Mart? Hilarity Ensues
Jean Carfantan
Warren "Storyteller" Brown
Austin Harvey
Searching for Genuine Human Connection in a Lonely Age
Ugur Akinci
“Quit Your Job and Do Your Own Thing” Can Be Very Bad Advice
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What Is Happening in Ukraine and Why It Matters for the World
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