Archive for October, 2008
‘bats in the bell fry’ …
“The jabbering of these finance analysts is like the fluttering of bats in the bellfry“
the untamed.
There is no think, only do
While I agree that the title of this post may be a little extreme, there is, however, some significance to the saying. Obviously, planning is of utmost important, but there comes a time that calls for action. Even the most well thought plans and strategies are useless if they are not acted upon. If you want to be successful, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Thomas Alva Edison …
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave, as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be [...]
Competition for Michael Moore? …
I got this from a friend. Am sure he can give Michael Moore a run for his money —J
Bush and Chenney went to a village in Africa and told the villagers that Bush would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went to the forest and started catching them.
Bush [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Feelings, Moods, Character …
We are what we think. Thinking makes the Self’ and indeed this ‘Self; is the living, thinking, acting self. It is, however, transitory and as our moods changes so do we
Moods and feelings come and go. They make us what we are. All of us are, at all times, sleeping or waking, in one or [...]
Paul Krugman … Nobel Prize – 08 (Economics)
This is from an earlier column of the economist, who is supposed to have anticipated the current Financial Mess
“I was no more perceptive than anyone else; during the bull market years [of the late 1990s]. Some people did send me letters claiming that major corporations were cooking their books, but – to my great regret [...]
Virtue of Patience – ‘King’ of Personal Qualities …
What exactly is Patience?
It is the instant suppression of anger, petulance, irritability and even exclamation. It is also instant encouragement to face the shafts of enemies and misfortune.
Let the first attention of the day be given to it.
Say to yourself that you are determined to be patient all day long.
Say it as you are aroused [...]
Ambitions? … Life Aims? …
Einstien observed in his ‘Perrsonal Philosophy’ that ‘”Each of us comes into this world, not knowing why, yet seeming to divine a purpose” …………. his purpose, he learnt over time was to work for the betterment of mankind.
Others have had their own aims, ambitions and aspiriations. Here is one that could apply across a broad spectrum [...]
Ponder … II …
Our bodies are collections of millions and millions of little energies. These energies are, however, individual and separate. Nonetheless these energies do, at times, act in unison and harmony.
Our bodies are a drifting mechanism of life. However they are capable of - but not accustomed to - controlling these individual energies within the body. Usually habit, will power or some special excitement [...]
Think … I …
It is always easier to let things go as they will rather than to ’exert the will to direct them’. But the dividing line between success and failure is found when aimless drifting ceases.
We are creatures of emotions, passions, circumstance and chance. What the mind will be, what the heart will be, what the body will [...]
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