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Quick Bits Post 2012 #1

2012-01-01T01:00:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

QUOTE: Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life

ESSAY: THE ULTIMATE BANK ACCOUNT
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400.
It carries over no balance from day to day.
Every evening, whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day is written off or deleted.
What would you do?
Draw out every cent, of course!!!
Each of us has such a bank.
It's name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever part of this you have failed to invest for good purpose.
It carries no balance.
It allows no overdraft or credit.
Each day it opens a new account for you.
Each night it burns the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.
There is no going back.
There is no drawing against 'tomorrow'.
You must live in the present on today's deposits.
Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success.
The clock is running.
Make the most of today.

BOOK: Acres of Diamonds and His Life and Achievements by Russell H. Conwell Robert Shackleton
LINK: Spiritual Wealth
HUMOR: Sign at an Optometrist's Office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."

VIDEO: Pay it Forward ~Sometimes the simplest idea can make the biggest difference.

Quick Bits Post 2011 Sept.-Dec.

2011-09-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

QUOTE: "Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That is where the fruit is"

BOOK: Zig Ziglar's Little Instruction Book

LINK: Money 101

HUMOR: Tribute to Bob Hope
ON TURNING 70 "You still chase women, but only downhill".
ON TURNING 80 "That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing."
ON TURNING 90 "You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."
ON TURNING 100 "I don't feel old. In fact I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap."
ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR "Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'."
ON HIS SIX BROTHERS "That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom."
ON HIS EARLY FAILURES "I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me."
ON GOING TO HEAVEN "I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."

The Laughing Quadruplets

VIDEO: Cinderella Man ~One man's extraordinary fight to save the family he loved.

Quick Bits Post 2011 May-August

2011-05-01T01:00:00.000-07:00

QUOTE: "You can't teach anything that will compare with example"
BOOK: The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz
LINK: SmartAboutMoney.org
HUMOR: A little girl asked her mother, "Can I go outside and play with the boys?"
Her mother replied, "No, you can't play with the boys, they're too rough."
The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked, "If I can find a smooth one, can I play with him?"

VIDEO: The Secret

HANDBOOK 2011

2011-01-01T04:54:00.001-08:00

Shared with me by my friend Bob:

HANDBOOK 2011

HEALTH:

1. Drink plenty of water.

2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.

3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy

5. Make time to pray

6. Play more games

7. Read more books than you did in 2010

8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day

9. Sleep for 7 hours

10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile

PERSONALITY:

11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about

12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment

13. Don't over do. Keep your limits

14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does

15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip

16. Dream more while you are awake

17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need

18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others

20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present

21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you

22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime

23. Smile and laugh more

24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree

SOCIETY:

25. Call your family often

26. Each day give something good to others

27. Forgive everyone for everything

28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6

29. Try to make at least three people smile each day

30. What other people think of you is none of your business

31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch

LIFE:

32. Do the right thing!

33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful

34. God heals everything

35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change

36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up

37. The best is yet to come

38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank God for it

39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy

LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST:

40. Please share this with everyone you care about, I just did

Dr. David Janda explains rationing

2010-11-03T07:39:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HnkxIh62dQ

Investors: Proceed with caution

2010-08-30T05:19:00.000-07:00

A recent article in In the Wall Street Journal makes some good points:
Is a Crash Coming? Ten Reasons to Be Cautious- Brett Arends wsj AUGUST 13, 2010