A friend of mine sent this to me. Thought I would post the link on the blog
Key provisions of the Health Care Bill that take effect soon!
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 by dwayne
Rich? Have you ever thought about what that really means?
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 by dwayne
We hear a lot in American about becoming rich. But what does that mean? How does one know when they are rich? It seems interesting to me that if you think about it, there are many ways to define rich!
Consider this; my teenage daughter got a job recently at Chik Fil A. After she had been working for a couple of weeks, she received her first paycheck. I think the net amount was around $102.00. She came home and excitedly announced to me that she was, you guessed it, Rich! When most of us think of rich, we think of folks like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet. So how are we to explain the paradox. The riches of Bill Gates and the $102.00 check my daughter received from Chik-Fil-A?
The fact is that being rich is all a matter of perspective. The feeling of being rich has more to do with our spending habits than our income. No matter how much income a person has, if their expenses exceed their income, they will never feel rich.
In my daughters case, her feeling of rich came from the fact that she did not have any expenses that she had to pay with that first paycheck. Because it was all disposable, she had the feeling of being rich. Most of us have very little, if any margin in our budget. Because there is no margin, we do not feel rich. I submit that as long as we have no margin in our monthly budgets, we will never fell rich, regardless of our income.
Want to feel rich? Take some action! Get your budget under control and budget some margin!
In my Experience!
What I am Reading – March 2010
Monday, March 15th, 2010 by admin
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?
The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems-the rational mind and the emotional mind-that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort-but if it is overcome, change can come quickly.
Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, WHAT THE DOG SAW (Little, Brown and Company; publication date: October 20, 2009), presents nineteen brilliantly researched and provocative essays that exhibit the curiosity his readers love, each with a graceful narrative that leads to a thought-provoking analysis. The explorations here delve into subjects as varied as why some people choke while others panic; how changes meant to make a situation safer – like childproof lids on medicine – don’t help because people often compensate with more reckless behavior; and the idea that genius is inextricably tied up with precocity.
Key provisions of the Health Care Bill that take effect soon!
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 by dwayneRich? Have you ever thought about what that really means?
Sunday, March 21st, 2010 by dwayneWe hear a lot in American about becoming rich. But what does that mean? How does one know when they are rich? It seems interesting to me that if you think about it, there are many ways to define rich!
Consider this; my teenage daughter got a job recently at Chik Fil A. After she had been working for a couple of weeks, she received her first paycheck. I think the net amount was around $102.00. She came home and excitedly announced to me that she was, you guessed it, Rich! When most of us think of rich, we think of folks like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet. So how are we to explain the paradox. The riches of Bill Gates and the $102.00 check my daughter received from Chik-Fil-A?
The fact is that being rich is all a matter of perspective. The feeling of being rich has more to do with our spending habits than our income. No matter how much income a person has, if their expenses exceed their income, they will never feel rich.
In my daughters case, her feeling of rich came from the fact that she did not have any expenses that she had to pay with that first paycheck. Because it was all disposable, she had the feeling of being rich. Most of us have very little, if any margin in our budget. Because there is no margin, we do not feel rich. I submit that as long as we have no margin in our monthly budgets, we will never fell rich, regardless of our income.
Want to feel rich? Take some action! Get your budget under control and budget some margin!
In my Experience!
What I am Reading – March 2010
Monday, March 15th, 2010 by adminWhy is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives?
The primary obstacle is a conflict that’s built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems-the rational mind and the emotional mind-that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort-but if it is overcome, change can come quickly.
Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, WHAT THE DOG SAW (Little, Brown and Company; publication date: October 20, 2009), presents nineteen brilliantly researched and provocative essays that exhibit the curiosity his readers love, each with a graceful narrative that leads to a thought-provoking analysis. The explorations here delve into subjects as varied as why some people choke while others panic; how changes meant to make a situation safer – like childproof lids on medicine – don’t help because people often compensate with more reckless behavior; and the idea that genius is inextricably tied up with precocity.
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