“…I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. Continue reading
Month: May 2011
William Ury: The walk from “no” to “yes”
Interesting Facts about Warren Buffet
1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
Things were very cheap that time;
Encourage your children to invest. Continue reading
Suggestions for SUCCESS by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
- Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
- Work at something you enjoy and that’s worthy of your time and talent. Continue reading
Bertrand Russell – to our descendants
Make sure your ego hasn’t put on any weight
Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. . . . The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of – of things longer.
– JEROME K. JEROME Continue reading
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.” Continue reading
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives
The story of the butterfly Continue reading
Dialogue is more than wishy-washy, feel good comaradarie
For the vast majority of us, debate is familiar because we live in debate cultures (of what Deborah Tannen calls ‘argument cultures’). Continue reading