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| Line of the day: Life is short. They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them. | | |
| The Difference Between Rich/Poor People?
One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip
to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be
considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was
the trip?"
"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.
"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
The son answered:
"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they
have a creek that has no end.
We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at
night.
Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.
We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that
go beyond our sight.
We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.
We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends
to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless.
Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would
happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying
about what we don't have.
Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!
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| OMG..... Finally they have news on the Release Date AGAIN!! PS3 is now projected to release in November. It was originally supposed to be released in Spring 06 (not sure of the hold up but most likely cuz they wanna make it better to beat XBox360). Imma hoping they won't delay the release date again..... been waiting too long for IT.
It will have 2 models just like XB360..... I assume the 1 to the right will be the 1 with higher specs. Girls it will be a great x'mas gift for your boy if he is a gamer....... haha or vice versa! Just remember if u want 1 u gotta reserve it prior to release otherwise u might have to wait til Spring 07 to get a hold of 1. | | |
| Life is getting complicated..... the best place to go is home where mom does everything and you can actually spend your time doing something or nothing. Maybe moving back home is a good idea......... getting very sick of the way life is right now and stuff that i'm finding out that is making me feel is not worthwhile......... or maybe i'm just thinking too much!!!
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Corporate America
A Japanese company and an American company decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile. The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat.
A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing.
So American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion. They advised that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
To prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team's management structure was totally reorganized to 1 Overall Canoe Manager, 3 Steering Supervisors, and 3 Rowing Supervisors.
They also implemented a new performance system that would give the one person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the "Rowing Team Quality First Program", with meetings, dinners and free pens for the rower.
There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.
The next year the Japanese won by two miles. Humiliated, the American management laid off the Rower for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment.
The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year's racing team was outsourced to India. | | |
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