For a change, I’d like to share what I’ve read from Bo Sanchez in his Soulfood Newsletter:
One day, a guy calls up his Boss at home, but gets the boss’ wife instead. She said, “I’m sorry, but he died last week.” The next day, the man calls up again and asks for his boss. She said, “I told you, he died last week.” The third day, the guy calls up again and asks for his boss. The wife was mad and shouted, “Don’t you understand? I already told you twice—MY HUSBAND, YOUR BOSS, DIED LAST WEEK! Why do you keep on calling?” The guy laughed and said, “Because I just love hearing it…” (end of quote)
The above story could be funny and yet the attitude of the guy mirrors most of the disgruntled employees waiting for some luck to come their way so they could be happier with their careers. Instead of doing something about their situation such as changing jobs or trying a different career, some employees felt trapped and think they really have no choice.
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Have you taken the color quiz which tells you your personality based on a visual set of color choices? How about those blog-related quizzes that tells you how addicted you are to blogging or what’s the comprehension level of your blog’s content? And there are tons of personality-related quizzes as well. Of course, some are fond of taking quizzes about relationship and love.
While the results of these quizzes give us an idea about ourselves, our friends, our pets or our blogs, they are not really that accurate. For one thing, the results are just based on few questions. You can’t put a dot on a person’s character or a blog’s content with just a few set of queries. Most of these quizzes are just for fun anyway… so take them as just another creative way to unwind. Whether you like or don’t like the results, you know better than these automated question-and-answer pages.
With the current economic crunch, many families are experiencing challenges with their finances. As the family’s self-appointed treasurer, I know how it is to be budgeting and sometimes juggling funds to keep up with the bills and payments. Good thing, I would regularly do some accounting to track down expenses and analyze our present and future income and upcoming expenses.
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Do I look at things with a more positive outlook?
Do I count more the things I have than those that I lack?
Do I often compare myself with the successes and possessions of others?
Am I complaining a lot about my life, my career, the weather, or even the little discomforts I encounter everyday?
Am I thankful for what I have, whether they’re big or small, important or trivial things?
Am I grateful for all things, good and bad, that come my way?
These are some of the questions that stirred within me as I reflected on the article “Use Gratitude To Receive More Blessings” by Bo Sanchez, the preacher in blue jeans and one of my favorite “soul food” writers. Bo has this charming way of getting God’s message across in a funny and engaging manner without sounding too preachy. His writings are simple and straight to the point.
You’re invited to read Bo Sanchez’ article “Use Gratitude To Receive More Blessings” and be blessed!
Important events such as getting married, a child’s graduation, buying a car, renting or buying a home, becoming parents, getting a divorce, or retirement preparation, are some of life’s milestones. A responsible head of the family is an alert and prepared one who takes life milestones seriously by getting adequate protection for his family such as term life insurance.
Insurance these days is already a byword for most breadwinners, such as the husband working for his family or the family’s eldest assuming most of the financial responsibilities in taking care of the needs of his younger siblings. A development of insurance is term life insurance which is for specific needs at certain important events or turning points in one’s life.
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Having a small business of your own can be both rewarding and tough at the same time. We used to have a family business of providing computer training and services since our apartment used to be ideally located in between two schools. There’s the daily task of serving clients’ needs from computer rental, printing to encoding and desktop publishing. On some occasions would be scheduled computer training during evenings for engineers.
While these business activities are enough to keep us busy, we also had to keep up with some unpaid training fees, and that could sometimes cause some financial strain. Ugh… there really are some folks who deliberately run away from you after availing of your services, and some of them even make thousands excuses why they can’t pay their overdue bill after you call them for the nth time. Well, for a small business transaction, some clients can dare to be negligent with their payments.
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I admit I still have a lot to learn in life especially when it comes to business matters. This is why I am always supportive of business training and seminars as this add up to my knowledge.
Organizing business and training events is one way of being proactive about learning. This entails careful planning with the logistics and the venue. Effective leadership and management of an upcoming business seminar rest on the organizers involved. Every detail should be looked into such as the venue’s location, facilities and services offered. The number of participants usually affects the venue size, thus the event should be planned months ahead to inform and prepare possible attendants for the proposed date and location.
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Ideas are powerful. A train of thought can make or break, build or destroy. The choice is ours. Our ideas become our future. I believe that life’s meaningful lessons are best learned when shared with others.
