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24 August 2007, 12:17
Just a bit of humor to highlight your day
Hi Reader,!
One of my members just shared this with me and I thought it was so darn funny that I just had to share it with you. Every once in awhile I like to share things that are not at all business related and can give us a little chuckle to highlight the day!
If you don't laugh out loud after you read this you are in a coma!!
Next time you have a bad day at work, think of this guy. Rob is a commercial saturation diver for Global Divers in Louisiana. He performs underwater repairs on offshore drilling rigs. Below is an e-mail he sent to his sister. She then sent it to radio station 103.2 FM in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, which was sponsoring a "worst job experience" contest. Needless to say, she won. !
"Hi Sue, Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother. Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all. "Before I can tell you what happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job. As you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the office. It's a wetsuit. This
time of year the water is quite cool. So what we do to keep warm is this:!
We have a diesel powered industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down to the diver through a garden hose, which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds like a darn good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints. What I do, when I get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back of my wetsuit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in a
Jacuzzi. Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt
started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within a few seconds my butt started to burn. I realized what had happened. "The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it. However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate. When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my butt. I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over
the communicator. "His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically. Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression. When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me
a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as I got in the chamber. The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for two day because my butt was swollen shut. So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your butt. !
"Now repeat to yourself,"I love my job, I love my job, I love my job." And whenever you have a bad day, ask yourself: is this a "jellyfish bad day?"!
Cheers!!
John Denton!
Connection2Wealth eBusiness Center!
http://www.connection2wealth.com!
Phone: 231-499-6994 Monday-Friday 9-5 EST.!
We're located in Sunny, Beautiful downtown Naples, FL!
ENJOY!
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22 August 2007, 10:31
Meditation is a practice and...by Dr. Mike Davison
Dear Margarita,
Meditation is definitely a practice.
It is also a way of life.
A way of being in the world.
Meditation is a process (or mental techniques) by which we can get some insight into our 'consciousness' to better understand our entire mind-space and really get to know our real 'self' - mind, body and spirit.
Meditation has different meanings at different levels of the mind.
At a physical level, the process of meditation can be focused on just what we see, hear, taste, smell, touch or feel - one at a time. It is a state of experience without any thought about the experience.
At a behavioral level, meditation can help us to focus on our actions while working or talking -to have complete awareness of those actions.
At a emotional level, meditation can be focused on and have influence on our emotions while thinking or talking with our inner voice (spirit/soul)- to be aware of our thoughts and emotions.
At a spiritual level, meditation can just be listening to our inner spirit/soul without any opposing thoughts and without any emotion.
At the "edge" of the mind, meditation is mind without any thought, like a paper on which nothing is written. It is to feel the silence within- venturing into an empty space- alone, yet connected and one with all!
At all "levels" - meditation = beneficial to our over-all well being.
Learn even more about meditation on my blog at
www.partnersinpurpose.blogspot.com
Be Well,
Dr. Mike
P.S. Check out my new book An Invitation to Personal Peace at www.AnInvitationToPerosnalPeace.com/products.php
P.S.S. If you have any questions about individualized
consultation or coaching to help you live your
big dream, contact me at mike@PartnersInPurpose.com .
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All rights reserved. For more information, contact:
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ENJOY!
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21 August 2007, 17:17
Millionaire Lifestyle by Bruce Fenton
Does the idea of a millionaire’s lifestyle appeal to you? Ocean cruises around the world, vacations abroad, sailing on a yacht, shopping in Paris…all mig,brht be your idea of how a millionaire lives, but that is not reality according t.o Dr. Thomas Stanley who has made a career out of studying millionaires.
Stanley, in his book, The Millionaire Mind, explores the world and minds of millionaires who made it the old fashioned way…no dot.com stock options, lotto tickets, or inherited wealth…rather, hard work, creativity, willingness to take risks, self-discipline and a high dose of personal values.
According to Stanley, all of the above lifestyle activities rank very low on the list of how his millionaires spend their time. Millionaire activities are more likely to include visiting a tax advisor, involvement in community activities, raising funds for charity or watching children/grandchildren’s sporting events.
Stanley’s study group was selected using survey techniques that produced 733 true millionaire respondents from over 1,000 completed questionnaires sent to a random sample of 5,063 households in 2,487 affluent neighborhoods around the country. These neighborhoods were selected for the likelihood that the residents would be Balance Sheet Affluent rather than Income Affluent.
He discovered in his research that while many households have high incomes and live in expensive houses, they have correspondingly low accumulations of real wealth and high mortgages. These are the Income Affluent.
The Balance Sheet Affluent are the real millionaires. They tend to live in older, yet expensive homes, bought years ago for a fraction of today’s market value. They have low mortgages and no debt. They focus on accumulating wealth, not spending it.
His study led him to explore the factors that were the most influential in creating personal success. The top five success factors most often mentioned by the study group included:
* Integrity—being honest with all people
* Discipline—applying self-control
* Social skills—getting along with people
* A supportive spouse
* Hard work—more than most people
Interestingly, most respondents ranked luck at the bottom of the list of success factors. Stanley found an inverse relationship between level of wealth and the purchase of Lotto tickets!
While millionaires are extraordinarily successful at producing wealth, and spend a good deal of time on activities directly related to these goals, Stanley notes that they lead remarkably well balanced lives.
They like to spend time socializing with their children and/or grandchildren. They value time spent with friends higher than time spent on things.
They are likely to be participants in individual sports such as tennis or golf. He found that Decamillionaires are nearly twice as likely to play golf than high-income-producing non-millionaires are. Part of this comes from a strong motivation to be physically fit and engage in competitive activities.
Enjoy!
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