December 2011
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Warren Buffett - Career Advice
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the third richest person in the world as of April 2007, behind Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim. In June 2006, he made a commitment to give away his fortune to charity, with 83% of it going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The donation amounts to approximately $30 billion....
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Wish New Year in Many Languages
Afgani - Saale Nao Mubbarak
Afrikaans - Gelukkige nuwe jaar
Albanian - Gezuar Vitin e Ri
Armenian - Snorhavor Nor Tari
Arabic - Kul ‘am wa antum bikhair
Assyrian - Sheta Brikhta
Azeri - Yeni Iliniz Mubarek!
Balochi - Noki saal mubarrak bibi
Bengali - Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Breton - Bloavezh Mat
Bulgarian - Chestita Nova Godina
Cambodian - Soursdey Chhnam Tmei
Catalan - FELIÇ...
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Many Ways to Propose
(Walk up behind girl and point fingers shaped like gun into her back) “You’re under arrest!” (For what?) “For stealing my heart.”
Hi, my name is Chance, Do I have one?
Are your legs tired? (girl: Why?) because you have been running through my mind all day!
“I lost my phone number, can I borrow yours?”
Can you give me directions to...
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“May God give you…
For every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for...”
– Irish Blessings
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Move from one job to another, but only for the...
It’s yet another day at office. As I logged on to the marketing and advertising sites for the latest updates, as usual, I found the headlines dominated by ‘who’s moving from one company to another after a short stint’, and I wondered, why are so many people leaving one job for another? Is it past now to work with just one company for a sufficiently long period?
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“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell
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Spanish Quotes with English Meaning
Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it.
He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.
If you would be Pope, you must think of nothing else.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.
Whoever gossips to you will gossip of you.
From a fallen tree, all...
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How to quit smoking and drinking
It’s easy. I know because I have done it. I used to smoke like a chimney and drink like a fish. I was an addict for more than fifteen years. Then one fine day I quit. No struggles, no therapies. I just quit. Do you want to hear my story? I don’t think I will tell you because it’s long and complicated. But I will share the secret with you. It’s simple, effective and durable. So read on. Continue...
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The Story of Burnt Biscuits
When I was a kid, my mom would prepare special breakfast every now and then. And I remember one night in particular, after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his biscuit , smile at my mom and ask me how my...
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People come into your life for a reason
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like...
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You got talent!
Everyone comes to this world with some sort of talent.
You’ve got it and I’ve got it.
We are all good at something or the other. We all have our own unique gifts and special abilities.
Maybe you don’t yet know what it is. But it’s there. Hidden somewhere deep within you. Waiting to be discovered. Wanting to be expressed.
It’s the passion of your heart. It’s your core genius.
It’s the key to...
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Funny definitions of some words
School: A place where dad pays and son plays.
Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die rich.
Nurse: A person who wakes you up to give you sleeping pills.
Marriage: It’s an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.
Divorce: Future tense of Marriage.
Lecture: An art of transferring information from the ...
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2 Monks and A Pretty Lady- Chinese Zen story
Once upon a time a big monk and a little monk were traveling together. They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river.
There was a pretty lady who was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn’t cross the river. The big monk offered to carry her across the river on his back to which the lady accepted.
The little monk was shocked by...
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In the walk of life don’t worry of people moving...
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If you knew that everyone you know was going to...
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World's Largest Swimming Pool - San Alfonso in...
Construction of the world’s largest crystal-clear saltwater lagoon has been successfully completed. Upon execution of the last expansion stage, this lagoon & San Alfonso’s signature amenity - has reached its final size; over one kilometer in length, 8 hectares in surface area and 2.5 million liters of water. Too big to picture? Let’s put it this way, the size of the...
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“I may not always be perfect, but I’m always me.” ~ Unknown”
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November 2011
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Time never Waits
There are many fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable Circumstances. But the only time that is yours is the present. - Grenville Kleiser
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference. - Mark...