It's Not About Money

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Wealth and what it brings is at best fleeting.  For example, in 1923, a small group of the world's wealthiest men met at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.  They were a "Who's Who" of wealth and power.  At that time, they controlled more money than the total amount contained in the United States Treasury.  Here's a list of who was there and what eventually happened to them:

Charles Schwab: president of the largest independent steel company-died broke.

Arthur Cutten: greatest of the wheat speculators-died abroad insolvent.

Richard Witney: president of the New York Stock Exchange-died just after release from Sing Sing prison.

Albert Fall: member of a U.S. President's cabinet-was pardoned from prison so that he could die at home.

Jess Livermore: greatest "bear" on Wall Street-committed suicide.

Leon Fraser: president of the Bank of International Settlements-committed suicide.

Ivar Kreuger: head of the world's greatest monopoly-committed suicide.

Even Greek millionaire Aristotle Onassis, who retained his wealth and died at a ripe old age, recognized that money isn't the same as success.  He said, "After you reach a certain point, money becomes unimportant. What matters is success." 

- From The Success Journey

Friday food for thought

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Success is not perfection; success is slightly above average. - Anonymous

Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking. - John C. Maxwell

The Top Ten High-Value Uses of Your Time

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Things that advance your overall life purpose.

Things you have always wanted to do.

Things that others say can't be done.

Things that help you grow to your maximum potential.

Things that develop other people's ability to achieve and lead.

Things that multiply-rather than merely add- value to yourself and others.

Things that harness your creativity.

Things you an delegate to others.

Things that promote teamwork and synergy.

Things that are now or never opportunities.

By John C. Maxwell

Time on your hands

Look at your day.  How do you spend it?  What ruts have you gotten yourself into that you could easily break yourself out of?  What poor habits are eating valuable minutes of your life every day?

What impact can a few minutes make?  Take a look at this.  What if you were able to save...

Five Minutes by streamlining your morning routine (taking less time to dress, shave, put on makeup, drink coffee, read the paper, and so on)?

Ten Minutes by eliminating the things you do each morning to stall starting your work or school day?

Five Minutes by avoiding idle talkers or other distractions?

Ten Minutes by taking a shorter lunch or break time?

Those minutes don't seem like much.  But if you did those things every day, five days a week, for fifty weeks, you would gain an additional 125 hours of time every year.  (That's the equivalent of more than three fourty-hour weeks to use for anything you want!) And if you're a television watcher, you can double the time you gain each year if you simply watch thirty fewer minutes of television every day.

By John C. Maxwell

Where Do You Live?

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Young people live in the future.

Old people live in the past.

Wise people live in the present.

- By unknown

ENJOY YOUR DAY!