Friday, March 26, 2010

Two Wolves

One eve an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside People. He said"my son, the battle is between 2 'wolves' inside us all.
One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego.

The other is Good, It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity,humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy,generosity, truth, compassion & faith!

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "which wolf wins"?

The old Cherokee simply replied, The one you feed!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Read and Grow Rich

Here's an easy way to put yourself in the top 20% of people in the US: READ A BOOK!

1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.

42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
57 percent of new books are not read to completion.
(Source: Jerold Jenkins, www.JenkinsGroupInc.com)

Each day in the U.S., people spend 4 hours watching TV, 3 hours listening to the radio and 14 minutes reading magazines.
(Source: Veronis, Suhler & Associates investment banker)