Sunday, August 31, 2008

The Balance Sheet of Life... Things to Remember

BASIC DEFINITIONS

Our Birth is our Opening Balance!

Our Death is our Closing Balance!

Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities

Our Creative Ideas are our Assets

Heart is our Current Asset

Soul is our Fixed Asset

Brain is our Fixed Deposit

Thinking is our Current Account

Achievements are our Capital

Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade

Friends are our General Reserves

Values & Behavior are our Goodwill

Patience is our Interest Earned

Love is our Dividend

Children are our Bonus Issues

Education is Brands / Patents

Knowledge is our Investment

Experience is our Premium Account

The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.

The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.

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SOME GOOD AND SOME BAD ATTRIBUTES

The most destructive habit - Worry

The greatest Joy - Giving

The greatest loss - Self-Respect

The most satisfying work - Helping Others

The ugliest personality trait - Selfishness

The most endangered species - Dedicated Leaders

Our greatest natural resource - Our Youth

The greatest 'shot in the arm' - Encouragement

The greatest problem to overcome - Fear

The most effective sleeping pill - Peace of Mind

The most crippling failure disease - Excuses

The most powerful force in life - Love

The most dangerous act - Gossip

The world's most incredible computer - The Brain

The worst resource to be without - Hope

The deadliest weapon - The Tongue

The two most powerful words - 'I Can'

The greatest asset - Faith

The most worthless emotion - Self-Pity

The most beautiful attire – A Smile

The most prized possession - Integrity

The most powerful channel of communication - Prayer

The most contagious spirit – Enthusiasm

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THINGS TO REMEMBER

Life ends when you stop Dreaming,

Hope ends when you stop Believing,

Love ends when you stop Caring,

And Friendship ends when you stop Sharing...

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Greg Norman's Yacht versus Tiger Woods Yacht


Greg Norman, 'The Shark', recently took delivery of his new toy, named 'Aussie Rules', which he helped design. At 69.5 meters (228 feet) in length, it's the world's largest aluminum and composite private yacht.



He had it built for only $70 million dollars. The company meant to build it for him 'at cost' in return for the excellent advertising of having him as an owner, but they actually lost money on it.

When he first cruised into Sydney Harbour, onlookers remarked, 'It's massive! Nearly three times the size of the ferries in the Harbor!' In addition to being opulent, it is also built for Jacques Cousteau type fun and exploration. There is onboard diving equipment for 30 people including a decompression chamber and two huge compressors. Dives of all types can be accomplished by operating the Nitrox Mixing Panel onboard , enabling each guest's air tank to be customized with a mixture of gases.


To get the people out to those choice dive spots, or maybe just for having a bit of a splash, the following additional 'small' boats are kept onboard: 42-foot Custom Built 'Game Fisher' can be launched and retrieved from the deck; perfect for a 4-person overnight fishing expedition it has a gourmet galley for cooking up the catch while it's still fresh; 30-foot SeeVee for a quick afternoon fishing trip; 22-Foot Novurania Equator with a meager 800 horsepower so you can get to the best diving sites ahead of everyone else; it has beach landing capability as well; (2) 18-Foot Hewes Bonefishes for those special occasions when Greg and a close friend may wish to maneuver over the sand flats in Key West, Florida; 13-Foot Narwhal Rescue Boat in case someone falls off one of those other boats And finally, just for the hell of it, (4) Yamaha Wave Runners!!!

Main Salon

Main Dining Room-Norman's yacht

The Cinema-Norman's yacht

The Bridge-Norma's yacht

Casual Aft Dining-Norman's yacht

Now Look at TIGER's Yacht:

Monday, August 18, 2008

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly

more profitable and amusing than much money

without ingenuity.

~~~Arnold Bennett