Involved in what’s said to be the ‘fight of the century’, professional boxer Manny Pacquiao, even upon his defeat, made over $100 million and is now using his earnings towards a respectable initiative. The Philippines-native took to Facebook with the message: “I’m so happy giving this houses free to my constituents in Sarangani Province from my own pocket more than thousand families are the beneficiaries.” Upon his major, worldwide-viewed match with Floyd Mayweather Jr, he was inspired to make a difference with his earnings. The boxer felt it was his duty to give back and recognize his roots at a time like this.
https://www.providr.com/manny-pacquiao-builds-homes-for-the-poor
Play With Passion If you can’t play with passion, find a new orchestra!
Character
The Human Longevity Project Movie Poster
This got me from the first line!
As health researcher, Jason Prall traveled the world to seek answers from the planet’s healthiest people, a few things became clear:
What these extraordinary people all had in common were things like gratitude, community, connection, and a sense of purpose.
These things seemed even more important than diet and exercise.
https://humanlongevityfilm.com/
Chemical System
We get the system we support with our purchasing dollars! If we are not buying organic, we are getting a chemically polluted product.
Herzberg – Motivation-Hygiene Theory
An intersting read on workplace motivation and demotivation.
http://www.netmba.com/mgmt/ob/motivation/herzberg/
The Most Important Way To Change The World For The Better
When I look at everything going on around the planet at present, at all the news that hits my comm lines, of anything I could share with you, THE most important, the most applicable and the most beneficial thing would be this.
Anything you can do to make yourself
More aware
More perceptive
More intelligent
More energetic
More powerful
and a better communicator
is the best thing on which you can focus that will have beneficial effects on all whose lives you touch.
This week, what I would like to do is ask you to take a minute and do the following:
1. Make a list of 6 things in your life you would like to improve.
2. For each item on that list, write down something you could confront doing to improve that area.
Let me know what results you get from doing this will you?
The Old Egg Seller – ‘Charity Wrapped With Dignity’
She asked him, “How much are you selling the eggs for?”
The old seller replied, “$.25 an egg, Madam.”
She said to him, “I will take 6 eggs for $1.25 or I will leave.”
The old seller replied, “Come take them at the price you want. Maybe, this is a good beginning because I have not been able to sell even a single egg today.”
She took the eggs and walked away feeling she had won. She got into her fancy car and went to a posh restaurant with her friend. There, she and her friend, ordered whatever they liked. They ate a little and left a lot of what they ordered. Then she went to pay the bill. The bill cost her $45.00 She gave $50.00 and told the owner of the restaurant to keep the change.
This incident might have seemed quite normal to the restaurant owner but, had he seen it, very painful to the poor egg seller.
The point is, why do many show they have the power when they buy from the needy? And why get generous to those who do not even need our generosity?
I once read somewhere: My father used to buy simple goods from poor people at high prices, even though he did not need them.
Sometimes he even used to pay extra for them. I got concerned by this act and asked him why does he do so? My father replied, “It is a charity wrapped with dignity, my child.”
If you feel that people need to see this, then do spread this message.
Love this concept! Charity wrapped with dignity!
If more of us did it, we’d have less government handouts which breed only dependence on an unethical, irresponsible, self-serving few who spend other people’s money all too freely.
The story may or may not be true but the principle is a valid as the sun and the grass.
How To Parent
Great synopsis!
NOT ALL THIEVES ARE STUPID
1. LONG – TERM PARKING
Someone left their car in the long-term parking at the airport while away, and a thief broke into the car. Using the information on the car’s registration in the glove compartment, they drove the car to the people’s home and robbed it. So I guess if we are going to leave the car in long-term parking, we should leave neither the registration/insurance cards in it nor your remote garage door opener. This gives us something to think about with all our new electronic technology.
2. GPS:
Someone had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard. When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents. Something to consider if you have a GPS – don’t put your home address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.
3. CELL PHONES:
This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her cell phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet, etc., was stolen. Twenty minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says, “I received your text asking about our Pin number and I’ve replied a little while ago.” When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text “hubby” in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.
4. PURSE IN THE GROCERY CART SCAM:
A lady went grocery-shopping at a local mall and left her purse sitting in the children’s seat of the cart while she reached something off a shelf/ Wait till you read the WHOLE story! Her wallet was stolen, and she reported it to the store personnel. After returning home, she received a phone call from the Mall Security to say that they had her wallet and that although there was no money in it, it did still hold her personal papers. She immediately went to pick up her wallet, only to be told by Mall Security that they had not called her. By the time she returned home again, her house had been broken into and burglarized. The thieves knew that by calling and saying they were Mall Security, they could lure her out of her house long enough for them to burglarize it.
Moral lesson:
A. Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc.
B. And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back.
C. Also, when you’re being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them. If you don’t reach them, be very careful about going places to meet “family and friends” who text you.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON
Even if this does not pertain to you, please let your family and friends know so they don’t get caught in a scam.