What do you know about Millionaires? by Gbonjubola Sanni

I read an article on MarketWatch (the Wall Street Journal) titled “10 things billionaires won’t tell you” and some things struck me again even though they are not entirely new to me. Find them below as we think through them together.

• There are more men billionaires than women. Why is that? As a woman I believe more women need to rise up to living for something. Most of the people who are billionaires never did it for money but alas they are billionaires today. All they set out to do was good and it paid them off. What’s your dream? What do you want to be remembered for? What is that thing taking all your time now? Remember success doesn’t come from that big break but taking time daily to work on that which matters.

• Many of the billionaires didn’t have any financial advantages while growing up. A number of them were school drop outs while some had to struggle when they were young. This didn’t deter them but rather it propelled them through life and now they are where they are. What’s background? Like someone says, “Don’t put your back on the ground because of your back ground”. You deserve the very best so dream again and begin to move in the direction of your dreams. Stop making excuses!

• Billionaires can be weird with their money. Many of them ensure they make a profit on every transaction and won’t let go of receipts or change. They ensure that they are accountable for every penny. They are not wasteful because they believe they have a lot. The principle, “He who is faithful with little will get more” stands true. That also doesn’t stop them from getting jets or some other very expensive things. I believe efficiency and accountability rule their decisions. What about you?

• Most of the billionaires didn’t make it from investing in stocks and shares. They did from building their own companies from the scratch and then preserved their wealth by investing in stocks and shares. That goes to say you need to be a business owner to make good money. What have you been doing about that?

• Very wealthy people avoid but don’t evade tax. They are able to pay smaller percentage of their income as taxes because most of their income is from investments and not wages and salary. That confirms again that they are on the right side of the cashflow quadrant where their money and systems they have put in place makes money for them.

• Most of the billionaires are givers. For them their legacy is more important than their money. In 2009, at least 30 billionaires chose to sign the “Giving Pledge,” an initiative started to encourage the ultrawealthy to give away half of their wealth. Warren Buffett pledged to give away 99% of his wealth. What are you about? Are all your goals self centered? Begin today to set goals that are above and beyond you today and be sure that you’ll get your reward as givers never lack. That is what life is about.

By Gbonjubola Sanni ACA

10 reasons why Sex should wait till Marriage

1. Sex is a powerful force that can destroy if not used properly. Like atomic power, sex is the most powerful creative force given to man. When atomic power is used correctly it can create boundless energy; when it is used in the wrong way it destroys life. Sex is the same kind of powerful force. Sex is a gift from God to give us the greatest pleasure, to help in creating a deep companionship with one’s spouse and for procreation of the next generation. But if you play with this powerful force outside the bounds of marriage, it destroys you and those close to you.
2. Sexual activity for young people arrests their psychological, social and academic development. Studies show that when young people engage in premarital sex, their academic performance declines and their social relationships with family and friends deteriorate. This is because adolescents are too immature to deal with the explosive sex drive and it tends to dominate their life.
3. The majority of women cannot enjoy sex outside of the bonds of marriage. The development of a fulfilling sex life needs the security and peace of the marriage bond. Premarital sex usually takes place sneaking around in hidden places dealing with the fear of being caught, the fear of pregnancy and feelings of guilt. All these (worrisome) factors undermine pleasure in premarital sex, most especially for women.
4. Virginity is to be given to the most important person in your life, the person you committed yourself to stay with forever in marriage. Your virginity is the most precious thing you have to give to your spouse. Once you lose it, nothing in the world can bring it back. Don’t lose something so precious in a thoughtless way.
5. Those who engage in premarital sex run a high risk of contracting one of the many venereal diseases rampant today, as well as losing their fertility. Not just AIDS, but other common disfiguring diseases like herpes have no cure.
6. Some venereal diseases have no symptoms and many couples discover many years later that they became infertile because of these diseases. Infertility experts estimate that 80% of today’s infertility is due to venereal diseases contracted before they married.
7. The best and only method that guarantees 100% against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases is to wait for marriage to have sex and maintain fidelity in your marriage.
8. Premarital sex breaks the 10 Commandments given by God. The 10 Commandments are given to man by God to make man happy. They are not outdated and they are not restrictive. If we follow these laws, we can create happy and prosperous lives. If we don’t follow them, we will pay a heavy price in divorce, disease, abortions, illegitimate children and loneliness. Modern men make a big mistake when they think that they can break these eternal laws and not suffer consequences.
9. Premarital sex runs the risk of conceiving illegitimate children. Numerous scientific studies show that the children of single mothers suffer psychologically and are less successful socially and academically than children from intact families. Above all, children need both their father and their mother. It is wrong to risk having children who will never have their father’s love, protection and care.
10. If you date and you don’t have sex, you can forget about that relationship when you stop dating. But if you have sex with those you date and then break up, the nature of sexual involvement creates strong, often unpleasant memories for your whole life. Every relationship you break up where you had intimate relations is like a mini-divorce. The psychological difficulties of these mini-divorces does damage to your character. Later, when you are married and go to bed with your beloved spouse, these unpleasant memories will accompany you.

True love waits. If a boy or girl truly loves you, they will want the best for you. They will not want you to suffer fear of disease, unwanted pregnancy and the psychological difficulties of premarital sex. They will want to experience love with you only in the very best place of all – the love nest of marriage.

Finally if it is meant to be it will be, you do not use sex to keep a relationship

Yours sincerely

Emmanuel Idenyi-Shaibu

THE BEAUTY OF A WOMAN

A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him. “I don’t understand,” he said. His Mom just
hugged him and said, “And you never will.” Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?” “All women cry for no reason,” was all his dad could say. The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he put in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why do women cry so easily?” God said, “When I made the woman she had to
be special. I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort. I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children. I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue
without complaining. I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly. I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart. I gave her wisdom to know that a good
husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him and finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.” “You see my son,” said God, “the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart the place where love resides.”

WISDOM FOR WOMEN

WISDOM TIPS FOR WOMEN

Beauty attracts men, but wisdom keeps them.

Elegance catches men’s attention, but intelligence convinces them.

Nagging irritates men, but constructive silence weakens them.

The boy in every man is revealed occasionally, your ability to handle this is a woman’s truest maturity.

Men have secret struggles and silent pains, should you ever find them out, exhibit the greatest maturity.

On the long run, your kind words matter more to a man than your looks, so invest the right words always.

Earn a man’s respect and he will consider you the yardstick for all his actions

Learn to mould the moods of your man.

Men will naturally give you their future, if they recall your maturity in yesterday’s issues.

Women are everywhere, but queens are scarce. Let the queen in you come alive and he will hold you.

You must know that a man regards respect more than love. Give a man respect and he will take it that he is loved.

Most men do not know how to communicate in marriage; therefore don’t think it’s out of not wanting to relate with you the spouse. A man can only communicate well, if he’s paid to do so

THE LOVE OF GOD

I found this quite interesting. Sharing it because of the Arithmetic. Enjoy!
A small truth to make our Life 100% successful
If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Is equal to;
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Then:
H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K ;
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98%

K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E ;
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96%

L+O+V+E;
12+15+22+5 = 54%
 S+E+X.19+5+24=48%.                             
L+U+C+K ;
12+21+3+11 =
47%
None of them makes 100%.
Then what makes 100% ???
Is it Money?
NO !!!
Leadership?
NO !!!
Every problem has a solution,
only if we perhaps change our “ATTITUDE”.

A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E ;
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
It is therefore OUR ATTITUDE towards Life and Work that makes
OUR Life 100% Successful..

And see this
L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D is 12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4=101%
So everything we do should be bore out of the “Love of God”