Newtons Third Law of Motion

Just a passing thought this, silly one yes but a passing thought all the same, I do not remember the substance of the discussion with a secondary school 'puppy love' who went on to say to me 'to every action there was a reaction', and in the heat of that discussion that at the time, I remember fairly well did seem like my life depended on it.... Au contrare, with the benefit of hindsight, autumn leaves.... a quick retort won the moment, thanks to an old mate Isaac Newton, Yes the fellow who 'witnessed' an apple fall in the year 1666 and thought up the theory of 'universal gravitation' and who said in his third law of motion 'to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction', he was talking of forces and motion of course but who's to say how you apply science laws and theories in real life and during that 'life and death' situation Mr Isaac Newton saved my life and the other party's ommission of the critical 'equal and opposite reaction' part of the law.....talk of science coming to the rescue of a domestic crisis....just a passing thought all the same on how errors and omissions even in business presentations, propositions, contracts can be quite costly.

By the way there is available on most markets now insurance cover called Directors and Officers Liability and in the case of those calling themselves 'proffessionals' the cover is proffessional liability insurance cover, both these covers are in cognizance of two main aspects the first that as human beings we are prone to err with costs consequently arising therefrom no matter how well trained we are, plus off-course the public is more liability conscious these days and will 'bay for blood' if a 'professional' costs them some of or the whole value of an investment or business enterprise. Now there's Newtons third law of motion again, rearing its head.

The Mental Giant that lives in you

The "Open, Sesame!" of Life

There is a Napoleonic feeling of power that insures success in the knowledge that this invincible "Life Principle" is behind your every act. Knowing that you have working with you a force which never yet has failed in anything it has undertaken, you can go ahead in the confident knowledge that it will not fail in your case, either. The ingenuity which overcame every obstacle in making you what you are, is not likely to fall short when you have immediate need for it. It is the reserve strength of the athlete, the "second wind" of the runner, the power that, in moments of great stress or excitement, you unconsciously call upon to do the deeds which you ever after look upon as superhuman.

But they are in no wise superhuman. They are merely beyond the capacity of your conscious self. Ally your conscious self with that sleeping giant within you, rouse him daily to the task, and those "superhuman" deeds will become your ordinary, everyday accomplishments.

It matters not whether you are Banker or Lawyer, Business Person or Clerk. Whether you are the custodian of millions, or have to struggle for your daily bread. This "Life Principle" makes no distinction between rich and poor, high and low. The greater your need, the more readily it will respond to your call. Wherever there is an unusual task, wherever there is poverty or hardship or sickness or despair, there is this Servant of your Mind, ready and willing to help, asking only that you call upon him. And not only is it ready and willing, but it is always able to help. Its ingenuity and resource are without limit. It is Mind. It is Thought. It is the Telepathy that carries messages without the spoken or written word. It is the Sixth Sense that warns you of unseen dangers. No matter how stupendous and complicated, nor how simple your problem may be - the solution of it is somewhere in Mind, in Thought. And since this solution does exist, this Mental Giant can find it for you. It can Know, and it can Do, every right thing. Whatever it is necessary for you to know, whatever it is necessary for you to do, you can know and you can do if you will but seek the help of this Genie-of-your-Mind and work with it in the right way.

It matters not whether you are Banker or Lawyer, Business Person or Clerk. Whether you are the custodian of millions, or have to struggle for your daily bread. This "Life Principle" makes no distinction between rich and poor, high and low. The greater your need, the more readily it will respond to your call. Wherever there is an unusual task, wherever there is poverty or hardship or sickness or despair, there is this Servant of your Mind, ready and willing to help, asking only that you call upon him.

And not only is it ready and willing, but it is always able to help. Its ingenuity and resource are without limit. It is Mind. It is Thought. It is the Telepathy that carries messages without the spoken or written word. It is the Sixth Sense that warns you of unseen dangers. No matter how stupendous and complicated, nor how simple your problem may be - the solution of it is somewhere in Mind, in Thought. And since this solution does exist, this Mental Giant can find it for you. It can Know, and it can Do, every right thing. Whatever it is necessary for you to know, whatever it is necessary for you to do, you can know and you can do if you will but seek the help of this Genie-of-your-Mind and work with it in the right way.

Robert Collier- From The Book of Life

From: Bob Proctor http://www.ccprogram.com/insights

Charles Dickens

"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

Charles Dickens
1812-1870, Novelist

Tolstoy

"Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them."

Leo Tolstoy 1828-1910, Novelist and Philosopher

Patriotism: Preaching Water and Drinking Wine?

By Rejoice Ngwenya Besides being a Freelance Writer in Zimbabwe, Rejoice runs his own policy dialogue ‘think tank’ called Coalition for Market & Liberal Solutions: COMALISO More articles by this writter...

http://www.africanexecutive.com/modules/magazine/articles_editor.php?editor=90

A mist of self-deception has for long engulfed self-proclaimed life presidents in Africa, that anybody that does not echo the chords of their discorded, tyrannical hymn sheets is 'unpatriotic'. Perhaps they may be right, that if one, according to my Collins Dictionary, does not 'vigorously protect one's country and way of life', they fall under the category of what Robert Mugabe repeatedly calls ‘sell-outs.’ But then patriotism is not synonymous with blind faith, or dogmatic allegiance to one man's selfish wishes.

One cannot package patriotism and shelf it, only to retrieve it at the whim and desire of a dictator. It is neither meant to be a consideration for subservience and servitude nor a preserve of an incumbent president. When citizens are dazed and anaesthetized with calculated repression, they cannot be said to be patriotic. When Zimbabweans are said to be resilient and resistant to the transgressions of their forceful rulers, they do not pass the test of patriotism.
Patriotism is not situational, a self-proclaimed clarion of nation state bravado, waved and engraved on national coats of arms. We cannot claim that since Cubans have 'resisted' American 'sanctions' for forty-five years, they are patriotic. It is Fidel Castro who has soothed his ego for that long and gropes around in the political wilderness for collective national stupidity that he terms patriotism. Can we label Ugandans and Libyans, who have laboured under the yoke of skewed pan-African fundamentalism as patriotic? It is Yoweri Museveni and Muamar Gaddafi who have framed the definition of the word and displayed it on their fireplaces. We could not claim that Kenyans, under the poisonous political excesses of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi were patriotic, or that Malawians of the Kamuzu Banda era, the Zambians of the life and times of Kenneth Kaunda; the Mozambicans of Samora Machel and of course the Zimbabweans of Robert Gabriel Mugabe - were and are patriotic!

Patriotism is a spiritual condition of belonging, an acceptance that one's culture, national boundary, identity is unique. It is not an expression of superiority, but a humble acceptance of belonging. Patriotism without high self-esteem is superficial. When your ego has been bruised and brutalised, you lose self-respect. When your liberty has been vandalised, your privacy ransacked by those who are elected to protect your liberty, your patriotism is punctured. We Zimbabweans are patriotic not because we have 'resisted' Tony Blair, or snubbed George Bush. We have absorbed the curses and insults of xenophobic South Africans, Tswanas and British in pursuance of our dreams that have been bludgeoned by those who were elected to govern us. When a citizen ceases to command respect within his or her boundaries, and takes the option of enforced exile, they cannot be accused of being unpatriotic. Patriotism is not an exchangeable commodity that loses or accumulates value as one crosses the border. It is not about one man and his anointed cronies parceling it out at political rallies in exchange for delirious ululation.

Patriotism is a birthright, inalienable and life long. Presidents of Africa who masquarade on the grand regional, continental and global political stage as defenders of patriotism, but back home their citizens have no bread, milk, sugar, petrol, water, medical drugs, electricity, civic and political rights cannot claim a morsel of knowledge of what patriotism is about.

For Zimbabweans, patriotism is not according to the rulebook of ZANUpf and Robert Mugabe, no, it is what we feel. In Zimbabwe, the word has been desecrated, adulterated, poisoned, infringed, shredded and diluted with obscene and obnoxious, if not primitive and archaic political patronage. Let African dictators keep their version of patriotism in the annals of their forgettable, yet impeachable history. To us, it's simply - superficial, when they say it.

'Lost in Translation'

I could write a zillion aspects on the African marketing set-up and its hiccups, but firstly I must say I am a firm believer that we are all born marketers and our success in selling ourselves to other parties is what defines our leadership success or mediocrity and even success and popularity closer to our homes, I'll let you think back if you may, what did you say or do to your loved one for them to become your partner? I am sure for your success, some 'shmuck' with poor marketing skills, 'undersold' themselves and you ended up the victor with the 'spoils'....... think now of a child wailing and rolling on the ground trying to make a parent buy them a particular toy, give them some food or let them watch their favourite cartoon, that again is an attempt to influence an action, a sale as it were, marketing at its most basic level which just goes to say we are born marketers, we prefer to get our own way and that's where it all comes in, the convincing, creation of conviction in the potential consumer in what you are offering to take the action that means a sale and after that the support and retention of the customers for as long as they can still 'buy'.

Last week I wrote a exam paper on marketing services (rather than tangible products) after years of hands on experience it was a feast, I enjoyed it immensely, and I am truly lucky and blessed that three corporate entities funded and entrusted me with experimenting with marketing insurance in a field that hitherto was not active in the territories I danced in, it was a beautiful challenge and with the companies sponsoring my experiment everything was great, I laugh at what I presented as my very first marketing strategy (ha ha ha! and again) very raw! raw indeed! anyways they say a child has to crawl before it walks and isn't it the old philosopher Aristotle who was convinced and did to others that a fly had four legs! and then went on to say the snort from your nose when you have a cold is brain matter! and everybody believed him, anyways the life long learner that I am now is truly adept, I think, at strategies as it were but theres always a lot more to learn.

Let me invite you to share with me the opportunities that lie with the African continent just with a few utterly basic wild shots, lets look at basic examples like plasters that we use on bites, grazes and cuts in sub Saharan Africa, why are we still predominantly using pink coloured plaster that is meant is for light skinned people? look around your pharmacy and try and get a dark colored plaster, I am sure it will be a challenge ......and if you have a flat nose like I do and wear prescription spectacles try and get a pair that fit on your nose as perfectly as they fit a sharper nosed person, you will not succeed, as I have not, when you consider this eye glasses scenario we do look a smite ridiculous with the bridge of the glasses hanging way above your nose....... but it fits perfectly in signifying where we stand in the global consumer market, products are rarely custom made for us as a market, we seem to be a by-market that simply accepts what it is given, surely at this day and age an entrepreneur that will look at the peculiarities of the African nation more seriously than I have will have a steady ready stable product market.

Then there's this Nobel Peace Prize laureate last week talking about intelligence and colour...........'naw'! its not worth a comment, not even a toss. Still though I'd encourage you to read this article, http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/30/172945/17 , the fact that african scientific records were ignored, mutilated by invaders and colonialists and most cases shamelessly plagiarised and claimed by imposters as their own don't mean Sub Saharans never developed themselves, lets shatter that notion once and for all, there was simply a common 'theft' of ideas, land, people (slavery), history (records, artefacts, gold) etceteras that conquerors, colianialists, settlers and warmongering invaders undertook that both rampantly and systematically robbed a continent of its pride.

Galileo

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use - Galileo Galilei.

OF 'SELF MADE' MEN

As each one of us delves through our mental archives, we find dotted there a scatter graph plot (with axes kindness versus measure of impact of the kindness) with many direct acts of random kindness mostly from strangers that right through to your present level of youth leave an impressionable mark and remind us of how humanity has come so far due to empathy, kindness and togetherness rather than absolute disengagement, utter exclusivity or lack of compassion for other beings. Human beings alike have so much capacity to assist people in need and indeed do so unless compelled by an external force or many a time internal force to act otherwise (A Newton's First law of motion adaptation attempt).

The best feeling one is ever to get is immediately after a selfless act, the 'high' that one experiences is immensely satisfying/gratifying, have you ever had someone effusively thank you for some kindness or help you provided them when they were in need? I mean you practically feel like you are walking on air when you know you have made a positive/constructive difference in someones life, you know have been a true agent of a greater being because the Creator rewards you inside yourself, its like scoring brownie points....... invariably when one looks at another person irregardless of age, disposition, race etceteras one sees ones own and we extend a helping hand without a thought, almost in reflex, thinking to yourself that this is someones beloved mother, father, brother, child......and for every soul we touch we create capacity to replicate many times over as in viral marketing the small kindnesses that they were given to others, spreading warmth, smiles across our communities and the world.

I too have been truly blessed by very many kind people, at fore in my business world is Ian who took me up as a novice in Insurance, mentored and trained me as I rose through the ranks to be second only to the ultimate within the establishment. On reflection this Sunday morning, I find all I have done thereafter is to apply what he taught and trained me and amazingly it has been a winning approach, thank you Sir. I guess its my turn now to do within my 'littleness' what I could for whomever I can without expecting anything in return.

Spread the kindness, the talent.... you never lose, its like planting a seed that stays alive and healthy forever.

Now tell me, does 'self' made ever exist?

OF TRADING ONLINE and HUMOUR

http://www.constantcomedy.com/
for humour at its best

http://www.gnutrade.com/
open an account, access the main stock exchanges ( DOW, NASDAQ, S & P, FTSE, etc) directly with no commissions involved, live market prices, online practical learning of trading and trade! just like that!

To my sis Tichitenji

JTKM- As we brush shoulders with the people closest in our lives, we easily take them and their achievements for granted.

This is to salute your academic achievement so far, until now it was just my little sister I was looking at but hey! all that cake topped up with the Acc biased first deg, CPA and Masters, Well done! I am proud beyond measure.

Zizikhala choncho!!! Vijengi vyoo! Way to go!!!