Hi Friends, Here comes a late Edition of Good to Great…wrote a "masterpiece" on a very sensitive topic, but was not sure whether to publish it...based on experts advice, held back the edition and so now we have a Differnt Classic edition....Cheers and Happy Inspirations!!

1. Its all about YOU - The Power of Staying the Course

If someone asked me to pick one word to describe any success I've had in my life, I wouldn't hesitate. The word would be perseverance. There have been many potholes, detours and roadblocks along the way!

Staying the Course - By BJ Gallagher

Our journey of life is about progress,

not perfection.

It's not about doing one thing 100% better -

it's a matter of doing 100 things, 1% better each day.

Progress is evolutionary

not revolutionary,

and most days we measure our progress in inches,

not miles.
What matters most

is showing up for your life

whether you feel like it

or not.

Ask yourself,

What two or three little things can I do today

that would move me forward?"

You'll be amazed at how much distance

you can cover by taking it in increments.
The little things add up;

the inches turn to miles;

and we string together our efforts

like so many pearls.

Before long, look what you have -

a whole strand!

Wow! Fantastic…!!! Dont You agree!!

2. Thought for this week B/f Ram

Do you know why a person is not succeeding in life? It is not is lack of skill or qualification. It is his pre-determined conclusions that all the doors of opportunities were closed.

It is not what we have, but it is how we use of what we have makes a difference in our life. Do not give up under the impressions that opportunity is nowhere.

Instead take the statement in right spirit that opportunity is now here and move forward in your life. – Swami Sukhabhodhananda

3. Health.//Neck Exercise…B/f Valli

Click on the image to see an enlarged picture

Doctors advise their patients to exercise their neck by just reading this message.

'It is very effective,' said the doctor.

4. Leaders Speak – Warren Buffet - B/f Rizwana, Sridhar, Ram

He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late! Things were very cheap that time
Encourage your children to invest

1. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers. One could have bought many things with little savings. Encourage your children to start some kind of business.
   
2. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha , that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

Don' t buy more than what you "really need" and encourage your children to do and think the same

4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him. You are what you are

5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company. Always think how you can accomplish things economically

6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. Assign the right people to the right jobs


7. He has given his CEO's only two rules.

Rule number 1: do not lose any of your share holder's money.

Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.

Set goals and make sure people focus on them

8. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.

Don't try to show off, just be your self and do what you enjoy doing

Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

9. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

His advice to young people:

"Stay away from credit cards (bank loans) and invest in yourself and Remember:

1. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
2. Live your life as simple as you are.
3. Don't do what others say, just listen them, but do what you feel good.
4. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which you feel comfortable.
5. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend on them who really in need rather.
6. After all it's your life then why give chance to others to rule our life."

"The HAPPIEST people DO NOT necessarily have the BEST of all.

They simply APPRECIATE what they find on their way”

Let us choose the way to live

5. Jokes corner..

An Old man and a Youngster are seated next to each other on a flight from Chennai to Delhi. The Youngster asks if he would like to play a fun-game.

The Old man, tired, just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The youngster persists and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun.

He says, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me Rs.50, and vice versa."

Again, the Old man declines and tries to get some sleep.

The Youngster, now worked up, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer, you pay me Rs.50, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you Rs.500."

This gets the Old man's attention and, figuring there will be no end to this torment, agrees to the game.

The Youngster asks the first question, "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?"

The Old man doesn't say a word, reaches into his wallet, pulls out a Rs.50 and hands it to the Youngster.

"Okay," says the Youngster, "Your turn."

So the Old man asks, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?"

The Youngster thinks about it. No answer. Puzzled, he takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. No answer! He taps into the air-phone with his modem and searches the Internet and the Library of Congress. No answer.

Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friends and co-workers. Checks the input. All to no avail!

Finally, a long time later, he wakes the Old man and hands him Rs.500.

The Old man thanks him and turns back to get his sleep. The Youngster, more than a little miffed, stirs the Old man and asks "Well, what's the answer?" Without a word, the Old man reaches into his purse, hands the Youngster Rs.50, and goes back to sleep!

6. Management thoughts.. Breakfast at McDonald's :: Power 2 HEAL! ! !B/f Lavanya

This is a good story and is true, please read it all the way through until the end! (After the story, there are some very interesting facts!):

I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was Sociology..

The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every human being had been graced with. Her last project of the term was called, 'Smile.' The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions.

I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway. So, I thought this would be a piece of cake, literally. Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald's one crisp March morning.

It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son. We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did.

I did not move an inch... an overwhelming feeling of panic welled up inside of me as I turned to see why they had moved.

As I turned around I smelled a horrible 'dirty body' smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men.

As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was 'smiling'. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God's Light as he searched for acceptance.

He said, 'Good day' as he counted the few coins he had been clutching. The second man fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation.

I held my tears as I stood there with them. The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted.

He said, 'Coffee is all Miss' because that was all they could afford. (If they wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something He just wanted to be warm).

Then I really felt it - the compulsion was so great I almost reached out and embraced the little man with the blue eyes.

That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action. I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. I then walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot.

I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman's cold hand. He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, 'Thank you.'

I leaned over, began to pat his hand and said, 'I did not do this for you. God is here working through me to give you hope.'

I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son.

When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, 'That is why God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope.'

We held hands for a moment and at that time, we knew that only because of the Grace that we had been given were we able to give.

That day showed me the pure Light of God's sweet love. I returned to college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand.

I turned in 'my project' and the instructor read it. Then she looked up at me and said, 'Can I share this?'

I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and that is when I knew that we as human beings and being part of God share this need to heal people and to be healed.

In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald's, my son, instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student. I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: "UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE".

Much love and compassion is sent to each and every person who may read this and learn how to

LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS - NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.

There is an Angel sent to watch over you.

7. Parenting – Punishment!!! B/f Dev, Thanuja,

(Re-Published on public demand...very touching!!)

Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Non-violence, in his June 9 lecture at the University of Puerto Rico, shared the following story as an example of” non-violence in parenting":

"I was 16 years old and living with my parents at the institute my grandfather had founded 18 miles outside of Durban, South Africa, in the middle of the sugar plantations. We were deep in the country and had no neighbours, so my two sisters and I would always look forward to going to town to visit friends or go to the movies.

One day, my father asked me to drive him to town for an all-day conference, and I jumped at the chance. Since I was going to town, my mother gave me a list of groceries she needed and, since I had all day in town, my father ask me to take care of several pending chores, such as getting the car serviced. When I dropped my father off that morning, he said, 'I will meet you here at 5:00 p.m., and we will go home together.'

After hurriedly completing my chores, I went straight to the nearest movie theatre. I got so engrossed in a John Wayne double-feature that I forgot the time. It was 5:30 before I remembered. By the time I ran to the garage and got the car and hurried to where my father was waiting for me, it was almost 6:00.

He anxiously asked me, 'Why were you late?' I was so ashamed of telling him I was watching a John Wayne western movie that I said, 'The car wasn't
ready, so I had to wait,' not realizing that he had already called the garage. When he caught me in the lie, he said: 'There's something wrong in the way I brought you up that didn't give you the confidence to tell me the truth. In order to figure out where I went wrong with you, I'm going to walk home 18 miles and think about it.'

So, dressed in his suit and dress shoes, he began to walk home in the dark on mostly unpaved, unlit roads. I couldn't leave him, so for five-and-a-half hours I drove behind him, watching my father go through this agony for a stupid lie that I uttered.

I decided then and there that I was never going to lie again. I often think about that episode and wonder, if he had punished me the way we punish our children, whether I would have learned a lesson at all. I don't think so. I would have suffered the punishment and gone on doing the same thing. But this single non-violent action was so powerful that it is still as if it happened yesterday. That is the power of non-violence."

8. Puzzle..HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT? B/f Srini

You have to try this please, it takes 2 seconds. I could not believe this!

It is from an orthopedic surgeon..... ....... This will confuse your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't. It is pre-programmed in your brain!

1. While sitting at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.

2. Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction.

I told you so! And there's nothing you can do about it! You and I both know how stupid it is, but before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.

9. Tip for the week – Banking B/f Nathiya

1. Avoid having more than three savings accounts .... (It consumes your valuable time to keep an eye on this accounts)

2. Check your account at least once in two months..(for this you can register internet banking - Almost all banks have this facility)

3.Register for Mobile banking,, so that you can receive alerts on daily/weekly/monthly balance status and also a sms for every credit/debit more than Rs 5000/-

4.Inform the bank if your address changes by simply writing a letter/in person.../through internet if you access net banking... (Also ensure that you send photocopy of the address proof to the base branch)

5. Always keep minimum balance (Ask your branch for minimum balance requirement-It varies from bank to bank and even branch to branch within the same bank)

6. If you do not need a particular account with a bank, just go to the bank and give a letter for closing the account.. Usually it costs Rs 100-200(differs bank to bank) it will be done within 10 minutes...

7. Do not have more than RS 10000/- in Savings account.. I t gives only 3.5% interest... so what you can do ?? There is an alternative available for this.....Use "sweep-in-sweep-out" facility. Please check this with your bank.. Ask for pamphlets .. never rely on oral communication...

8. Have at least a transaction per year if you are not using any account but you wants to retain it for some future benefit...If not it will be treated as Inactive... after 10 years it will be considered as Dormant account.. (To become Active account from a Dormant account, charges applicable and it varies from bank to bank)

If Earning money is tough, spending it usefully is the toughest job to do...

10. Trivia… 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 B/f Narayanaswamy

At 12hr 34 minutes and 56 seconds on the 7th of August
this year, the time and date will be

12:34:56 07/08/09

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