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WHERE ARE ALL THE AMERICANS?::))

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:52:02 +0000

A Somali arrives in New York as a new immigrant to the United States.

He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, “Thank you Mr. American for letting me in this country and giving me housing, food stamps, free medical care and free education!” But the passerby says, “You are mistaken, I am
Mexican.”

The Somali goes on and encounters another passerby and says, “Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in America!” The person says, “I no American, I am Vietnamese.”

The new arrival walks further, and the next person he stops, he immediately grabs his hand and shakes it, saying, ”Thank you for the wonderful America and so many gifts to me!” That person puts up his hand and says, “Don’t thank me. I am from Middle East, I am not an American!”

He finally sees a nice, young lady and asks suspiciously, “Are you an American?” She says, “No, I am from Russia!” So he is puzzled now beyond belief, and asks her, “Where are all the Americans?”

The Russian lady looks at her watch, shrugs, and says…

“Probably at work.”

This Friday inspirational poem

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:02:14 +0000

VICTOR by C.W. Longenecker

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will.
It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.

Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man.
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Top sources for quality images

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:48:05 +0000

If you’ve been blogging for a while, then you know that adding an image to your blog post is critical. I am listing below FREE sites where you can get quality images for your every day posts. Of course, istockphoto is out of competition, but these sites are free…

Let me know you know any other sites that can be added to this list!

Great sources for the US mompreneurs

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:46:22 +0000

Ladies who launch

www.ladieswholaunch.com

National Association Of Women Business Owners

www. nawbo.org

Make mine a million

www.makemineamillion.org

Mom inventors

www.mominventors.com

Being busy does NOT mean being productive

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:36:43 +0000

I got a call today from a friend of mine who was going to the seminar and wanted me to accompany her. She couldn’t answer my simple questions like “what is the agenda?” and “who are the speakers”, but she was completely excited about the event. The only thing that she was repeating as mantra was “IT’S FREE”. At that moment I knew that I was not going anywhere, but I’ve decided to give it a chance and asked her to email me a link to the guy who talked her to attend this seminar. I was simply curious who is this hero who can make people attend seminars that have no agenda, nor a list of speakers::)). Well, I am not going to post his name here as I guarantee that you never heard of this person before. From marketing point of view, he is completely “invisible” online and has not proven records of accomplished projects. So, the question is: “Do I want to spend 2 hours for listening a person who obviously has less experience in marketing even if it’s FREE?” I simply refuse to be involved to anything that does NOT move me closer to MY goals. I learned to be selective and learn from people who are able to help me become more than I am, people who are able to help me to step up to a new level of success. It always surprises me when people follow bad role models. They very often follow “exuse makers” instead of accomplishers, they follow people that know less, broke and need a great life coach themselves. These people always SOUND good, LOOK good, so ask for credentials, ask for proof and a history of results. Who am I following these days? These people are on my list and thanks to Twitter I am always updated on what they do and what they are inspired by

#1 Jack Humphrey

#2 Tony - Zappos CEO (I am a big fan of this company and they are a successful model of online ecommerce store that is always one step ahead)

#3 John Reese

#4 Brad Fallon (Stompernet guy)

#5 Pete Cashmore (Mashable)

#6 Michael Arrington (founder of techcrunch)

#7 Evan Williams (CEO of Twitter)

who’s on YOUR list?