The Heart Of A Businessman

True story of two business friends of mine talking one morning.  

My friends would like to remain anonymous, so I will use the names Mark and Luke for this story.  When I had decided on starting my own business with a team of successful business men and women, Mark was excited to have me on the team and had to tell me about an amazing experience he had that morning.  The story he shared was so inspiring to me I really need to share it. 

Mark noticed Luke had pulled out a piece of paper and marked something off and had a huge smile on his face, for an early morning.  Mark inquired about Luke's joy that morning.  Luke shared he had a Bucket List and finally got to mark a goal off.  On Tuesday, Luke ran into his pastor at the grocery story and was told about a family of four in their church was struggling with the wife working as a school teacher,  her husband was just laid-off, and one child ill in the hospital.  The family asked to be kept in prayer and didn't want anyone to really know their situation.  

Luke knew the side of town they lived in had only two banks.  He was blessed to find the first bank was the one the family used.  He met with the president of the bank and asked what the pay-off balance was on the Smith's house.  He advised the bank president he wanted to remain anonymous and make a deposit on their home.  The family had only three years of payments made on their home at the time.  Luke wrote out a check and told the bank president he wanted the Smith family to receive the deed to their home by Friday, for debt paid in-full.   

That Sunday, Mrs. Smith made an announcement in church service.  She said, " I have a feeling the person I want to thank is in this congregation.  We could have gotten by on what we have and made ends meet.  Whoever you are thanks for your love gift and God bless you!"

Luke told Mark, " I know what it is like to struggle and that was two years ago for me.  Now I have the freedom to be with my children, be there for my aging parents and help others.  One of my personal goals was to pay-off someone's house anonymously.  

It is the heart of a person that makes the greatest difference in people.  I am honored to have people like this as a friend and business mentor.  When your heart is in the right place you can move mountains!  One day soon I will be able to do the same for my family and my parents and wife's parents are not getting any younger either.  God bless!!

Wake Up The Great Leader In You!

Be the leader you were designed to be in the only life you were created.

No matter what walk of life you are in you have a role as a leader.  You may or may not have chosen the position you are in and the fact is you are a leader.  Okay, maybe you are not some top Chief Executive Officer, the Commissioned Officer, the lead supervisor, however; you may be an employee, new business owner, husband, wife, parent, or sibling to someone.  Think I covered the basis here that in some way we have a leadership position in this life.  This subject is nothing new we have all heard about, studied, or been involved in at some level.  You may be a top leader too and just not getting the results you desire.  It is time to wake up the great leader in you! 

I have chosen to focus on leadership, because it has something to do with everything around us every day.  If it was not such an important subject, why do we see shelves full of books on the subject?  Why do we have degrees on the subject?  Why are there seminars on  the subject?  The reason is we are not born to lead we are taught to lead.  We also learn as we go!  We are either the leader or we are lead by a leader.  We are also a leader under the direction of another leader.  All said we are affected in some way by leadership.  

What is the big deal about waking up the great leader in you? 

You have only one shot at this life, once it is gone there is no chance to go back and start over or change it.  If you do not like the current circumstances then be the one to stand up and make the difference.  You can listen to all the advice out there and read all the books and yet you have to take action.  Yes, you have to do something about it! This world is depending on you to shine the light.  You have the ability to change things for yourself, your family, and for your country. 

Too often we hear, "Oh, I can't wait for someone to make things better.  I have an idea to fix this problem, but someone is going to have to it."  That someone is you!  The response to that often goes something like this, "Oh, not me I am not qualified." I don't want to stick my neck out there and get put down or ridiculed.  That's too risky!"  


Here's the wake up for you: 

Congratulations!  You are a child of God, created in His image, and born with the seed of greatness!  As a Christian the world has already been defeated and we live in his Amazing Grace!  Too often we get caught up with our past and decide the past has power over us.  The past does not control who you are or the direction of your future.  Fear is your greatest enemy.  The single most reason most leaders get stuck is due to fear.  What will others think of me?  I might lose my job?  I have no experience.  I am too young or old.  I don't have enough education. I am too poor. I might fail and the cost will be too great.  I don't have time.  If I become rich it will be harder for me to get into Heaven. Stop making excuses. When you are walking in righteousness God will prosper you.  You need to raise your belief in your abilities and be a person of prayer.   " I can do all things through Christ whom stengtheneths me." Philippians 4:13 

The Consequences:

Look around there are enough examples today of what happens when we don't act and be the great leader.  Children go without direction and expected to be raised by teachers, society,  or to figure things out for themselves.  Today's values are set aside and people are afraid to speak up, because they are waiting on someone else.  People die as everyone watches for someone to do something to render CPR or first aid.  Some don't work for themselves because they are afraid of failing, or they just do what everyone else is doing. 

When we don't stand up to be the leader we give up some of our freedom.  We settle for a certain amount of income.  We sacrifice time with family for the job.  We get depressed.  People lose faith in you.  We allow our misfortunes to control who we are and hinder us from reaching our full potential.  We get angry and sense a loss or feel stuck in a no win and dead end situation.  


Make the difference!

Listen up folks...you are a winner!  When your wife looks at you she should see a Winner Walking!  When your husband looks at you he sees a Winner Walking!  When your children look at you they see a Winner Walking!  When your employees see you they see a Winner Walking!  When your boss sees you he or she sees a Winner Walking!  I believe my mentor, Lennon, made some great points when he referenced to "Seeing A Winner Walking"  and " God isn't cruel to give us dreams and not a vehicle to achieve them."   I have shared his thoughts here with you.  It was hearing this that really made sense for me and I believe it will do the same for you.  

Now wake up the great leader in you and make the difference.  Besides you only have one life to live!  God bless!!

Foy 
 

 



  

 

Getting The Word Out on MSG

Below you will find a message sent to me from a dear friend of mine.  If you are interested in going Green please contact me.  To your health and wealth...God bless!!

 

THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF MSG

YOU WILL BE SHOCKED when YOU read this article! Here's an interesting article that warrants a read. We will be extra vigilant in checking labels from now on.

The content of this article has links to substantiate its claims - Scary stuff! 


MSG (a slow poison)

Very interesting


The food additive MSG (Mono-Sodium Glutamate) is a slow poison. MSG hides behind 25 or more names, such as "Natural Flavoring." MSG is even in your favorite coffee from Tim Horton's andStarbucks coffee shops!

I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, and so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo in Ontario , Canada and spent years working for the government. He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called The Slow Poisoning of America .
In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies. No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so scientists have to create them. They make these creatures morbidly obese by injecting them with MSG when they are first born.
The MSG triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates, causing rats (and perhaps humans) to become obese. They even have a name for the fat rodents they create: "MSG-Treated Rats. When I heard this, I was shocked. I went into my kitchen and checked the cup-boards and the refrigerator. MSG was in everything -- the Campbell's soups, the Hostess Doritos, the Lays flavored potato chips, Top Ramen, Betty CrockerHamburger Helper, Heinz canned gravy,Swanson frozen prepared meals and Kraft salad dressings, especially the "healthy low-fat" ones.
The items that didn't have MSG marked on the product label had something called "Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein", which is just another name for Monosodium Glutamate. It was shocking to see just how many of the foods we feed our children everyday are filled with this stuff. MSG is hidden under many different names in order to fool those who read the ingredient list, so that they don't catch on. (Other names for MSG are "Accent, Ajinomoto," "Natural Meat Tenderizer," etc.)

But it didn't stop there.
When our family went out to eat, we started asking at the restaurants what menu items contained MSG. Many employees, even the managers, swore they didn't use MSG. But when we ask for the ingredient list, which they grudgingly provided, sure enough, MSG and Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein were everywhere.

Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, every restaurant - even the sit-down eateries like TGIF, Chili's, Applebee's, and Denny's - use MSG in abundance. Kentucky Fried Chicken seemed to be the WORST offender: MSG was in every chicken dish, salad dressing. and gravy. No wonder I loved to eat that coating on the skin - their secret spice was MSG!

So why is MSG in so many of the foods we eat? As a preservative, or a vitamin?
Not according to my friend John Erb. In his book The Slow Poisoning of America, he said that MSG is added to food for the addictive effect it has on the human body.
Even the propaganda website sponsored by the food manufacturers lobby group supporting MSG explains that the reason they add it to food is to make people eat more.
A study of the elderly showed that older people eat more of the foods that it is added to. The Glutamate Association lobbying group says eating more is a benefit to the elderly, but what does it do to the rest of us?

"Betcha can't eat [just] one," takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is concerned! And we wonder why the nation is overweight!

MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their products. It makes people choose their product over others, and makes people eat more of it than they would if MSG wasn't added.
Not only is MSG scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance. Since its introduction into the American food supply fifty years ago, MSG has been added in larger and larger doses to the pre-packaged meals,soups, snacks, and fast foods we are tempted to eat everyday.
The FDA has set no limits on how much of it can be added to food. They claim it's safe to eat in any amount. But how can they claim it's safe when there are hundreds of scientific studies with titles l ike these:
"The monosodium glutamate (MSG) obese rat as a model for the study of exercise in obesity." Gobatto CA, Mello MA, Souza CT , Ribeiro IA. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 2002.
"Adrenalectomy abolishes the food-induced hypothalamic serotonin release in both normal and monosodium glutamate-obese rats." Guimaraes RB, Telles MM, Coelho VB, Mori C, Nascimento CM, Ribeiro. Brain Res Bull. 2002 Aug.
'Obesity induced by neonatal monosodium glutamate treatment in spontaneously hypertensive rats: An animal model of multiple risk factors." Iwase M, Yamamoto M, Iino K, Ichikawa K, Shinohara N, Yoshinari Fujishima. AHypertens Res. 1998 Mar."usunoki. Exp Neurol. 1978 Hypothalamic lesion induced by injection of monosodium glutamate in suckling period and subsequent development of obesity." Tanaka K, Shimada M, Nakao. Oct 1978.
No, the date of that last study was not a typo; it was published in 1978. Both the "medical research community" and "food manufacturers" have known about the side effects of MSG for decades.
Many more of the studies mentioned in John Erb's book link MSG to diabetes, migraines and headaches, autism, ADHD, and even Alzheimer's.
So what can we do to stop the food manufactures from dumping this fattening and addictive MSG into our food supply and causing the obesity epidemic we now see? Several months ago, John Erb took his book and his concerns to one of the highest government health officials in Canada . While he was sitting in the government office, the official told him, "Sure, I know how bad MSG is. I wouldn't touch the stuff.." But this top-level government official refuses to tell the public what he knows..

The big media doesn't want to tell the public either, fearing issues with their advertisers. It seems that the fallout on the fast food industry may hurt their profit margin. The food producers and restaurants have been addicting us to their products for years, and now we are paying the price for it. Our children should not be cursed with obesity caused by an addictive food additive. But what can I do about it? I'm just one voice! What can I do to stop the poisoning of our children, while our governments are insuring financial protection for the industry that is poisoning us?
This message is going out to everyone I know in an attempt to tell you the truth that the corporate-owned politicians and media won't tell you.
The best way you can help to save yourself and your children from this drug-induced epidemic is to forward this article to everyone. With any luck, it will circle the globe before politicians can pass the legislation protecting those who are poisoning us.
The food industry learned a lot from the tobacco industry. Imagine if big tobacco had a bill like this in place before someone blew the whistle on nicotine?
If you are one of the few who can still believe that MSG is good for us and you don't believe what John Erb has to say, see for yourself. Go to the National Library of Medicine at **www..pubmed.com* <http://www.pubmed.com/ >*. Type in the words "MSG Obese" and read a few of the 115 medical studies that appear. We the public do not want to be rats in one giant experiment, and we do not approve of food that makes us into a nation of obese, obesity-induced, life-threatening disorders.

With your help we can put an end to this poison. Do your part in sending this message out by word of mouth, e-mail, or by distribution of this printout to your friends all over the world and stop this "Slow Poisoning of Mankind" by the packaged food industry.

Blowing the whistle on MSG is our responsibility, so get the word out.

General Lee Today's Economy

 Today's Economy According To The General Lee! Pictures say it all!

General Lee, (1969 - 2007) 

General Lee (2008 - Present)
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General Lee (2008 - Present)
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Hope you like what I put together as a means of expressing the change in today's economy that we all feel around the world.

Prepared To Hit The Million Dollar Jackpot!

Let's play the lottery! Did you know 1/3 of Americans play the lottery in hopes to win the $1 Million Jackpot?  The odds of winning varies in each state: (1 in 15 million to 1 in 50 million).  In the UK the odds of winning are (1 in 14 million).  One young man, described to me the odds of winning the lottery is as-good-as rubbing up next to two Polar Bears and escaping unscratched with your life.

Got a winner! Okay, how about those who do win the lottery?  Why are they not better off after winning a million dollars? For one they have to pay up front taxes.  Then they don't really know how to properly invest their money to keep it.  It goes like this: " I got money and lets buy the house, car, vacation, put into kids education, and give to our family and friends...party!"  Well, they now fall into a higher tax bracket and hit harder with taxes.  They have more bills to pay on, property taxes, and more debt.  They have their regular jobs with smaller income, or think they don't need a job anymore and quit, because they are suddenly RICH!  PROBLEM: they are in over their heads and in more debt.  Most of the time end up having to file for bankruptcy or down and out broke.  What a nightmare!

Still interested in hitting the Jackpot?  First-thing-first, you need to raise your financial IQ.  Secondly, associate with success every day.  Thirdly, get over yourself with disappointments and open up your mind.  The past is the past and doesn't define you today nor tomorrow.  It really comes down to you.   What is your dream?  Do you have a burning desire to get your dream?  Are you taking action?  If you are not willing to do as I have done and many before me then keep playing the lottery and good luck! 

Got my winning ticket! What are my odds to win?  Lets see: I have surrounded myself with at least 10 millionaires who have made it in at least two to three years of building successful businesses and associate with me daily.  My education has grown from learning from them and other millionaires I have met along the way.  I am helping others to do the same and have made great friendships with those who want out of the rat race.  I know my odds of hitting the jackpot is a lot better than playing the lottery and my money is spent wisely.  I have learned a lot over the past year and life has gotten better not only financially as it has improved with my family and with relationships.  Please don't think I am bragging as I am offering you as a reader my assistance.  I know what it is like to struggle and in the current economy you need to be prepared for success.  Prepared in ways they don't teach in school today nor is it covered in the daily news.  Come on and get your winning ticket today! May you have a blessed day and God bless!  I would love to hear your comments and you can friend me here and on Facebook!

Sincerely,

Foy