Thought of the Day

I agree with almost all. I could resume in one sentence. Be a good person and success will come Gratitude, forgive, want others to succeed, give credit and of course work hard.

Pope Francis warned that an addiction to gadgets was isolating children to the extent they were like little pensioners
He said the tradition of a family sitting down together to eat at a table was starting to vanish due to new technology
The pontiff warned that people who spent their lives staring at a screen while eating were not in a 'close family'
He claimed the dinner table was a place for families to discuss happy and sad events affecting all of their lives

one week for the Transportugal 2016 !

Crossing Portugal in 8 days, north to south; finishing in Sagres - the southern west point of Europe; 1000 km of off-road racing across forest tracks, gravel roads and steep single tracks on clifftops.
Racing from hotel door to hotel door, overnight stays in the best hotels in the region, excellent food and relaxed atmosphere all around.
No signs, ribbons or arrows to indicate the way. Intuitive flawless GPS guiding. You can never get lost and you are always sure you are following the right race track.
An innovative way of racing where each participant follows a virtual marked track on the screen of his GPS receiver.
Always racing across very isolated and peaceful landscape and in self sufficiency, no aid stations and all external support is forbidden

Big get Bigger in the Bible

For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

Matthew 25:29

I am a big believer in the exponential growth and that is why it pays to be big, it pays to focus and only do one thing very well (after low improvements in the beginning things get better & better and of course people love to do what they do well. The solution? put the hours in few endeavors, concentrate, Focus.

This graph from the great BCA research, shows that the big companies are much more profitable than the median company.

From the Economist

Another new paper**, which looks at manufacturing in America, China and India from 1982 to 2007, suggests that the trend towards bigger firms is only likely to accelerate. Big firms’ higher productivity, it argues, raises the barriers to entry for new—and presumably smaller—competitors. Larger factories are more productive than smaller ones, so bigger firms can entrench their position over time. That will skew the income distribution even more. There is plenty of evidence across America and Europe that startup rates for companies are falling, allowing the biggest firms to get bigger unhindered by competition. Since the financial crisis, higher barriers to entry in the form of limited access to capital has caused the number of new businesses to collapse.
Not all economists see this as a dreadful thing. After all, bigger firms have much higher investment rates than smaller ones, which helps to fuel growth throughout the economy. The preponderance of small firms in such places as Greece, Italy and Portugal, seems to be one of the factors holding those economies back.

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21646266-growing-size-firms-may-help-explain-rising-inequality-bigger

I am not planning to move to America (the place of the big companies) but i already own stocks in many american companies as a hedge against living in a small country, Portugal. In my country consolidation has not been promoted and the result is that companies are struggling to survive. It's a difficult place to be a small company. you don't have a decent research budget, marketing budget etc...how are you going to compete? you have an idea no one else has and can not be copied! I don't bet on this

The secret to wealth is simple: Find a way to do more for others than anyone else does. Become more valuable. Do more. Give more. Be more. Serve more. And you will have the opportunity to earn more--whether you own the best food truck in Austin, Texas, or you're the top salesperson at your company or even the founder of Instagram.

Tony Robbins,

this is of course a good advice. I had a house maid for 9 years i liked her a lot. She cooked my food perfectly and iron my dress shirts in my way. She was not perfect but no one is.

However she was a bit inflexible, we bought a dog and she refused to walk the dog, last month i asked her to patch some suit trousers and she said she might ruin the trousers and that i should send the trousers to a professional etc... long story short after many episodes like this my wife sent her away (with a high financial cost) I would probably let things stay as they were ( i am a bit conformist ) but after the fact our new house maid did patch the trousers and walks the dog and she is happy to serve. Perhaps in 9 years she will become like the previous one but the start is very good.

Going back to Tony Robbins quote i know he is right, just do more and you will get more. be nice, be of service, care more and you will get more money. Do more even without pay and you will get rewarded big. I know this is true.

Note: We did get our previous maid a new house and i am sure she will do a good job there. She is a very good maid with a bit of attitude.

Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
-- George Lucas

People who advise that you should work less are not giving a good advice. Work is one of the biggest weapons a person might have. Many people don't like to work hard and that is your biggest advantage. just put the hours.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."
— Stephen King

More about the same

http://thoughtmeme.blogspot.pt/2014/11/there-are-no-shortcuts-to-any-place.html

I just want one thing for next year health for me my family & friends . All the rest who knows what might happen. It's going to be good.

I want 4 things for next year

a)to be in ridiculous good shape

b)to travel more

c)to have less & less things. Use what i have more and more including clothes, gadgets & everything i don't need the new version of anything

d)to eat slowly

Good Indicator

Amen to this

Parents should turn off smartphones, computers and TVs at meal times and eat at the table with their children every day for a better family life, says the Pope

still 3 kg overweight! any tips?

Why America is the place to be!

I had to fire my house maid !

Work more not less!

Today is my birthday! Next year is 50

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