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They don't show .....

His team were losing 3-0 at half-time in the 2005 final of the world’s most prestigious club football competition, The Champions League.

His final words to his Liverpool team as they ran out for the second half were, “The record books don’t show the score at half-time.”

Liverpool roared back with three goals in six minutes to turn the game on its head, and went on to beat AC Milan on penalties.  And manager Rafa Benitez booked his place in history.

The route to success lies in two words, persistence and resistance.

Persist in what must be done, and resist what doesn’t need to be done.

As someone once said, “The road to failure is actually the path of least persistence.”

Humour

An Englishman an Irishman and a Scotsman were in a pub, talking about their sons.

My son was born on St George’s Day," commented the English man. "So we decided to call him George"

“That’s a real coincidence," remarked the Scot. “My son was born on St Andrew’s Day, so we decided to call him Andrew.”

"That’s incredible, what a coincidence, “said the Irishman. “Exactly the same thing happened with my son Pancake.”

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Just go away .....

In Monty Python’s hilarious film The Life of Brian, Brian pleads with his followers to "Just go away. I’m not the Messiah and I’m not your Master."

"But, master!" a voice cries out from the crowd, "Tell us how we should go away."

It reminds me of the Buddhist warning, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him."

The point being that whilst many teachers give good advice, this pales into insignificance compared to the innate power and wisdom that lies within us.

If you leave your future in someone else’s hands, guess what they’ve got planned for you? Probably not as much as you’ve got planned for yourself.

If you do insist on following something, then may I suggest you follow your spirit and intuition for they will take you down the right road.  

The choice is yours. It always has been.

Humour

Husband: I want you to whisper dirty things in my ear

Wife: Kitchen, bathroom, carpet.

The weatherman on our local news show has reacted very angrily to being sacked. ….. No more mist and ice guy.

"Why has everything got to be a game with you?" My wife sighed. "An excellent question love" I replied, "but next time, please use the buzzer."

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Once upon a time .....

Do you remember being read a story when you were young or reading one to your children? Children become totally transfixed when you tell them a great story.

You maybe a little older, your hair may have changed colour or got a little thinner, your waistline expanded, but we adults still love great stories.

Tell me a fact and I’ll learn Tell me the truth and I’ll believe Tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.

Indian proverb

Since the days of the cavemen, civilisations have passed on knowledge and skills by telling stories.

It might be 20,000 years since the last cavemen but we’re still essentially cavemen with briefcases.

Great businesses, great brands and great people tell great stories.

People might forget what you said, they might forget what you did, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel.

At the end of the day, whoever tells the best story wins.

Humour

Some gems from Tommy Cooper:

I told my girlfriend I had a job in a bowling alley. She said ‘Tenpin?’ I said, ‘No, permanent.’

I met this bloke with a didgeridoo and he was playing Dancing Queen on it. I thought, ‘That’s Aboriginal.’

This lorry full of tortoises collided with a van full of terrapins. It was a turtle disaster.

I went in to a pet shop. I said, ‘Can I buy a goldfish?’ The guy said, ‘Do you want an aquarium?’ I said, ‘I don’t care what star sign it is.’

I bought some Armageddon cheese today, and it said on the packet. ‘Best Before End’

I went to buy a watch, and the man in the shop said ‘Analogue’. ‘I said ‘No, just a watch.’

I went into a shop and I said, ‘Can someone sell me a kettle.’ The bloke said ‘Kenwood’ I said, ‘Where is he then?’

My mate is in love with two schoolbags. He’s bisatchel.

I went to the doctor. I said to him ‘I’m frightened of lapels.’ He said, ‘You’ve got cholera.’

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Miles ahead .....

"Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself," said jazz legend Miles Davis.

It turns out that brilliance tends to occur as a result of years of improving skills and increasing authenticity.

In his book "Originals", Wharton Professor Adam Grant concludes that it’s this mix of years of practise and diminishing external influence that produces great work.

The tipping point occurs when the creator stops imitating and trusts his or her own talents.

Einstein was considered brilliant throughout his career across 248 publications, but his most important papers were published in a relatively brief span of several years when he said he relied on his own consciousness and creativity, rather than copy the problem solving approach of his esteemed mentors.

Mozart, Bach and Beethoven each created a staggering number of compositions, but each have only a handful that are regularly performed around the globe.

Only a fraction of Picasso’s prolific output are regarded as masterpieces.

Picasso said he would have produced more masterpieces if he had trusted his innate abilities earlier in his career. Picasso went on to say, "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."

Ultimately, it pays to be an original because originals are worth more than copies.

Humour

Bill Clinton collected $12million for his memoirs.

Hillary Clinton got $8million for hers.

That’s $20million for the memories of two people who for years have repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn’t remember anything.

A man is very overweight so his doctor puts him on a diet.

"I want you to eat regularly for two days," she tells him. "Then skip a day and repeat the procedure for two weeks. The next time I see you, you’ll have lost at least five pounds."

When the man returns, he’s lost nearly four stone. "Why that’s amazing," the doctor says. "Did you follow my instructions?"

The man nods. "I’ll tell you though, I thought I was going to drop dead that third day."

"From hunger you mean?" Asks the doctor.

"No," the man replies, "from skipping."

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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A kick up the bottom .....

When a giraffe is born it falls more than six feet from its mother’s womb on to the floor.

After checking that it’s breathing normally the mother kicks the baby and sends it sprawling. In fact, the mother will keep kicking its new born until it stands up and then, when it does eventually stand up, the mother will kick its new born again so it falls down. This seemingly cruel process is repeated for 10 – 15 minutes.

In the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up very quickly in order to stay with the herd, where there is safety and not fall prey to lions, hyenas, and leopards, who all enjoy eating young giraffes. Hence the baby giraffe’s rather violent initiation.

Fortunately we humans don’t require kicking at birth and in time, our innate intelligence helps us to master the difficult task of walking.

And no matter how many times we fall down, and no matter how many times we’re hurt, we still get back to our feet and learn to walk.

Sadly however, most of us humans do need a bit of a kick as we get older when get caught like rabbits in the headlights of life, too afraid to take the next step for fear of failure or rejection.

We forget that we’re not the rabbit. We’re the headlights.

Never ever give up. Never quit. Because as General Douglas MacArthur said, "Age may wrinkle your body, but quitting will wrinkle your soul."

Humour

Robert asked the preacher to pray for his hearing.

After 3 minutes of violently pushing and pulling Robert’s head, the preacher asked Robert, "How’s your hearing?"

Robert replied, "I don’t know. It doesn’t take place till next week at the County Courthouse."

How’s the diet going?  

Not good. I’ve had eggs for breakfast every day this week.

Scrambled?

No Cadbury’s.

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Sir Alex believes .....

Given that he won 49 trophies during his time as manager of Manchester United, one could be forgiven for being surprised when Sir Alex Ferguson CBE stated that he only had 4 truly world class players during his 26 year tenure.

Namely, Cantona, Giggs, Scholes and Ronaldo.

So how, the interviewer then asked, did he manage to be so successful with a less than world-class team.

"Clarity, belief and execution," replied Sir Alex. "Everyone knew what they had to do, why they were doing it and believed that they could do it. They then went out and did it. It’s no good planning and preparing to win, if you don’t also expect to win."

"I think the CBE I received from the Queen was for my Clarity, Belief and Execution. Once you’ve got these three things, you can make the most of your talent."

"But how did your maintain the belief of the team when you got beaten?" asked the interviewer.

With a twinkle in his eye Sir Alex replied, "We may occasionally have run out of time, but we never believed that we could be beaten."

Humour

The man who invented autocorrect has died. Restaurant In Piece.

What do you call a Frenchman in sandals? Phillipe Phillope

Dumb and dumber are on a cruise ship.

Dumb says to Dumber, "Its very quiet on deck today."

"Everyone must have gone to see the band," said Dumber.

"But there isn’t a band playing tonight," says Dumb.

"I’m sure I heard someone say a band on ship," replies Dumber.

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Marinate your mind .....

There’s a cartoon in the New Yorker magazine where a boss behind a big desk tells a hapless subordinate, "The important thing, Smithers, is not that we understand one another, it’s that you understand me!"

If you’ve worked in cubicle nation long enough, the chances are that you’ve come across such a charisma bypass of a manager.

Fortunately, more and more organisations are recognising that self-awareness, authenticity and empathy lie at the heart of great leadership.

Professor Clay Christensen of Harvard Business School (HBS),believes that Inwards Bounds Management Courses have more to offer than Outwards Bounds Management Courses. He wrote a book and seminar programme on the subject entitled, “How will you measure your life?” It’s the most popular course at HBS. Christensen reminds us that the door to success and happiness opens inwards and not outwards.

Christensen advocates marinating your mind in idea stimulating marinades such as great books, nature and silence.

A survey by Forbes of the some of the worlds leading entrepreneurs reveals that they get their best ideas whilst,

Walking,

In the shower or

Spending time with great thinkers, or reading what they have to say.  

Peter Drucker says that he managed to stay at the top of the management guru tree for 50 years not because he attended more conferences, but because he marinated his mind in great books: for example, he wrote about business alliances with reference to marriage alliances in Jane Austen.

Time to get marinating …..

Humour

Elephant art:

“Been drinking tonight Sir?" The policeman asked.

"I had one beer earlier, but that was all," I responded.

“I think you’ve had a few more than that Sir. Would you step out of the van please?"

“Why?"

“Because the Postman Pat ride is for children, and they’re waiting for you to get out so they can have their go."

Deja Moo – when you’ve heard this bull5hit before.

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Let it be .....

As we grow up, society and advertising condition us to feel insecure about our weight, the way we look, our social status, sex appeal …… the list goes on.

We become convinced that we need to be fixed or improved. But we’re told it’s not your fault because there are millions of people with the same faults as you. You’re part of a much bigger problem and if you listen to the advice in the self-help products you’ll feel great.

Alas, after a quick self-help high we come down to earth with a bump, and in 99.99% of cases go back to feeling in some way inadequate and keep contributing to the global spend of over $20billion dollars a year on self-improvement books, CD’s and seminars.

There’s money to be made in curing people of their addiction to self-help books.

Yet if we wind the clock back a few years BC (before conditioning) to when you were three or four years old, being happy was easy. It came naturally. You didn’t try to be happy, because as a young child that was your natural state.

As a young BC child you forgave very quickly, went where there was excitement and stayed where there was love.

You played, created and learned everyday, before the grown ups told you what you must and should to and put you on the path to self-doubt and self-improvement.

May I put it to you that you don’t need to fix yourself, because you’re not broken.

Your not a pot hole that needs to be filled, you’re a light that needs to be shined.

And as for appealing to the opposite sex, the sexiest thing you can be is who you are. Unappealing is being something you are not …..like most politicians.

So tune into Radio BC once again, tune into your intuition and trust yourself.

When you remember and love the pure, unconditioned you that came into this world, the one that played care free in the sand, then you’re on the path to joy and fulfillment.  

Self-acceptance of the glorious self that is you makes self-improvement unnecessary.

Believe the truth about yourself …..no matter how beautiful it is.

Humour

There’s a strange new trend in the office. People are putting names on food in the company fridge.

Today I had a sandwich named Kevin.

A teacher asks her class of 5 year olds  what religious objects they have in their homes.

One boy answers, “We have a picture of a woman with a halo holding a baby and every day my mother kneels in front of it."

The next little boy says, “We have a brass statue of a man seated with crossed legs and a Chinese face, and every day my parents burn an incense stick before it."

Then a third boy pipes up, “In the bathroom we have a flat, square box with numbers on it. Every day my mother stands on it first thing in the morning and screams, "Oh my God!’"

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Adventure capital – you know it makes cents …..

Have you ever played a game where you’re much better than your opponent?

Whilst victory may be sweet, after a while the fact that winning is so easy makes the game boring doesn’t it?  

Like swimming in the shallow end when you’ve just learned how to swim, the fun goes up a notch when your toes can only just touch the bottom or not at all.

The game of life is pretty much the same. Climbing trees is far more adventurous and fun than climbing fences.

Jumping across a stream is more adventurous and fun than jumping across a puddle.

Harvard psychologist Professor Dan Gilbert, says that, "Human progress comes from those who know their limits and consistently ignore them."

Whilst you won’t find your dreams next to the sofa, they’re never too far away. You just need to stretch a little in order to reach them.

Our dreams can be always be found when we venture to the edge of our comfort zone.

It’s where the real adventure starts.

Humour

If Frank Sinatra was an alligator:

- Dance like no one is watching. Encrypt like everyone is.

- I always carry a knife with me, in case of cake.  

- A guy just threw milk at me. How dairy?

- Cleanliness is next to Godliness – what a terrible dictionary.

The perils of autocorrect:

"When he left this morning I could still smell his colon on my sheets."

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Your funeral and Friar Tuck .....

How many people do you think will cry at your funeral?

10, 20, ….. 30 maybe?

It’s been estimated that around 12-15 people cry at the average funeral.

Why then do we give a Friar Tuck about the opinion of countless others?

The answer lies a mere 20,000 years ago in the Paleolithic or Stone Age.

Back then, our caveman ancestors had to be part of a small tribe if they were to survive. A tribe meant access to more food and greater protection. So being accepted by the tribe, especially those in authority, was critical.

Being rejected by, or worse still getting kicked out by the tribe, resulted in a dramatically shortened lifespan. Being socially accepted was everything.

In short, our bodies and minds are built to live in a small tribe in 20,000BC.

That’s why we humans have evolved an obsession with what others think of us.

A craving for social approval which tragically silences our authentic voice.

In the 21st century we need to work on our own agenda and not respond to someone else’s.

So tell me, whose opinion do you need to stop caring about?

Humour

Put downs by comedians to hecklers:

Sorry I can’t understand what you’re saying. I’m wearing a moron filter – Arthur Smith

Your bus leaves in 10 minutes. Be under it – John Cooper Clarke

What are you so angry about? Has the price of Play Dough gone up? – Henning Wehn

Well it’s a night out for him and a night off for his family – Jack Dee

Pay attention madam and you’ll realise that we have several things in common, not just the beard – Markus Birdman

Live big & love deep.

Sunil

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Hurt people, hurt people .....

We live in an age of guided missiles but misguided people.

The depths to which we humans will plumb seem endless.

If I asked you to name one person who really irritates you, annoys you or who upsets you, I suspect that you wouldn’t have to think for very long.

Too many people believe they have the right to express their opinion and have others listen to it, but not criticise it, or demonstrate that its complete nonsense.

I agree with the wisdom of the person who said, "All of humanity’s sorrows spring from making something out of nothing, while making nothing out of something."

As a default position, give people a piece of your heart rather than a piece of your mind, simply because its hurt people that hurt people.

Every act is either a call for love or an expression of love.

So keep increasing the dose of love.

If this prescription doesn’t work however, then you have little option but to hit delete and remove the toxin.

Humour

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place.

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? WITNESS: He said, ‘Where am I, Cathy?’ ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? WITNESS: My name is Susan!

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ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

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ATTORNEY: Are you 5exually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there.

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ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you? WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-nine, I can’t remember which. ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you? WITNESS: Forty-five years.

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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?

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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He’s 20, much like your IQ.

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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you kidding me?

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ATTORNEY: She had three children, right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?

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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? WITNESS: Take a guess.

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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard. ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I’m going with male.

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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral.

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And last:

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

Live big, love deep and leave a legacy.

Sunil

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How to become a great heartist .....

An educational psychologist recently told me that many schools leavers have difficulty figuring out who they are, because they’ve spent their last decade forgetting who they are.

As John Lennon said, "Every child is an artist until he’s told he’s not an artist."

Over the years the clean slate that we’re born with becomes stained by other people’s statements on the way we should live our lives.

Although we’re only born with two fears – falling and loud noises – growing up we become conditioned to fear failure, fear being rejected and fear what might happen in the future.

But fear is simply nature’s way of reminding us that we’ve disengaged from our soul.

It’s as we express our true nature and who we really are, that we define ourselves from the inside and those outside flock to our authenticity.

So clean the slate, break the chains of conditioning, and be who you were when you were a youngster.

Bring forth the unadulterated joy of the sandpit.

I’ll leave the last word to Picasso who said, "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child."

Humour

Despite telling her three teenage daughters not to leave lipstick kisses on the bathroom mirror they kept doing so.

Exasperated, she called her daughters into the bathroom and explained how difficult it was to get the lipstick off the mirror.

To demonstrate this the mother took out a long handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.

Since then there have been no lipstick kisses on the mirror.

Whenever it rains my husband stands at the window looking sad.

Maybe I should let him in.

Love

Sunil

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Wet wisdom .....

Over 70% of our body is made of it, we can’t survive a week without it, and we can also learn a few lessons from it.

Here are six of the best:

1. Boiling water softens potatoes and hardens eggs. Its about what your made of; not your circumstances.

2. Don’t water the concrete.  Nothing grows there. Stay focused on doing what matters most.

3. Don’t water yourself down, because you’ll be less palatable to yourself and cheating those who matter. Don’t water yourself down, simply because someone can’t handle you pure, undiluted and 100% proof.

4. At 211 degrees fahrenheit water doesn’t do very much, but at 212 degrees its boils and produces steam which can power trains weighing over 500 tons. That’s a change in temperature of less than half a percent. Small differences in behaviour can create huge changes in results.

5. Ships don’t sink because of the water around them. They sink because of the water that gets in them. Be careful who you let into your head. And finally,

6. When life pees on you, remember the words of Billy Connolly who said, "Todays rain, is tomorrows whisky."

Humour

Journalist: Mr. Trump. Is it true that you had a fire at your home?

Mr. Trump: Yes its true. There was a fire at my house. No one was hurt, but sadly the library burned down and both books were lost. I hadn’t even finished colouring one of them in.

Apparently RSVP’ing back "maybe next time" to a wedding invite isn’t the correct response.

Love

Sunil

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Splinters in the backside .....

Eons ago I used to have a very attractive girlfriend who, due to an overbearing father, was like a rabbit caught in the headlights of life.

Questions like, “Where do you fancy eating? What do you want to do this weekend?” and “Which film do you want to watch?” were met with the same response, “You choose."

The relationship didn’t last long – indecision isn’t endearing.

Playing it safe is good for roads and railways, but life requires risk if we’re to achieve anything meaningful.

We’re born to take risks. If we weren’t prepared to fall flat on our face, we would live in a world of bum shufflers where no one had ever taken a chance to learn to walk.

There are many dangers in life, but one of the biggest is safety, because you risk far more by not risking anything.

Moderation and splinters are for the fence sitters of the world who are too afraid to make a dent in the universe.

Playing it safe is mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise and doesn’t make anyone happy.

It’s for those who run the race to mediocrity, too afraid to laugh or cry, and too afraid to live or die.

As my friend, author and former world champion trampolinist Dan Millman says, “Moderation is lukewarm tea, the devil’s own brew."

Humour

1. An 89 year old man by the name of Ron Chestna was stopped by the police at 2 a.m. and was asked where he was going at that time of night.

Ron replied, “I’m on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as staying out late."

The officer asked, “Really? Who’s giving that lecture at this time of night?"

Ron replied, “That would be my be my wife."

2.

3. Ex fiancées or Near Mrs. ?

Love

Sunil

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Please don't feed the fears .....

In an interview with the magazine Vanity Fair, David Bowie cited one of his favourite quotes – "Most people die when they’re 25 but don’t get buried until they’re 75", Benjamin Franklin – when explaining why everything you do that isn’t you is a mistake.

When asked his definition of misery, Bowie replied, "Living in fear of expressing myself and doing what I was born to do, which like all other human beings is to be creative and to create."

Bowie did things which didn’t necessarily add years to his life, but which did add a huge amount of life to his years.

You can only control two things in life, your attitude and your actions.

May I suggest that this year you do more of what makes you smile …… let your smile change the world, but don’t let the world change your smile.

Humour

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.

When he found out that he was going to inherit a fortune from his dying father, he decided he needed to find a wife with whom to share his wealth.

One day, at the gym, Dan spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.

"I may look like just an ordinary guy," he said to her, "But within the next few months my father will die and I will inherit £200 million". "I’ve got to go now," replied the woman, "But give me your phone number and I’ll call you."

To his surprise, a month later the woman called and said, "Congratulations Dan. I’m your new stepmother."

Red sky at night,

Shed’s on fire.

Love

Sunil

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Emotional reboot .....

Whilst I’m very open minded and welcome feedback, I’m not that inclined to take "constructive" criticism from someone who hasn’t constructed anything.

Last week, I went through the contact list on my phone and deleted the psychic vampires, dream stealers and toxic relationships that drain me of energy.

Like a tree it was time to let the dead leaves fall off.

I gave those people who don’t appreciate my presence the gift of my absence.

I’m fortunate to have people in my life who will push me in exchange for being pushed, who will provide wise counsel, and who will tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

These are people who rather than put out my fire, seek to fan the flames, friends who don’t tell me to reduce the size of my dreams, but instead tell me to grow my spirit.

Before any of them became rich and famous, Henry Ford used to meet with four of his friends every month to discuss their businesses and brainstorm ideas. This is what the "mastermind group” developed:

Henry Ford – cars and the modern assembly line.

Thomas Edison – the light bulb and the motion picture camera.

Harvey Firestone – made the first tyres for the Model T and then made a huge fortune off said tyres.

Alexis Carrel – Nobel prize-winning surgeon who figured out how to suture blood vessels and prevent infection during surgery.

Charles Lindbergh – Hot shot aviator and the first person to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He also helped to design the Boeing 747.

These five friends regularly bounced ideas off each other.

Carrel and Lindbergh invented an artificial heart together.

Firestone helped get the Model T on the road, and Edison said that his friends helped him to shape his thinking and get him back to the drawing board after hundreds of his prototypes failed.

Five heads are clearly better than one.

Humour

Husband: Call an ambulance now! I’m having a heart attack!

Wife: (frantically picking up husband’s phone) What’s the code?

Husband: Its OK, I’m feeling better now.

Diary entry:

Today my friends asked me to go camping with them.

A list of the things I will need,

New friends

And finally,

It was 27 years ago last week, that one of the funniest ever comedy scenes was filmed:

Only Fools and Horses (60 second video)

Love

Sunil

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Love and Profit ...

Kevin Roberts, former Worldwide CEO and now Chairman of advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi, isn’t your usual CEO.

You see top of Roberts’s business KPI’s is how much love there is in the daily operations of Saatchi & Saatchi.

People who have worked with him say that Roberts doesn’t do small talk. “Have a nice day,” and “The weather’s awful,” aren’t part of his language.

Roberts loves deep conversations and is more interested in hearing about your childhood, what makes you mad, what makes you laugh and what makes you cry.

He lives his mantra for his business, which is “Plays like a team, feels like a family.”

Roberts is fond of quoting Einstein to his corporate bean counters who haven’t quite got their head around the fact that employee and customer loyalty grows not from reason, but from the heart. How they feel has more binding power than how they think.

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” – Albert Einstein

Business, pleasure, life ….. ultimately everything is personal.

And it’s the businesses and people who endear themselves to others, that are the ones which will endure.

Ref: Lovemarks, by Kevin Roberts

Humour

A man has suffered serious head injuries after being hit with a large, round, brass percussion instrument. Police believe the attack was gong related.

During my wife’s labour, the nurse came up to us and said, “What are your thoughts on Epidural”. I said, “Thanks, but we’ve already picked a name.”

My doctor e-mailed me asking if I knew my “blod group”.   I replied, “typo.”

And finally,

Love

Sunil

www.sunilbali.com