If you practice these 9 habits you are inches away from a poverty stricken and unpleasant life. If you practice any of the 10 make conscious effort to make a change. Never take responsibility for their actions but blame others for all their woes including their forebears. They never learn to see failure as a…

In theory everyone wants to be successful, in reality only few individuals are considered successful. What is responsible for this? Could it be that, “many individuals know the right thing but only few do what they should – the few who do what is right are rewarded with a Successful and fulfilled life?”. If you…

That the birds of worry and fear fly over your head; this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent – Chinese Proverb Worry gives a small thing a big shadow – Swedish Proverb If worrying were an Olympic sport, many individuals will get the gold. You probably…

BabT I used 16 cubes of sugar to prepare my cornflakes said Kola. Really… BabT enthused, you are improving. The last time I prepared cornflakes, I used 23 sugar cubes –  7 cubes more than your highest record.  I was a boarding house student during my secondary school days. In the boarding house we had…

The young James Kilroy was working on the docks of Boston harbor in the 1940s, loading the freight ships of the time with big crates filled with blue jeans, destined for the far reaches of the world. One early November morning the day started as so many before it. The wind was blowing, the weather…

Charles Plum, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent six years in a Communist prison. He survived that ordeal and now lectures about lessons learned from…

A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco. “Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve got a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring with me.” “Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”…

A churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of the newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. I’ve gone for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me I can’t remember a single one…

In the American Revolutionary War, during preparations for a battle, a man in civilian cloths passed a corporal who was arrogantly ordering his men to lift a heavy beam. The man stopped and asked the corporal, “Why don’t you help them?” “Sir,” the answer came back indignantly, “I am a corporal!”

A story of a young girl whose life changed after a painful experience; I know that we have different categories of ladies. There are some who have already taken pain as their lifestyle and have refused to learn, there are some who intentionally go through pain for selfish reasons while some have allowed the pains they…