Yearly Archives: 2011

Steve Jobs puts Life and Death in Their Place


posted in Articles, Jane's Blog

By Russell Razzaque
USA Today
Wednesday 19th October 2011

As Apple employees gather Wednesday at their campus in Cupertino, Calif., to remember the life of their erstwhile CEO, they, like most of the rest of us, will doubtless focus much of their celebration on Steve Jobs’ achievements in the external, material world. That’s understandable.

But it is his achievements in the inner world that might yet become his most valuable and profound legacy. Jobs would remind himself virtually every morning that this could be his last day on earth — and that was not since or because he was diagnosed with cancer. He had actually been doing this since his 20s. People talk poetically about such notions often, but [read more]

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The Real Meaning of Rich


posted in Articles, Jane's Blog

In the Western world, the word ‘rich’ is taken to mean having plenty of material possessions, be it property, cash, goods of other kinds; and words associated with this would be opulent, extravagant, wealthy, affluent, etc.

But I think real richness is much more than these things, which are a narrow definition, to say the least.

When you are rich, you are rich regardless of the amount of money you have. Of course, if you don’t have enough money to provide you with the basic necessities such as food and water, shelter and warmth, then because these are matters of bodily survival, you won’t be interested in whether you are rich or not, because you will be [read more]

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Sales and love


posted in Inspirational Quotes, Jane's Blog

This is what goes on in any sales conversation, if you’re involved in a spiritual business:

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You’ve got 86,400!


posted in Inspirational Quotes, Jane's Blog

I was sent this quote, which I loved:

“Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with £86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every penny of course.

Each of us has such bank, it’s name is time. Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as lost whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose. It carries over no balance, it allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of [read more]

How Many Hours Do You Work?


posted in Articles, Jane's Blog

How many hours did you work last month? Do you know? It’s a very interesting exercise to monitor yourself in this way if you are self-employed, because so often the business-type work that is done is interspersed with home-type work. This is especially true if you work mainly from home or have a home office. Knowing the hours you allocate to the different roles you play in your life can provide you with the means to make a conscious choice about what takes priority, and therefore get much more satisfying results.

“I worked 194 hours in 3 weeks in my new role!” a friend of mine exclaimed, which gave me the idea for this article. “I was only supposed to [read more]

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