Earl Grey a Scuccess Story

Earl Graves wanted to give a voice to his fellow African-Americans.He fulfilled this dream by establishing Black Enterprise , a publication by and for the community of black professionals who serve to promote their growing community and their achievements in business and in other fields.Today, Black Enterprise is an institution duly recognized in the United States and supported by many business enterprises, including companies belonging to the Fortune 500 list.

Born to parents Earl Goodwin and Winnaford Colette Sealy Graves , Earl Graves grew up in an average African-American family in Bedford Stuyvesant, New York. He studied Economics at the Morgan State University and then got drafted into the Army to serve for two years.

Graves moved on to become an administrative assistant to then senator Robert F. Kennedy for three years until the senator was shot dead. It was at this time that Graves realized his interest in putting up his own business which will be able to serve the African-American community.

Graves established Black Enterprise, an aptly named publication that aimed to promote black professionals and entrepreneurs to the entire business community. Graves , however, had difficulty at first in getting the support and patronage of many black professionals who were already successful in their respective ventures.
Graves took this as a challenge and persevered, until finally becoming successful when more than 100,000 business leaders and groups have given their support to Black Enterprise. Twenty-two years after Black Enterprise's establishment, the magazine became very known and respected on the national level and had earnings reaching $17.5 million.

Graves further advanced his career when he became the president and CEO of Earl G. Graves , Ltd., the umbrella corporation of all of Graves' business ventures which of course included Black Enterprise. Graves also held other responsibilities outside his own empire, serving as chairman and CEO of Pepsi-Cola of Washington, D.C. (the biggest minority-controlled Pepsi-Cola franchise in the United States at the time).

Graves wrote a book about his success in business entitled 'How to Succeed in Business Without Being White'. The book was listed as a bestseller in bookstores nationwide.





 

See if you can answer this!!

TWO TOUGH QUESTIONS 

Question 1: 

If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion? 

Read the next question before looking at the answer for this one. 


Question 2: 
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts. Here are the facts about the three leading candidates. 

Candidate A - 
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day. 

Candidate B - 
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening. 

Candidate C - 
He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never cheated on his wife. 



Which of these candidates would be your choice? 

Decide first, no peeking, then scroll down for the answer. 
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ANSWERS

Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt. (he was the 32 president of USA and only American president elected to more than two terms ,he was elected to four but only served three full terms, dying in his fourth term.Roosevelt dominated the American political scene, not only during the twelve years of his presidency, but for decades afterward.)


Candidate B is Winston Churchill. (a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders.)



Candidate C is Adolph Hitler! ( we all know who he is!!)


And, by the way, the answer to the abortion question: If you said yes, you just killed Beethoven. ( He was a great composer of hos time and continued to work even after he became deaf.)

Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone.

 

Inspiring Story Of Henry Ford

Some of us think that one is lucky if one is born in a business family so that after graduating one can straightaway take over the family business. That is not always the case as the following example shows

One of the most interesting vocation stories are with respect to Henri Ford. Ford’s father was a farmer who wanted his son to follow him in his own footsteps. However young Henri's heart was with the motor engine and similar things with which he tinkered. After furious arguments with his father, he left to chart his own course to create history by becoming one of the world’s richest entrepreneurs. The lesson to learn here is that one has to see where one’s spontaneous inclination lies and then have the courage and conviction to back is up.

Much later in life, Henri Ford brought into ford a person who could concentrate on all other areas except for manufacturing which was Henri’s forte. Henri ford was regarded as a business genius in his time. This shows that even geniuses have to indulge in complimentary synergies- supplement their own strength and complement their weaknesses.

Laugh A While

An Illinois man who left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email.

Unfortunately, when typing her address, he missed one letter, and his note was directed instead to an elderly preacher's wife whose husband had passed away only the day before. When the grieving widow checked her email, she took one look at the monitor, let out a piercing scream, and fell to the floor in a dead faint.

At the sound, her family rushed into the room and saw this note on the screen:

Dearest Wife,
Just got checked in. Everything prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.

The story was written so that you would laugh and forget that you have other worries connected to your day-to-day activities. Smile, it will make your day better.

 

Mother: A Unique Creation Of God

By the time the Lord made mothers, He was into the sixth day working overtime.  An Angel  appeared and said "Why are you spending so much  time on this one?" And the Lord answered and  said, "Have you read the spec sheet on her? She has to be completely washable, but not elastic; have 200 movable parts, all replaceable; run on black coffee and leftovers; have a lap that can hold three children at one time and that disappears when she stands up; have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken heart; and have six pairs of hands."

The Angel was astounded at the requirements for this one. "Six pairs of hands! No way!"  said the Angel.

The Lord replied, "Oh, it's not the hands that are the problem.  It's the three pairs of eyes that mothers must have!" 

"And that's on the standard model?" the Angel asked.

The Lord nodded in agreement, "Yep, one pair of eyes are to see through the closed door as she asks her children what they are doing even though she already knows. Another pair in the back of her head are to see what she needs to know even though no one thinks she can. And the third pair are here in the front of her head.  They are for looking at an errant child and saying that she understands and loves him or her without even saying a single word."

The Angel tried to stop the Lord  "This is too much work for one day. Wait until tomorrow to finish."

"But I can't!" The Lord protested, "I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own heart. She already heals herself  when she is sick AND can feed a family of six on a pound of hamburger and can get a nine year old to stand in the shower." 

The Angel moved closer and touched the woman, "But you have made her so soft, Lord."

"She is soft," the Lord agreed, "but I have also made her tough. You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."

"Will she be able to think?" asked the Angel. 

The Lord replied, "Not only will she be able to think, she will be able to reason, and negotiate."

The Angel then noticed something and reached out and touched the woman's cheek. "Oops, it looks like You have a leak with this model. I told You that You were trying to put too much into  this one."

"That's not a leak." the Lord objected.  "That's a tear!"

"What's the tear for?" the Angel asked. 

The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy, her sorrow, her disappointment, her pain, her loneliness, her grief, and her pride."  

The Angel was impressed.  "You are a genius, Lord.  You thought of everything for this one.  You even created the tear!"

The Lord looked at the Angel and smiled and said, "I'm afraid you are wrong again.  I created the woman, but she created the tear!

God Has A Plan For You: Keep Faith

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods. They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, "Someday I hope to be a treasure chest. I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty."

  Then the second tree said, "Someday I will be a mighty ship. I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull."
Finally the third tree said, "I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching. I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember me."
 
After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees. When one came to the first tree he said, "This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter" ... and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.
 
At the second tree a woodsman said, "This looks like a strong tree, I should be able to sell it to the shipyard." The second tree was happy because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship.
 
When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, "I don't need anything special from my tree so I'll take this one", and he cut it down.
 
When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed box for animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for. The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat. His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end. The third tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark. The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.
 
Then one day, a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree. The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time. Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water, a great storm arose and the tree didn't think it was strong enough to keep the men safe. The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said "Peace" and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.
Finally, someone came and got the third tree. It was carried through the streets as the people mocked the man who was carrying it. When they came to a stop, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill. When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

The moral of this story is that when things don't seem to be going your way, always know that God has a plan for you. If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts. Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined. We don't always know what God's plans are for us. We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best. 

 

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What Matters Is Whats Inside Of You

 A group of friends, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you
 began eyeing each others cups.

 

 Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."

 God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!

 "The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." After all that matters is whats inside of you!!.


 

Your Smart Goals

SMART GOALS

If you ask most people what is their one major objective in life, they would probably give you a vague answer, such as, "I want to be successful, be happy, make a good living," and that is it. They are all wishes and none of them are clear goals.

Goals must be SMART:

1. S--specific. For example, "I want to lose weight." This is wishful thinking. It becomes a goal when I pin myself down to "I will lose 10 pounds in 90 days."

2. M--must be measurable. If we cannot measure it, we cannot accomplish it. Measurement is a way of monitoring our progress.

3. A--must be achievable. Achievable means that it should be out of reach enough to be challenging but it should not be out of sight, otherwise it becomes disheartening.

4. R--realistic. A person who wants to lose 50 pounds in~30 days is being unrealistic.

5. T--time-bound. There should be a starting date and a finishing date.

     

The Art Of Appreciation

The Art of Appreciation

Appreciation is a commodity which is very essential in the human life. From small to old, all thrive on it. When it is given without any ulterior motives, the quality of the feeling increases. The recipient of these two words of appreciation looks and feels different. He feels on the 7th heaven.


Usually we see that people try to catch someone doing something wrong. They are on the constant lookout for it. When someone is doing something like that, how can one work comfortably and give out his best? 
Today the subject of employee motivation and employee welfare is seen in every newspaper. Why , because they realize that people work best when they are made to feel good. So how do you do that?
Well first and foremost who ever you are and in what ever field, Catch somebody do something right. Yes watch out for the good work your juniors are doing says the author of “The One Minute Manager”. Then you go towards them and say in exact words what you like about the work that was performed. This makes the person realize that you value there work and they will strive for excellence every time they perform. Take the eg. Of a one year old child. When the child does something well, we clap with happiness, the young one notices this keenly and the next time when  they do the same thing, unlike the older and wiser adults, they look at you , clap their hands and make you clap yours as well. Self motivating themselves. When you praise them and do as they want, the happiness on their sweet little faces goes directly to your heart. That’s the magic of appreciating and being appreciated as well.
Let us to be amongst people whom our juniors will look up to. Let us cultivate the art of appreciating when we see a job well done. You never know what a world of good your few sentences will do. And what do we have to lose in the bargain?
If we have new and positive ways of expression, then we can create new realities.

 

Say to Yourself Every Day

  Say these Positive Affirmations to yourself everyday, once in the morning and once at night. Believe in what you are saying and it will become true for you.

• I am healthy and happy.
• Wealth is pouring into my life.
• I am sailing on the river of wealth.
• My body is healthy and functioning in a very good way.
•  I have a lot of energy.
•  I study and comprehend fast. (For students)
• My mind is calm.
•  I am calm and relaxed in every situation.
• My thoughts are under my control.
•  I radiate love and happiness.
• I am surrounded by love.
• I have the perfect job for me.
• I am living in the house of my dreams.
• I have good and loving relations with my wife/husband.
• I have a wonderful and satisfying job.
• I have the means to travel abroad, whenever I want to.
• I am successful in whatever I do.
• Everything is getting better every day.

The Teacher and the Tiger

The Teacher and the Tiger

A teacher and his student were walking from one village to another, when they suddenly heard a roar behind them. Turning their gaze in the direction of the roar they saw a big tiger following them. The first thing the student wanted to do was to run away, but as he has been studying and practicing self-discipline, he was able to halt himself, waiting to see what his teacher was going to do.

"What shall we do Master?" Asked the student.

The teacher looked at the student and answered in a calm voice:
"There are several options. We can fill our minds with paralyzing fear so that we cannot move, and let the tiger do with us whatever pleases it. We can faint. We can run away, but then it will run after us. We can fight with it, but physically it is stronger than us."

"We can pray to god to save us. We can choose to influence the tiger with the power of our mind, if our concentration is strong enough. We can send it love. We can also concentrate and meditate on our inner power, and on the fact that we are one with the entire universe, including the tiger, and in this way influence its soul."

"Which option do you choose?"

"You are the Master. You tell me what to do. We haven't much time", responded the student.

The master turned his gaze fearlessly towards the tiger, emptied his mind from all thoughts, and entered samadhi (a kind of trance). In his consciousness he embraced everything in the universe including the tiger. In this deep meditation the consciousness of the teacher became one with consciousness of the tiger.
Meanwhile the student started to shiver with fear, as the tiger was already quite close, ready to make a leap at them. He was amazed at how his teacher could stay so calm and detached in the face of danger.

Meanwhile the teacher continued to meditate without fear. After a little while, the tiger gradually lowered its head and tail and went away.

The student asked his teacher in astonishment, "What did you do?"
"Nothing. I just cleared all thoughts from my mind and united myself in spirit with the tiger. We became united in peace on the spiritual level. The tiger sensed the inner calmness, peace, and unity and felt no threat or need to express violence, and so walked away."

"When the mind is silent and calm, its peace is automatically transmitted to everything and everyone around, influencing them deeply", concluded the teacher.

The Story is by Remez Sasson , a beautiful way to demonstrate the amazing and vast power of one's mind, If you can think it, You can surely achieve it. In this case a victory over one's fear.

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