1. ON EARNING: Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second chance. 2. ON SPENDING: If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need. 3. ON RATINGS: Do not save What is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving. 4. ON TAKING RISK: Never test the depth of a river with both feet. 5. ON INVESTMENT: Do not put all eggs in one basket. 6. ON EXPECTATIONS: Honesty is very expensive gift. Do not expect it from cheap people. 7. If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present. Past is a waste paper. Present is a newspaper and future is a question paper. 8. When bad things happen in your life you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you or you can let it strengthen you. 9. Empty pockets teach you a million things in life but full pockets spoils you in a million ways. 10. Our eyes are in the front because it is more important to look ahead than to look back. 11. We used a pencil when we were small but now we use pens... do you know why? Because mistakes in childhood can be erased but not now. So read and write carefully otherwise life will be a tissue paper.
By Strive Masiyiwa A few weeks ago I went to the doctor. I will tell you what he said about my health at the end, but first read this: Twenty years ago, I arranged to meet a well-known British international businessman who invested a lot in Africa at the time. We agreed to meet for dinner at a leading hotel in London. After a good meeting, we started to walk out of the restaurant when he suddenly collapsed in the lobby. There was total pandemonium as they rushed to get medical assistance. Being London, an ambulance arrived in minutes. I jumped in the back with him as paramedics wrestled to keep him alive. He had had a heart attack and had to have triple bypass heart surgery. Sadly he died a few weeks later. He hadn't been sick and his sudden death surprised everyone. And yet as I reflected on it, and later discussed it with a doctor friend who knew him, I realized he was very laid back about his health despite having a hectic business life. Even during our dinner...
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