Speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola)

'Imagine life as a game in which you're juggling
some five balls in the air.

You name them - work, family, health,friends & spirit

and you're keeping all of these in the air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball.
If you drop it, it will bounce back.

But the other four Balls - family, health, friends and spirit - are made
of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed,
marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.

They will never be the same. You must understand that
and strive for Balance in your life.'

INDIANS ELECT THEIR LEADERS

This is written by a Pakistani journalist.. ........
Capital suggestion
By Dr Farrukh Saleem
12/9/2007


Here's what is happening in India:

The two Ambani brothers can buy 100 percent of every
company listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and
would still be left with $30 billion to spare. The four
richest Indians can buy up all goods and services
produced over a year by 169 million Pakistanis and still
be left with $60 billion to spare. The four richest
Indians are now richer than the forty richest Chinese.

In November, Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex
flirted with 20,000 points. As a consequence, Mukesh
Ambani's Reliance Industries became a $100 billion
company (the entire KSE is capitalized at $65 billion).
Mukesh owns 48 percent of Reliance.

In November, comes Neeta's birthday. Neeta turned f
orty-four three weeks ago. Look what she got from her
husband as her birthday present: A sixty-million dollar
jet with a custom fitted master bedroom, bathroom with
mood lighting, a sky bar, entertainment cabins, satellite
television, wireless communication and a separate cabin
with game consoles. Neeta is Mukesh Ambani's wife, and
Mukesh is not India's richest but t he second richest.

Mukesh is now building his new home, Residence Antillia
(after a mythical, phantom island somewhere in the
Atlantic Ocean). At a cost of $1 billion this would be
the most expensive home on the face of the planet. At 173
meters tall Mukesh's new family residence, for a family
of six, will be the equivalent of a 60-storeyed building.
The first six floors are reserved for parking. The
seventh floor is for car servicing and maintenance. The
eighth floor houses a mini-theatre. Then there's a health
club, a gym and a swimming pool. Two floors are reserved
for Ambani family's guests. Four flo ors above the guest
floors are family floors all with a superb view of the
Arabian Sea. On top of everything are three helipads. A
staff of 600 is expected to care for the family and their
family home.

In 2004, Indiabecame the 3rd most attractive foreign
direct investment destination. Pakistanwasn' t even in
the top 25 countries. In 2004, the United Nations, the
representative body of 192 sovereign member states, had
requested the Election Commission of India to assist the
UN in the holding elections in Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah
and Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan. Why the Election
Commission of Indiaand not the Election Commission of
Pakistan? After all, Islamabadis closer to Kabulthan is
Delhi.

Imagine, 12 percent of all American scientists are of
Indian origin; 38 percent of doctors in Americaare
Indian; 36 percent of NASA scientists are Indians; 34
percent of Microsoft employees are Indians; and 28
percent of IBM employees are Indians.

For the record: Sabeer Bhatia created and founded
Hotmail. Sun Microsystems was founded by Vinod Khosla.
The Intel Pentium processor, that runs 90 percent of all
computers, was fathered by Vinod Dham. Rajiv Gupta
co-invented Hewlett Packard's E-speak project. Four out
of ten Silicon Valley start-ups are run by Indians.
Bollywood produces 800 movies per year and s ix Indian
ladies have won Miss Universe/Miss World titles over the
past 10 years.

For the record: Azim Premji, the richest Muslim
entrepreneur on the face of the planet, was born in
Bombayand now lives in Bangalore.India now has more than
three dozen billionaires; Pakistanhas none (not a single
dollar billionaire) .

The other amazing aspect is the rapid pace at which India
is creating wealth. In 2002, Dhirubhai Ambani, Mukesh and
Anil Ambani's father, left his two sons a fortune worth
$2.8 billion . In 2007, their combined wealth stood at
$94 billion. On 29 October 2007, as a result of the stock
market rally and the appreciation of the Indian rupee,
Mukesh became the richest person in the world, with net
worth climbing to US$63.2 billion (Bill Gates, the
richest American, stands at around $56 billion).
Indians and Pakistanis have the same Y-chromosome
haplogroup. We have the same genetic sequence and the
same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have the sam e DNA
molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our culture, our
traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the
same movies and sing the same songs. What is it that
Indians have and we don't?

INDIANS ELECT THEIR LEADERS

Life Lessons For Young Entreprenurs

I remember when I was about 12 years old my Mom and Dad got involved in a multi-level marketing business. They would talk often about dreams and goals and encouraged me to learn all I could about business.

Eventually they burned out and left their MLM opportunity, but the lessons I learned from that early age still apply to my life today. So what did learn?

I learned the value of having a dream. A vision for your life. Without a dream, you will just wander, literally, aimlessly through life. Big houses, nice cars, and gold watches are nice, but they're not really dreams.

No, dreams are bigger than self. Sure, materialism may intially serve as a great motivator. Afterall, if your 17 years old you're naturally going to want a cool car. But eventually you need to graduate to a higher level dream.

How can you contribute to make your community a better place? How can you help others on their path to their dreams? What can you do to show people your vision?

Once you have your dreams your next step is to develop a plan to accomplish those dreams. What business will you go into? How will get the capital to start that business? What else do you need to learn in order to make that business successful? These are all important questions and they will help you begin to design a realistic plan to move towards your dreams.

Once you have a plan, you need to set your goals. Goals are like a trail of little gold nuggets that lead right to the goldmine. You set them, reach for them, accomplish them, and the next thing you know, you're standing at the entrance to a literal goldmine ready to move to a new, unimaginable level.

But you need also to be careful about your goals. Don't just set an easy goal so you can make yourself feel better about setting goals. Set goals that will challenge and change you and never stop reaching for the next level. Just like you wouldn't stop picking up gold nuggets on a trail that lead to a goldmine, you should never stop setting and achieving goals that are moving you towards your dreams.

Lastly, think about what it takes to draw people to you that will help you on your path. A powerful team can provide you with valuable insight and shave years off your jounrney.

I heard a preacher speaking on leadership once and what he said was so profound, so clear, that it blew my mind. He said that leaders do not seek out followers, they attract them. What attracts people to you is your passion, the very people that will help you on your journey will do so because you're passionate about your vision, and your vision comes to you when you understand your purpose.

So it begins with understanding your purpose. The old question, "What is the meaning of life?". You need to answer this question for yourself if you are to develop a vision and plan for your life.

Once you understand your purpose, you will get a vision (or dream) that is inline with that purpose. That vision will inspire passion inside of you and that passion will inspire others to join you. Anthony Robbins says "There are no lazy men, there are simply men who's dreams do not inspire them".

Being an entrepreneur means being a leader. A leader in your business and a leader in your community. Once you begin to apply this philospophy to your life, you'll find that you can do a lot more than buy that cool car.

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Gary is a long-time entrepreneur and the author of Playtime To Paytime - How To Make Money From Your Hobbies and Ideas.. Article on young entrepreneur, life, business, goals, dreams by Gary Drumm