Thursday, March 15, 2007

Two men, one message...

Introducing an important NEW book by Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump

The world is facing many challenges and one of them is financial literacy. Unfortunately when it comes to their financial future, most people still expect their government, employers or families to take care of them.

Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki, both successful businessmen and natural teachers, believe that you cannot solve money problems with money. You can only solve money problems with financial education.

With this new book,Why We Want You to Be Rich, the age-old saying of: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime," is explored as Trump and Kiyosaki teach you what they believe you need to know to be rich.

They each could have written a book on the subject, but they chose instead to write a book together because of their shared passion for education and their desire to bring emphasis to the importance of strong financial skills and understanding.

- Shared Concerns: The Shrinking Middle Class... and the opportunity to choose to be among the rich instead of the poor
- The Entitlement Mentality: This prevalent attitude is weakening and will have repercussions globally
- Defining Moments: How life is filled with lessons and how best to learn to see them and apply them to your financial well-being and your life
- Financial Literacy is the road to mastery over your finances, your future and your life... and it begins with education

Money alone won't solve the problems we face. In referencing the need to "teach people to fish" and preparing them to create solutions to the challenges we face as a nation, versus simply giving people fish and keeping them dependant upon others for their sustenance - Donald and Robert focus on why and how people can take action in their lives and contribute to solutions as opposed to magnifying the problems.

Two men, one message... two men with different backgrounds, different experiences and different perspectives who are both passionate about education.

Both authors are successful financially, and both are bestselling authors who could easily have written separate books. They chose to join forces to offer two voices on a subject that they believe is at the heart of the future of our world.

As leaders and teachers, the authors' collective knowledge and experience is a significant force when focused upon empowering others to take action and responsibility for their financial well-being - and choosing to be rich.

A portion of the profits from each book will be donated to charitable and educational organizations that support financial education.

得失之間

在一個講究包裝的社會裡,我們常禁不住羨慕別人光鮮華麗的外表,而對自己的欠缺耿耿於懷。

就我多年觀察,我發現沒有一個人的生命是完整無缺的,每個人都少了一樣東西。有人夫妻恩愛、月入數十萬,卻是有嚴重的不孕症;有人才貌雙全、能幹多金,情字路上卻是坎坷難行;有人家財萬貫,卻是子孫不孝;有人看似好命,卻是一輩子腦袋空空。

每個人的生命,都被上蒼劃上了一道缺口,你不想要它,它卻如影隨形。以前我也痛恨我人生中的缺失,但現在我卻能寬心接受,因為我體認到生命中的缺口,彷若我們背上的一根刺,時時提醒我們謙卑,要懂得憐恤。

若沒有苦難,我們會驕傲,沒有滄桑,我們不會以同理心去安慰不幸的人。我也相信,人生不要太圓滿,有個缺口讓福氣流向別人是很美的一件事,你不需擁有全部的東西,若你樣樣俱全,別人吃什麼呢?也因體認到每個生命都有欠缺,我也不會再去與人作無謂的比較了,反而更能珍惜自己所擁有的一切。

猶記得我那可稱為台灣阿信的企業家姑媽,在年近七旬時遁入空門前告訴我:「這輩子所結交的達官顯貴不知凡幾,他們的外表實在都令人豔羨,但深究其裡,每個人都有一本很難唸的經,甚至苦不堪言。」

所以,不要再去羨慕別人如何如何,好好數算上天給你的恩典,你會發現你所擁有的絕對比沒有的要多出許多,而缺失的那一部分,雖不可愛,卻也是你生命的一部分,接受它且善待它,你的人生會快樂豁達許多!

Join us for forest bathing!!!

Dear Friends,

Join us for a refreshing Forest Bath at Lower Pierce Reservoir... follow by a relaxing picnic.

Lower Peirce Reservoir is a reservoir in Singapore, located near MacRitchie Reservoir and Upper Peirce Reservoir. It is 6 hectares in size and contains many trees that are over 100 years old. There is a Lower Peirce Trail, which is a 900-metre boardwalk that takes visitors through a mature secondary forest. The reservoir is the source of the Kallang River, the longest river in Singapore.

In Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, people commonly engage in so-called forest bathing to breathe in phytoncides emitted by plant and trees, in order to improve their health.

Phytoncides are antimicrobial allelochemic volatile organic compounds derived from plants. The word, which means "exterminated by the plant", was coined in 1937 by Dr. Boris P. Tokin, a Russian biochemist from Leningrad University. He found that some plants give off very active substances which prevent them from rotting or being eaten by some insects and animals. Various spices, onion, garlic, oak and pine trees, and many other plants give off phytoncides. Oak contains a substance called greenery alcohol; garlic contains allicin and diallyl disulfide; and pine contains alpha-pinene, carene, myrcene and other terpenes. More than 5000 volatile substances defend the surrounding plants from bacteria, fungi and insects. Phytoncides work by preventing the growth of the attacking organism.

Today phytoncides are widely used in Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese medicine, including holistic medicine, aromatherapy, and veterinary medicine.

Venue: Meet at Lower Pierce Reservior , Casuarina Road Carpark. (next to famous Roti Prata place)

Time: 18 March 07, Sunday 7.45am sharp

Journey: 15-20 min forest walk to the picnic area. (Bring your own Light food as you have to carry food in to the picnic area.)

Bus to take: 169 from Ang Mo Kio interchange.

Anyone can join in!!!

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Hong Chuan Long's Profile


Super Potential Talent Training Course on 24 and 25 March 2007

Dear members

We are delighted to bring to you once again the SUPER POTENTIAL TALENT TRAINING COURSE by renowned motivational speaker, Mr Sunny Hung from Taiwan.

Mr Sunny Hung is a successful entrepreneur who also manages consultancy firms and is also a speaker of various associations in Taiwan. He amassed his credentials over the years to include, among other things, being one of the best known speakers who has addressed and trained more than 50,000 people across the Asia-Pacific region in professional sales and marketing, motivational and many value-added training courses. Mr Sunny Hung ¡®s reputation as a successful speaker is reflected by the many distinguished awards as well as the books and publications he authored. His achievements in delivering numerous direct, multi-level marketing and management talks have been his forte and has been most effective in enhancing the knowledge and wealth of his audience.

We are honoured to have him with us this year again to continue to engage and enthused our members for greater performance by sharing his valuable experience and expertise in a course completely devoted to bring the best in professional multi-level marketer.

Speaker : Sunny Hung

Date : 24 - 25 March 2007
(Saturday & Sunday)

Venue : Seminar Room #02-04, 401 Commonwealth Drive, Haw Par Technocentre, Singapore 149598

Fee: S$180/=
(includes meals and teabreaks)

Language : Mandarin

Tickets : Available from 5 March 2007 at the Stock Centre
(Please call Ms Yvonne Yeo at 67330408 ext 107)

Reminder :
  • Casual Wear (Ladies are advised to come in pants)
  • Please do not wear valuable items
  • Tickets are not refundable
  • Request for vegetarian meals has to be made by 17 March 2007
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