Selfishness is the root of all evil and transgression of the laws of God

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Rizal Philippines
November 20, 2016

From Shawne Thomas

From a Bible Devotion

A preacher seemed to have oversimplified sin and salvation by saying that the root of all sins is selfishness.  Say the 7 deadly sins of glutton avarice, greed, jealousy, all stem from love of one self and /or over emphasis on ones desires.  And also the ten Commandments of God - thus thou shalt not steal covet thy neighbors wife etc are all directed against man;s  relentless desire for self gratification and satisfaction of ones desire.

The Lord Jesus Christ has been more positive and simple by enjoining us to love one another as we love our self.   That is depriving ourselves or equaling our love of ourselves and others.  Do you agree?

Pride and self worth

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I like this quote:

The pride of a man is inversely proportional to his self worth.

Lack of positive thinking , goal setting self mastery by elderly executive

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Rizal Philippines
November 19, 2016

Before we specify the age of staff who can be hired.    This will be considered illegal when a new law will be passed. I recently recruited a GSM who is a former head of a competitor and he wanted a high salary.  I could afford to pay only 75%  However he reported only 50% of the time.  Although I required him to submit a weekly plan he did not.   We agreed on a target but I could not see much passion and effort going into his position.  Results were pitiful and thus I could see end of his career with us  It was good he gave up to spare us the pain of firing him

To top it all, he requested for huge resources but did not submit accountability reports.   His outputs were measly and pitiful:  in terms of recruits, sales training and even presentation   Although I gave him loads of materials to review and understand, he did not seem to understand this.  When I inquired from the people if they understood or were motivated, it was in the negative.

Above all, as I read his text messages on certain issues, he looked like a loser, spewing out alibis and things that he could not control or irrelevant to him

Sorry to meet such kind of people at his level, and wasting our time and resources

While he claim being a trainer, he lacked a lot of self development and self mastery

Getting over infection of the eye and severe head aches

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Rizal Philippines
November 19, 2016

I have been sidelined for almost a month by a viral infection that rendered me disabled because I had loss of vision (I had double vision) and loss of faculty to think because of severe head ache.  I had viral infection that affected th nerves going to the eyes.  And it was very painful.  The most potent analgesic could not get rid of the pain.  I took a drug that enabled me to sleep at once but the pain is back as soon as I woke up.  Thus I could not bike, nor work, nor blog.

It is great now that the disease took its natural course;  the eye defect is gone although the pain around the eye and face is not gone.

While I was sick, I exercised, did the stationary bike, tried to read whenever I can and kept myself in general physically fit.   And I am often reminded that events like this humbles you and you focus on the things that you can do, and you pray a lot.  The loss of these faculties which are source of my pride means that I am disabled and probably as good as being dead.  But I did my best to get myself back to the harness by exercise, taking all the medicine, following the doctors advice, etc. I did brisk walking am and pm and did my best to lead a normal life (which was not)  I tried to socialize although people would notice some of the signs of the disease

I learned my lesson that you have to savor life as it is and do the best you can while you still can

And now, before Christmas, I will probably be well.

Case of revisionism, regular outcome of family squabbles over wealth

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Rizal Philippines
November 1, 2016

Yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this memorial that honored my parents as founder of all the businesses that I worked hard to organize, start thrive and become progressive. They were supposed to put the companies even when:   my father all ready died (in 1985) and our mother was sick with diabetes.

  They say, when there is no money there is a problem, even more so when there is so much money.

I struggled hard to put the family on top of the heap by organizing businesses that ranged from real estate development, finance, commercial complex, water system funeral service, crematorium  We had branches of memorial parks in 11 locations.

My mistake was following strictly the wishes of my mother who ordered that we split the company 20% for 5 children.  Not knowing that Sec. 28 of corporation code can effectively block me out, (Only 3 votes can kick me out under the said provision )without any reason.  I am out of the board and not getting my share of the profits, even for the crematorium which was entirely built from my equity. I should not been that obedient nor generous.   But taking away credits for achievement.... that is something else

That is a case of historical revisionism;   the truth will come out;  and vengeance belongs to the Lord.