The Writing Pad #5                         

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Thought for the day: A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!
 

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Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
 

Welcome,

How many of you know what Pareto's Principle is and how it can help you be successful in many of you endeavors including your business life?

Pareto's Principle - The 80-20 Rule - In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created a mathematical formula to describe the unequal distribution of wealth in his country, observing that 20% the people owned 80% of the wealth.

After further observations by Dr. Joseph Duran this principle was later extended to say that 20% of something is always responsible for 80% of the results. "vital few and trivial many"

The value of the Pareto Principle for us as marketers or managers is that it should reminds us to focus on the 20% that matters as we undertake our daily tasks.

Of the things you do during your day, only 20% really matters. This 20% produces 80% of your results.

We should identify and focus on those things which produce the most results. When the duties of the day begin to sap your time, remind yourself of the 20% that you need to focus on.

If something in the schedule has to slip and isn't going to get done, make sure it's not part of that 20%.

Benjamin Franklin once said, "Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff that life is made of."

Often times, we find ourselves surfing to and fro among our email boxes or just getting off track from our intended purposes. The internet has a way of doing this to us.

Have you ever started looking for some vital information on the web and find yourself completely taken up by something else that we you have run across? Often, we forget our original purpose.

As you plan and go though your day, always try to remember this 80/20 rule and make the best out of the time given to us.

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07/03/08 - Alan has just posted Part 5 of this 8 Part series.

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Words for Thought

What really prompted Rev. Jesse Jackson's remarks about Barack Obama  "talking down to black people?

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Oil Company Stocks and Executive Compensation Packages

While the American people are struggling to finance their $70 to $90 dollar trips to the gas stations across the country, the oil company Stock Holders and Executives are laughing all the way to the bank.

This gross compensation to the owners and executives is like rubbing salt into the already gaping wounds of the American Public hurt by these high prices and their domino effect on all other the consumer prices. 

The oil company CEO's blame the high prices on elements which aren't under their control but they do not hesitate to cash in on the opportunity for putting huge amounts of money.

The chief executives for the major oil companies earn approximately 2 times the median for executive pay compensation for most S&P Fortune 500 companies.

This does not include the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of incentive stocks and options grants that they get for being in the right place at the right time.

The stock price of one of the major oil companies has increased about 50% in the last year.

The thing that is so sad about the whole deal is that the performance of the CEO's had very little or nothing to do with the performance of the stocks or the companies in general.

This is a true example of the statement "its better to be lucky than good".

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 Famous Quotes:

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting start is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
                                                                   Mark Twain

                                              
                                            

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
                                                          Leon J. Suenes
 

 

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Good To Know Health Wise:

From the FDA: Tomatoes, Update on the Outbreak

July 3, 2008: At this time, FDA recommends consuming raw red plum, raw red Roma, or raw red round tomatoes only if grown and harvested from the following areas that HAVE NOT BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTBREAK:

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida (counties of: Jackson, Gadsden, Leon, Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee, Hamilton, Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, Sarasota, Highlands, Pasco, Sumter, Citrus, Hernando, Charlotte)*
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada New!
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • South Carolina
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Dominican Republic
  • Guatemala
  • Israel
  • Mexican States (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Colima, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tobasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatán, Zacatecas)
  • Netherlands
  • Puerto Rico

* Shipments of tomatoes harvested in these counties are acceptable with a certificate issued by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Consumers who are unsure of where the tomatoes are from that they have in their home are encouraged to contact the store or place of purchase for that information. If consumers are unable to determine the source of the tomatoes, they should not be eaten.

Consumers should also be aware that raw tomatoes are often used in the preparation of fresh salsa, guacamole, and pico de gallo, are part of fillings for tortillas, and are used in other dishes.

Types of tomatoes not linked to any illnesses are cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and tomatoes with the vine still attached.

Since mid April, there have been 887 reported cases of salmonellosis nationwide caused by Salmonella Saintpaul, an uncommon form of Salmonella. At least 108 hospitalizations have been reported.

Update for July 11, 2008 - Case count information as of 9 pm EDT, July 10, 2008

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Interesting Facts:

There is one seven-letter word that contains nine other words
without any of its letters being rearranged.
 
the
there
he
in
rein
her
here
ere
herein
 
And the seven-letter word itself? THEREIN.

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