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You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

Abraham L… Continue

I thought I'd just post here how I did on my personal goals for the week. My business has a system where we should strive to get 8 points every day for various activities that will encourage growth and success. Some points are pretty easy to achieve, others are much more difficult but have a higher value.

Monday - 7 points not bad.
Tue - 8 points let's celebrate.
Wed - 8 points celebration time
Thur - 3 points oops, what happened???
Fri - 6 points just ok

I have the weekend still to make up so… Continue

On Monday, hubby brought up the money issue with my business again. It comes up every so often that I'm not yet making as much as I would be if I went back to working a regular job. This time I finally told him that I was doing everything I could to make the business HUGELY successful but that it takes time. I told him that if he really felt I needed to be contributing more to the family (it's not like he doesn't make enough to support us) that I'd do what he wanted but he'd probably be losing m… Continue