What's A New Year For , If It Ain't For Sail Aways ?

Time zings away so very quickly. And as you get older, it seems 'becoming old' seems to speed up even more. If you don't do something about it, your life will take place without including the person who's buried deep withinst you. You guessed the person I mean !The dreamer ! The boy or girl insides of you. The bright, starry-eyed optimist who was once 'owner' of your body and soul. 

What did you want to be... or dream you'd rather be ... when you were in childhood? And what kind of dreams have you had since? Do you still have goals or ambitions you haven't achieved? We all have and have had dreams. And we're all guilty of putting off those dreams. Our real dreams take a back seat while the ones we would not rather be take the front seat! Seems life gets inverted ! So be honest with yourself. Have you achieved any or all of your cherished dreams? Are you even working toward them? Do you even remember what they were? “Being yourself” means owning your particular ways and styles of doing things , the way you steer circumstances, your sense of  cheer in the face of armageddons ; yes, your oddities eccentricities too, and protocols.

So , this new year BEGIN something !Perhaps call to memory Mark Twain's spur on :

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO BE YOURSELF?

Do you have an idea for starting an online business and need help getting online? In the past, all businesses needed physical locations, but as online shopping continues to soar, many people are making successful business on the internet. What you'd need is a good idea [ maybe rooted in family history ], some startup money [ the price of a cup of coffee ], time to get started, and you can get on onto the highway. If you’ve always wanted to be an entrepreneur, starting an online business is one of the easiest ways to get your foot in the door. And online businesses, when run well, can be extremely profitable .When was the last time you took a chance and did something outside of your comfort zone?
“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”― Anaïs Nin

Here's some basic advise.

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Step Into The Global Marketplace

The Internet has been stealthily displacing printed, television and radio advertising for the past four decades and luring millions of people to pitch their entrepreneur noses into it's  huge marketplace . It is even more incumbent pertinent , necessary for any one, looking for rainmaking trails and tracks to jump start their cash flows through sale of their products and services, to get online.  

Dreams - the ones you had from the days you were a boy or girl can't be thrown off the cliff or shelved into oblivion. They could hold the sparks to turn your life around .And besides they could be the hardwired talents within your family history that could garner fortunes .

In the marketplace success is rewarded but mistakes get punished.That means that you can’t settle for weakness, laziness, and bad ideas, and couch marketing or your business will fall over the cliff . There’s a gulf between an idea, and a hunch that carries the hopes of rainmakers in real-world conditions. Almost everyone has ideas but most people can’t come to grips trading them off to live their own dream. It's good to heed the advice of a hearthrob of the yesteryears .

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails - Mark Twain .

[ the writer believes having your own space / website is essential to success ]

How The Rubber Tree Changed A Nation..

 

Trees have played a very essential role in the development and launch off of the economies of several nations. Before the RUBBER TREE came along the India Rubber Tree was it's predecessor. It's trunk exuded a milky sap called latex. Although somewhat like 200 plants in the world can produce latex, but over 99 percent of the world's natural rubber is made from the latex that comes from a tree species called Hevea brasiliensis, . However it was not until 1839 that this latex saw its first practical application in the industrial world. That year, Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped rubber and sulfur on a hot stovetop, causing it to char like leather but it remain plastic and elastic however. Vulcanization, a refined version of this process, transformed this whitish liquid into an essential product for the industrial age. But how the rubber tree began to change the economies of nations around the world had its beginnings with Henry Wickham. In 1876, this English planter, collected 70,000 seeds [ Brazil] and shipped them to England. 2,800 of the seeds germinated. In 1895 . Henry Ridley, the head of Singapore's Botanical Garden, convinced two coffee growers to plant two acres (.8 ha) with Hevea trees from these seedlings . Nine of these seedlings were sent to Sir Hugh Low, then Resident in Perak, where they were planted in the Residency gardens at Kuala Kangsar , Malaya. Twelve years later more than 300,000 ha of rubber trees filled plantations in Ceylon and Malaya .At the turn of the 20th century the industry began to grow dramatically with the advent of the bicycle and automobile industries .Every tire, hose, seal, valve, and inch of wiring required rubber. The rubber boom launched off . Rubber planting became highly profitable and rubber plantations spread across the Malay Peninsula

By the 1930s, Malaya had become the world’s largest natural rubber producer.And it rode this 'rubber' economy to the necks of the 80s'.But this international trade with the rest of the world was the first time Malaya earned foreign earnings in US Dollars. Thus the nation rose from a laid back sleepy hollow of an economy to a roaring tiger economy through the 'rubber ' years.

What does your financial future look like?

For many people, worrying about their financial future is a persistent habit. But unless you act you will be acted upon. No crystal ball can predict what your financial future holds or even IF there's anyone "holding" that future at all.
By taking risks , daring to get your feet as well as getting professional guidance from your financial advisor, you will be better prepared against sudden financial concussion .
So what elements need to be factored in when executing best financial practices?
Income is the starting point .What about a period of unemployment ? What about an illness ?What about savings ? The jobs we do impact our bank balances.
You might have pondered these a bit but none of these questions can be answered without the careful weighing in of your working life. After all, money doesn’t grow on trees nor will it fall from the sky. Tomorrow isn't promised. Neither is death. So long as there is family , rainmaking or wage-making HAS TO GO ON.
Financial wellbeing means different to different people but preparing for a growing family , meeting future plans , require unremitting attention to plans - whether a Plan A or a B or even a C.
Here's a way to sock some money away for the future .....

INEQUALITY has always been around....

Want To Be Happy? Make A Bonfire Of Your Fake Dreams !

Alain de Botton, the writer and intellectual has some unexpected advice about dreams. Forget them. “There’s a relief to be gained in giving up certain ambitions, if those ambitions really are on the other side of the moon and are getting in the way of other things that are going quite well in your life."

Many workers daydream about leaving their desk jobs behind to chase their true passions but turning fantasies into reality can be a scary walk out onto a limb. Walking away from a cosy job can mean tossing out benefits and perks that have come to define success of the sort everyone is toiling away for and face the unknown.

"Ten years ago I was working as a freelance business editor. I'd just sold my condo for almost twice what I'd paid two years earlier and I decided to take a three-month backpacking trip through Europe. I started in Dublin and ended up in a tree house hostel on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. [ READ MORE :https://www.thestreet.com/personal-finance/turning-passions-into-careers-6-people-who-are-making-a-living-doing-what-they-love-13026753 ]

Unless you love what you're doing now and would be content with it , there's GRIEF in ignoring or make yourself oblivious to what your real innards are. One place to begin is to dig back into your roots and see IF there's something that runs in the family. Perhaps some smithing ability or a secret recipe that keeps people young or a way to run a marathon under current times etc etc.

Here's a TRAIL to rainmaking ......