Loud Thinking

Archive for January, 2014

If you can go to your place of worship without fear that
Someone will assault or kill you, then you are luckier than
3 billion (that’s right) people.
If you have a full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world’s population.

If you have never experienced the horror of war, the solitude
of prison, the pain of torture, were not close to death from
starvation, then you are better off than 500 million people.

If we looked at the world in this way,
the need for acceptance and understanding would
be obvious.

But, consider again the following :
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If you woke up this morning in good health, you have more luck than one million people, who won’t live through the week.

If we looked at the world in this way,
the need for acceptance and understanding would
be obvious.

6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA
80 would live in poverty
70 would be illiterate
50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition
1 would be dying
1 would be being born
1 would own a computer
1 (yes, only one) would have a university degree

There would be:
52 women and 48 men
30 Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians
30 Christians and 70 non-Christians
89 heterosexuals and
11 homosexuals

If you could fit the entire population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people,
maintaining the proportions of all the people living on Earth, that village would consist of

57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 Americans (North, Central and South)
8 Africans

Work like you don’t need the money.
Love like nobody has ever hurt you.
Dance like nobody is watching.
Sing like nobody is listening.
Live as if this was paradise on Earth.

How to fight war on terror with the secret counter-terror fund..!

Documents show ‘secret Pakistani counter-terror funds spent on luxury gifts’

http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1411894/documents-show-secret-pakistani-counter-terror-funds-spent-luxury-gifts

It’s Not Too Late to Reinvent Yourself

Professional reinvention is different later in your career. Over-50 professionals who hope to make a transition should consider these tips:
Overqualified? Own it. Instead of ducking the issue, lead with it. Having been a manager, you understand the pressures and frustrations your potential employer faces, so you can be an even better employee.
Social media is no longer optional. If you don’t have a presence on basic sites like LinkedIn or Twitter, you’re likely to be dismissed as a Luddite. Your social presence is increasingly viewed as a proxy for staying current professionally.
Connect with your past. Some of the most valuable professional opportunities come from people we’ve lost touch with. In the years since you last communicated, your “dormant ties” have connected with new people and gathered new knowledge. Your history and shared experience makes it more comfortable to reconnect; reach out and reintroduce yourself.

Adapted by HBR from “How to Reinvent Yourself After 50” by Dorie Clark.