Hi FB friends, now days we are being bombarded by negative news/ people/ posts all the time. One of my friend Rimjhim Kumar has started a novel idea of creating a chain of friend who will post positive articles for 7 consecutive days. These can be our own thoughts or forwarded ones. A friend had messaged me the article below long time back. It is all about Life - Work balance. In 1923, nine of the wealthiest people in the world met at Chicagos Edge Water Beach Hotel. Their combined wealth, it is estimated, exceeded the wealth of the government of the United States at that time. These men certainly knew how to make a living and accumulate wealth. Attending the meeting were the following men: 1. The president of the largest steel company, 2. The president of the largest utility company, 3. The president of the largest gas company, 4. The president of the New York Stock Exchange, 5. The president of the Bank of International Settlements, 6. The greatest wheat speculator, 7. The greatest bear on Wall Street, 8. The head of the Worlds greatest monopoly & 9. A member of President Hardings cabinet. Thats a pretty impressive line-up of people by anyones yardstick. Yet, 25 years later, where were those nine industrial giants? Let’s examine what happened to them 25 years later. 1. The President of the then largest steel company (Bethlehem Steel Corp), Charles M Schwab, lived on borrowed capital for five years before he died bankrupt. 2. The President of the then largest gas company, Howard Hubson, went insane. 3. One of the greatest commodity traders (Wheat Speculator), Arthur Cutten, died insolvent. 4. The then President of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney, was sent to jail. 5. The member of the US President’s Cabinet (the member of President Hardings cabinet), Albert Fall, was pardoned from jail just to be able to go home and die in peace. 6. The greatest “bear” on Wall Street, Jesse Livermore committed suicide. 7. The President of the then world’s greatest monopoly, Ivar Krueger, committed suicide. 8. The President of the Bank of International Settlement, Leon Fraser, committed Suicide. 9. The president of the largest utility company, Samuel Insull, died penniless. Maybe what they forgot was how to make life while they got busy making money! There are many of us who are so engrossed in their professional life that we neglect our family, health and social responsibilities. If asked why we do this, we would reply that We are doing it for our family. Similarly we live in a time where earning is a necessity but let not the earning enter our hearts, for what was once a means of living will surely become a means of destruction for us as well. On that thought I nominate Amit Amembal to share his positive thoughts for the next 7 days and nominate one person everyday to do the same. The wave of positivity must touch everyone.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 10:41:12 +0000
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