I wish you all a new year filled with good health, peace, happiness, success and prosperity. The new year is a good time to reflect and look back on the months gone by and decide how we can do things differently or continue as we were. Many people make resolutions to exercise, get out of debt, lose weight, save money, get a new job and so on. I haven’t made any resolutions but I would just like to make this year better than last year. Last year was a good year, I don’t have any complaints, but I do want to become better physically fit, volunteer and give back, try to eat more organic foods, pay off a few bills, have more fun, laugh more, make more money (so I can help others), have multiple streams of income and just work at being a better person in every aspect of my life. I want to live my best life(as Oprah would say). In a week or two I will sit down and make some goals for my eBay and Amazon business and decide what direction I want to take.

I hope you all have a great year, make it your best!

Last weekend I heard this story on the radio but I understand it has been circulating around the Internet.  I thought it made sense and wanted to share it.   It’s worth reading if you do not quite understand what is going on with the Wall Street bailout.

 

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.

The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went into the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 for each. Read more »