週六(4/17)1.權力或金錢2.永不放棄

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權力或金錢

Is it better to have power (click yes) or money (click no)? debate.org

Money is only a piece of paper at the end of the day, it is can only influence because someone with power is backing it up. Power comes in many forms and can induce value into anything by shaping the situation, for example: we can use physical force( need not be only fist but weapon) to gather all the food except potato and burn them to cause a famine, money will be render useless and potato can joy well can become the new currency.

Money is only a piece of paper at the end of the day, it is can only influence because someone with power is backing it up. Power comes in many forms and can induce value into anything by shaping the situation, for example: we can use physical force( need not be only fist but weapon) to gather all the food except potato and burn them to cause a famine, money will be render useless and potato can joy well can become the new currency.

Power Can Get You Anything Including Money

Read a book about Richard J Daley, Jimmy Hoffa, or watch House of Cards and you will understand. When you come into power, you acquire a certain amount of wealth, but with more power, money becomes less relevant. Contrary to popular belief, money is not everything that it is chalked up to be.

"Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after ten years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. It is hard to respect someone who does not see the difference." Basically, Power, when earned, lasts far longer whereas money can disappear quickly and yield no influence.

Power is more influential than money.

Money is influential, but money is only as strong as the economy, so it can fluctuate. True power will last regardless of other factors. Also, money is easier to obtain than power. Power is true dominance over others, whereas money is just a medium of trade. Power is more influential than money.

Q:

Is it better to have power or money?

Do you think money and power important?

“Power can get you anything including money” what do you think about this saying?

What are the things better than money and power?

How to influence people?

How does "power" influence people?

What would you do if you had political power? -

What is more valuable than monetary wealth?

永不放棄

Self Improvement Tips   Never give up. Never, never give up!

It was the 1870's. Somewhere in a workshop in New Jersey, Thomas Alva Edison was burning the midnight oil, trying to create a light bulb.

He tried several experiments - all without success. He just couldn't get it right. His failures became the talk of the town and the story goes that after he had failed for the 500th time, a journalist interviewed him and asked him, "Mr. Edison, how does it feel to have failed 500 times? Why don't you just give up?"

"No, no, young lady," replied Edison. "I haven't failed 500 times. I have just discovered 500 ways it won't work. I am so much closer now to finding a way that will work!"

And sure enough, in 1879, Edison invented the filament light bulb, an invention that changed the world. By the time he died, the 'man-who-failed-500-times' had 1024 patents to his credit, and had founded the iconic General Electric company. But Edison's real contribution to mankind went beyond all this. He showed us the power of perseverance, the virtue of learning from your failures, and the magic of never giving up.

To succeed, one must learn to embrace failure, and not be scared by it. Failure holds valuable lessons for us - if only we are willing to learn. Thomas J Watson, the founder-chairman of IBM offers valuable advice: "If you want to succeed, double your rate of failure." Don't dwell on your failures. Don't play the blame game. Don't doubt your ability. Learn from your mistakes. Re-focus on your goals. And keep going.

Very often, we do all the hard work and when we don't see the desired results, we turn around and walk away - even though we may have been just one step away from success. The problem is, we seldom realize we are just one step away from achieving our goals. In the highway of life, there are no milestones telling us that success is one kilometer ahead. Jacob Riis, a photographer-cum-journalist summed it up well when he said, "When nothing seems to work, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it - but all that had gone before."

And yet as adults, we forget that lesson. We are scared to take the first steps, because we are scared we might fail. And the first time we taste failure, we give up. A group of school children once asked Sir Winston Churchill what he thought was the secret of success. Churchill's response? Just seven words. "Never give up. Never, never give up!"

Q:
Do you give up easily? Why?
Who has inspired you in your life and why?
How to motivate yourself?
What are the practical ways to improve yourself?
How to accomplish a goal?
Who is your favorite living figure and why do you admire him/her?

Which historical figure do you admire? Why?