I was cleaning out the closet and found an unopened box. The box didn't have any markings so I opened it up to find a beautiful book called Guidewords, an Anthology of Inspiration and Humor. I opened the book to a random page and this is the first thing that caught my eye.
He worked by day And toiled by night, He gave up play And some delight.
Dry books he read New things to learn And forged ahead, Success to earn.
He plodded on With faith and pluck, And when he won Men called it luck.
From an accountant’s point of view, advertising is not an investment. Advertising is an expense. The cost of advertising is an operating expense. It is listed right there on the company’s profit and loss statement. Advertising is not listed on the company’s balance sheet.
Edgar Albert Guest was a prolific English-born American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People's Poet. Guest was widely read for his sentimental, optimistic poems like this one.
America has long been the land of opportunity. If you have an idea and you work hard, you can become a success. This story is about a man with just such an idea. He didn’t have any formal business training. He wasn’t schooled in accounting or marketing. He didn’t study law or economics. He just believed he could offer hungry people a better hot dog on the street corner.
“The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday” That is the motto of the United States Navy’s Sea, Air and Land Forces – commonly known as SEALs. Whether it is conducting clandestine missions behind enemy lines or bringing a threatening act of sea piracy to resolution in the blink of an eye, the history of this elite fighting force is one of legendary achievements.