New Business Practice
Two women were comparing notes on the difficulties of
running a small business.
"I started a new practice last year," the first one said. "I
insist that each of my employees take at least a week off
every three months."
"Why in the world would you do that?" the other asked.
She responded, "It's the best way I know of to learn which
ones I can do without."
How to Lose Weight at Work Without Doing Much
Here's the guide to calorie-burning activities and the number of
calories per hour they consume.
Beating around the bush. . . . . . . . .75 Jumping to conclusions . . .
. . . . . 100 Climbing the walls . . . . . . . . . . 150 Swallowing your
pride. . . . . . . . . .50 Passing the buck . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Throwing your weight around (depending on your weight). ..50-300
Dragging your heels. . . . . . . . . . 100 Pushing your luck. . . . .. .
. . . . 250 Making mountains out of molehills. . . 500 Hitting the nail
on the head . . . . . .50 Wading through paperwork . . . . . . . 300
Bending over backwards . . . . . . . . 75 Jumping on the bandwagon . . .
. . . . 200 Balancing the books. . . . . . . . . . .25 Running around in
circles. . . . . . . 350 Eating crow. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 225
Tooting your own horn. . . . . . . . . .25 Climbing the ladder of
success . . . . 750 Pulling out the stops. . . . . . . . . .75 Adding
fuel to the fire. . . . . . . . 160 Wrapping it up at the day's
end. . . . .12 To which you may want to add your own favorite
activities, including: Opening a can of worms . . . . . . . . .50
Putting your foot in your mouth. . . . 300 Starting the ball rolling. .
. . . . . .90 Going over the edge. . . . . . . . . . .25 Picking up the
pieces after. . . . . . 350 Counting eggs before they hatch. . . . . 6
Calling it quits . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.
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I'm living so far
beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. -
e e cummings
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If you can count your
money, you don't have a billion dollars. -
J. Paul Getty
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