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Successful Mormon Business Leaders

CNBC's Erin Burnett takes a look at successful Mormon business leaders and the Church's missionary program: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=1519591548

Walmart

This should boggle your mind.

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Walmart every hour of every day. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

2. Walmart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.

3. Walmart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.

4. Walmart employs 1.6 million people and is the largest private employer. And most can't speak English.

5. Walmart is the largest company in the history of the World.

6. Walmart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.

7. During this same period, 31 supermarket chains sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).

8. Walmart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

9. Walmart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers. This is 1,000 more than it had 5 years ago.

10. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at a Walmart store. (The Earth's population is approximately 6.5 billion.)

11. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a Walmart.

Let Walmart run the darn government.

Anything Worth Doing

Anything worth doing is worth doing frantically.

Lavatory

Law enforcement humor

Comments taken off police car videos around the country:

1. "You know, stop lights don't come any redder than the one you just went through."

2. "Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they're new. They'll stretch after you wear them a while."

3. "If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document."

4. "If you run, you'll only go to jail tired."

5. "Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you." (LOVE IT)

6. "You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?" (MY FAVORITE)

7. "Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?"

8. "Warning! You want a warning? O.K, I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket."

9. "The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?"

10. "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop."

11. "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven."

12. "In God we trust; all others we run through NCIC." ( National Crime Information Center )

13. "Just how big were those 'two beers' you say you had?"

14. "No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can."

15. "I'm glad to hear that the Chief (of Police) is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail."

AND THE WINNER IS....

16. "You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't.. Sign here."

Scheduling Priorities

"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."

--Stephen Covey

Future

The future will be better tomorrow.

Experience

"Experience is what you got by not having it when you needed it."

--Unknown

Happy Father's Day

Here's a recap of the history of Father’s Day (from MormonMedia):

Every year certain holidays come around. Most of us know where the big ones came from such as Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, etc. But some of the less commercialized holidays have more humble beginnings. Father’s Day came about because of the efforts of a daughter who wanted to honor her dad.

Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington was inspired to create the holiday after hearing a sermon at church about the newly instituted Mother’s Day. Her father had raised his family alone after his wife died giving birth to his 6th child. In 1909 Sonora enlisted the help of the Spokane Ministerial Association and arranged for a celebration of fatherhood in her hometown. On June 19, 1910, young members of the YMCA went to church wearing roses: a red rose to honor a living father, and a white rose to honor a deceased one. Sonora rode through town in a horse-drawn carriage, carrying gifts to shut-in fathers.

It took several years to make the holiday official. While Mother’s Day was lauded with praise, Father’s Day was often met with laughter. After several attempts through Congress, it was President Lyndon Johnson who issued the first proclamation honoring fathers. And in 1972 President Richard Nixon signed a bill finally making Father’s Day an official holiday. Father’s Day is celebrated in 55 countries and in many different ways in those countries.

In the United States we honor our fathers on the third Sunday in June. But we should honor them everyday. The love and care of parents is special. And there is another father we should remember on this special day as well, our Heavenly Father. He is there to listen to our joys and our grief. He is infinitely patient with our mortal stumbles. He loves us with out qualification. So this year in addition to celebrating your earthly father, take a moment to honor your Heavenly Father and thank Him for all your blessings. Give Him the gift of recommitting yourself to doing all you can to come back to Him.

Running From/To

“All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.”

-- James Thurber

Love What You Do

“If you love what you do and do what you love you, will never work a day in your life.”

--Christa Aufdemberg California Senior Group Vice President, $250,000 Ring Earner, Millionaire Club Member Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

Heart Filled With Love

"A heart filled with love has no room for discouragement, doubt, fear, hatred, vengeance, envy, lust, or greed, because a heart full of love is full."

--Spencer J. Condie, "A Disposition to Do Good Continually," BYU Devotional Address, 9 February 2010

Execution?

All Ways 99

Picture I took last week of a store in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Almost nothing in the store was 99 cents. Mostly $2.99, $4.99, $12.99, etc. Silly me. I thought they meant "always" 99. But they meant "all ways" 99 (meaning, every possible dollar combination with 99).

Private Choices

“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences. … Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices.”

-- James E. Faust

Deadlines

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

~Douglas Adams

Office Accidents

Watch this video about office accidents:

Experiences

I am having an out-of-money experience.

Consequences

“Father in Heaven knew that you would face challenges and be required to make some decisions that would be beyond your own ability to decide correctly. In His plan of happiness, He included a provision for you to receive help with such challenges and decisions during your mortal life. That assistance will come to you through the Holy Ghost as spiritual guidance. It is a power, beyond your own capability, that a loving Heavenly Father wants you to use consistently for your peace and happiness.”

--Richard G. Scott, “To Acquire Spiritual Guidance,” Ensign, Nov. 2009, 6

What's Worthwhile in Life

Spend time in life acquiring the things that money can't buy, not what money can buy.

Seatbelts-Embrace Life

Watch this new "wear your seatbelt" ad from the UK. It was started by some dude not hired to do it, but because the cause is important to him. He came up with the idea, and now it's being hailed across the world as a "beautiful" commercial. It has been watched nearly 7 million times.

Short-term Memory

My short-term memory is not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my short-term memory is not as sharp as it used to be.

The Economy is So Bad

The economy is so bad that:

• I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.
• I ordered a burger at McDonald's and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can
  you afford fries with that?"
• A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico.
• Motel 6 won't leave the light on anymore.
• Goldman Sachs laid off 25 Congressmen.

Copy Machines, a Security Risk?

Watch this video below or on YouTube.