I found a back issue of Reader’s Digest this morning. It is the February 2008 issue with the banner story entitled ìLove Struck!î
Within five minutes of browsing through its pages I managed to get a number of really good take aways:
- From a side bar on the article, ìSecrets of Success, How to be a millionaireî is ìThe Biggest $ecretî which immediately offered the answer: Stop Spending. It talks of how some real millionaires have disciplined themselves on this secret. Its examples include talk show host and super model, Tyra Banks who calls herself the ìQueen of Cheap.î She is queen of cheap. She uses perfume samples from magazine ads, and proud of it. If only I can develop this discipline.
- There’s also the 1-page article on page 16 entitled, ìQuip Witted.î I particularly like the first entry which was said to have been quipped by writer Oscar Wilde. It reads: ìAlways forgive your enemies ñ nothing annoys them so much.î I also liked the quote from Jeremy Clarkson, a car journalist, which goes: ìSpeed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary ñ that’s what gets you.î
- From ìLaughter, the Best Medicineî (pages 48-49): Q: Who’s the patron saint of e-mail? A: St. Francis of a CC
- From ìBuzz Wordî (page 15): TELETOURISM: going on holiday but still being tied to a virtual desk. Reminds me of JED (my boss). And myself as well.
- And the best take away for me (in this single sitting, at least) is from ìQuotable Quotesî (Page 18). It is the one featured in the ìWho said it?î portion. It goes, ìThe trouble with trouble is, it starts out as fun.î This was apparently said by a certain Naomi Judd.
