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The Science of Getting Rich

Oct-31-2008 By admin

The Science of Getting Rich is a timeless classic written in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles. It is a bold title for a book and suggests that getting rich is a predictable outcome if one can master the principles outlined in the book. Here is how Wallace D. Wattles puts it in his own words, “The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way. Those who do things in this certain way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich. Those who do not do things in this certain way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor. It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects. Therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in this certain way will infallibly get rich.”

Certainly, this book is well referenced by many of the great teachers today and it is the same book that inspired Rhonda Byrne to produce that runaway success “the Secret”. Here is what Rhonda Byrne said on her introductory note to the book, “I can honestly say that, since that first night when a tattered printed manuscript found its way to me (thanks to one of my daughters), my life has never been the same. Once you read it for yourself, you will understand why”. Rhonda went on to produce the movie “the Secret” and the best-selling book of the same title which has sold millions of copies worldwide.

briefcase [lang_en]The Science of Getting Rich[/lang_en]However, learning how to do things in that “certain way” as described by Wallace D. Wattles may be more challenging for some as the book was written nearly 100 years ago. Some of the language is a little dated and much of its wisdom lost from a modern day perspective.

Fortunately, a new training seminar for the Science of Getting Rich has brought the wisdom of this timeless classic back to life for modern readers. Called “the Science of Getting Rich”, this program is the most comprehensive training system for mastering Wallace D. Wattles wealth creation philosophies and principles since its creation. It comprises written, audio and live seminar formats for learning, applying and mastering the Science of Getting Rich

A unique “twist” to the program is the fact that it has an in-built vehicle for creating substantial financial wealth through its affiliate program. This is truly a unique wealth eduction and wealth building program designed to empower any individual with the resources to get rich. It is a program whose time has come. The program would not be possible without the original text from Wallace D. Wattles, the skills of leading teachers of our time, the phenomenal success of “the Secret” and the Internet as a learning and distribution tool.

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The Science of Getting Rich Teachers:

Bob Proctor

bob [lang_en]The Science of Getting Rich[/lang_en]Bob Proctor is an author, lecturer, counselor, business consultant, entrepreneur, and teacher preaching the gospel of positive thinking, self-motivation and maximizing human potential. In that endeavor, he follows in the footsteps of such motivational giants as Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale and Wallace D. Wattles.

His extraordinary teaching ability has won Proctor acclaim around the globe and has carried the Canadian-born motivator to the far reaches of the earth. He is as well known in Australia and Malaysia as he is in Alberta and Mississippi.

Born in a little town in northern Ontario, Canada with the low self-esteem that often befalls a family’s middle child, he performed poorly in school, dropped out and did a hitch in the navy. Afterward he drifted from one dead-end job to another until a friend introduced Bob to the concept of self-development through Napoleon Hill’s classic Think and Grow Rich.

With the spark generated by Hill’s words, Proctor found the initiative to start an office cleaning business which he grew to international scope in his first year of operation. From that experience - after seeing what he had been able to accomplish with just a rudimentary knowledge of personal motivation and goal-setting - he hungered for more information.

His quest took him to the Nightingale-Conant organization to study under his mentor, Earl Nightingale. Once on board, he rose swiftly through the ranks. Eventually, while the Nightingale-Conant organization assumed the forefront in wide-scale distribution of personal development programs, Bob felt the need to take his ideas and methods directly to the individual, to the one-on-one level which had proved so successful for himself.

In the mid 1970’s, Proctor established his own seminar company and secured a contract to work with a few hundred agents of Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America in Chicago. During his first seminar Bob made the suggestion that any agent present could write $5 million in business that year if the agent made a decision to do so.

The fact that the seminar took place in July with the year half over and that no agent in that region had ever written so much business in the 100-year history of the company made Bob’s suggestion appear to be outrageous. However, when the performance level of the entire division increased substantially with more than one agent actually accomplishing the deed, Bob’s reputation as a motivator was established.

Over the ensuing years, Proctor has shared his special message and expertise with hundreds of business entities worldwide and, through a program of live seminars, with thousands of people of all ages in all walks of life.

Meanwhile, in addition to his international best-seller You Were Born Rich, he found time to author other works as well, including Mission in Commission, The Winner’s Image, The Goal Achiever, The Success Series, The Success Puzzle, The Recruiting Puzzle, and Being Your Very Best.

Jack Canfield

jack [lang_en]The Science of Getting Rich[/lang_en]Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker, trainer and author. He is best known as the founder and co-creator of The New York Times No. 1 best-selling “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series, which currently has over 65 titles and 80 million copies in print in over 37 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.

With a BA from Harvard University, a Masters from University of Massachusetts, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Santa Monica, Canfield has been a high school and university teacher, a workshop facilitator, a psychotherapist, and for the past 30 years, a leading authority in the area of self-esteem and personal development.

Canfield is the founder of “Self Esteem Seminars” in Santa Barbara, and “The Foundation for Self Esteem” in Culver City, California. Self Esteem Seminars trains entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees on how to accelerate the achievement of their personal and professional goals, while The Foundation for Self Esteem provides self-esteem resources and trainings to social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals. Canfield is also the President of Souperspeakers.com, a speaking resource service that provides inspirational speakers for event planners worldwide.

Canfield has traveled to over 21 countries, delivering hundreds of keynote speeches, workshops and trainings each year. As part of his presentation style, he always uses inspirational, motivational and uplifting stories to help his audiences discover, experience and retain key concepts and approaches. After each session, audiences everywhere had encouraged him to put his stories into a single book.

In 1990, while on an airplane home, he felt that it was time. He shared his idea with author Mark Victor Hansen during breakfast one day. Hansen liked the idea, and so began the Chicken Soup for the Soul phenomenon. But with their busy schedules, translating what worked on the podium onto the written page proved more challenging than either of them had anticipated. After three long years, the two had compiled just sixty-eight stories — a far cry from the 101 they believed was the magic number for a successful book. Nonetheless, their successful partnership has spawned many other titles that have made them enormously famous.

Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN’s Talk Back Live, PBS and the BBC. Today, he speaks shares his success strategies with companies and associations worldwide.

The most recent book Canfield has written was the 2005 publication of The Success Principles. In it Canfield shares 64 principles that he and other people have utilized to achieve great levels of success.

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Xooma EDGE LAUNCH

Aug-1-2008 By admin

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LA blocks new fast-food outlets

Jul-30-2008 By admin

This is something exciting by By CHRISTINA HOAG, Associated Press Writer. Cool!

More and more people are looking into this. LOS ANGELES - City officials are putting South Los Angeles on a diet.

The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to place a moratorium on new fast food restaurants in an impoverished swath of the city with a proliferation of such eateries and above average rates of obesity.

The yearlong moratorium is intended to give the city time to attract restaurants that serve healthier food. The action, which the mayor must still sign into law, is believed to be the first of its kind by a major city to protect public health.

“Our communities have an extreme shortage of quality foods,” City Councilman Bernard Parks said.

Representatives of fast-food chains said they support the goal of better diets but believe they are being unfairly targeted. They say they already offer healthier food items on their menus.

“It’s not where you eat, it’s what you eat,” said Andrew Puzder, president and chief executive of CKE Restaurants, parent company of Carl’s Jr. “We were willing to work with the city on that, but they obviously weren’t interested.”

The California Restaurant Association and its members will consider a legal challenge to the ordinance, spokesman Andrew Casana said.

Thirty percent of adults in South Los Angeles area are obese, compared to 19.1 percent for the metropolitan area and 14.1 percent for the affluent Westside, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

Research has shown that people will change eating habits when different foods are offered, but cost is a key factor in poor communities, said Kelly D. Brownell, director of Yale University’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.

“Cheap, unhealthy food and lack of access to healthy food is a recipe for obesity,” Brownell said. “Diets improve when healthy food establishments enter these neighborhoods.”

A report by the Community Health Councils found 73 percent of South Los Angeles restaurants were fast food, compared to 42 percent in West Los Angeles.

South Los Angeles resident Curtis English acknowledged that fast food is loaded with calories and cholesterol. But since he’s unemployed and does not have a car, it serves as a cheap, convenient staple for him.

On Monday, he ate breakfast and lunch — a sausage burrito and double cheeseburger, respectively — at a McDonald’s a few blocks from home for just $2.39.

“I don’t think there’s too many fast food places,” he said. “People like it.”

Others welcomed an opportunity to get different kinds of food into their neighborhood.

“They should open more healthy places,” Dorothy Meighan said outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet. “There’s too much fried stuff.”

Councilwoman Jan Perry said that view repeatedly surfaced at the five community meetings she held during the past two years. Residents are tired of fast food, and many don’t have cars to drive to places with other choices, she said.

The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency has developed a package of incentives designed to attract more restaurants serving healhier food to inner-city neighborhoods. Perks include assistance in finding parcels of land, low-interest loans, matching funds for burying utility lines, discounted electricity rates, and tax credits.

Los Angeles‘ ban comes at a time when governments of all levels are increasingly viewing menus as a matter of public health. On Friday, California became the first state in the nation to bar trans fats, which lower levels of good cholesterol and increase bad cholesterol.

The moratorium, which can be extended up to a year, only affects standalone restaurants, not eateries located in malls or strip shopping centers. It defines fast-food restaurants as those that do not offer table service and provide a limited menu of pre-prepared or quickly heated food in disposable wrapping.

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The definition exempts “fast-food casual” restaurants such as El Pollo Loco, Subway and Pastagina, which do not have drive-through windows or heat lamps and prepare fresh food to order.

The ordinance also makes it harder for existing fast-food restaurants to expand or remodel.

Rebeca Torres, a South Los Angeles mother of four, said she would welcome more dining choices, even if she had to pay a little more.

“They should have better things for children,” she said. “This fast food really fattens them up.”

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Sabbath rest…

Jul-26-2008 By admin

03 [lang_en]Sabbath rest...[/lang_en]Today was a day of REST. Went to shop around and just don’t know why landed at this place, bugis. Actually I had been there many times and saw this 2 lady from China selling one kind of juice. Is just like selling in night market.

Maybe today I’m there with a purpose. So, since today I’m there, I walk near to check it out. To my surprise, they claim this juice can help to quit smoking, anti-cancer, etc. When I look further, it seem what they had is only a cert from the local government that this juice is approve for sales, safe to consume, nothing else. Also, the fruit is just normal with nothing special BUT is not cheap, tag at S$70 and they are selling at a price of S$280, for 4. Cool! I look further and see how they sell to those who walk near, mostly, all who buy are aunties and NOT a single one around my age buy. The sale lady trying to promote to me but to me, wellness is what interest me especially when they claim to be anti-cancer and help to quit smoking. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t smoke but whatever product that is good to us I will surely find out and see how I can use that to benefits my family health and those around me. So, after a few questions, they somehow wanted to change the topic and just keep asking me to buy and is good and wanted to sell me with those free gift. Hey! When my questions is not clear, then what make me buy? Not this, one thing that catch me is they tell me by taking their juice, I need to drink lots of water. WATER! This is really interesting! Long story short, I just note down whatever info I can get from there, and came back to do some research and to my surprise, nothing much. No info, nothing. It never mention how it was been produce, etc. NO cert, nothing to backed it up. I wonder, what in these people mind? If by taking that juice we still need to drink lots of water, then? Again, not just plain water. Our water no matter how will contain some stuff in it which is anti to those vitamins. Also, that juice doesn’t seem to have anything to backed it up while what I had on hand had all the stuff, proven that it really are one of the anti-cancer. Also, that is the very basic, drinking water! Again, S$280 compare to mine, this is really no brainer! I had personally seen people by faithfully drinking 3-4 per day really quit smoking, lose weight, more healthy, more energy and become more happy. For me, I had faithfully take this for some time now and I really forget when is the last time I really sick. Last time, when I get in the rain, then I will know what happen next but now, when I WALK in the rain, HAHA! NOTHING! This is so cool!

In total, I feel, if really for me to chose, I will rather buy other juice than that. Just any in the market or supermart. BUT again, not all juice suit me. I had tried most, you name it. All are too sweet for me. I’m a person can’t take sweet. If I do take coffee, just half tea spoon of milk is enough for me, no sugar. BEST coffee is plain, no sugar and milk, that me! So, on the market till today, not much juice suit my taste, same for my family. I feel, I won’t go much to head into to try new thing whereas I had already found. I always tell people, To Find The Truth, You Must Believe. What I had might be simple BUT that is the VERY basic. To keep going in circle or just to find what we already had? Spend something which might not work or spend something which in the end still need to drink many GOOD and PURE water or just to Believe…

I chose to believe and to make a different in the lives of 1000s of family around the world… are you with me?

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You gotta get this book

Jul-20-2008 By admin

Yeah, it’s summer, but this couldn’t wait because I just got off the phone with one of my favorite entrepreneurs and the “go to” guy for top direct sales and network marketing companies, Jim Britt.

Jim has written two new books - one specifically for network marketers, and one for entrepreneurs. The books are incredibly good.

You may not have heard of Jim. He’s mostly played under the radar, quietly making millions, both as a business entrepreneur and in network marketing.

This is the same guy that coached Tony Robbins… THE Tony Robbins, before Tony became a guru in his own right. Jim is one of the first people new network marketing companies call on to help launch their businesses for one simple reason - he knows what works and what doesn’t. He’s been in the biz for about 30 years.

I urgently want you to get your hands on one - or both - books.

You’ll learn specific money-making power tips that are worth 100, maybe 1000 times what you’ll pay for the book. And in the network marketing book, he covers the 6 daily action steps that he teaches at high-end workshops.

What’s better is that Jim tells me he’ll be doing some no-cost teleseminars if you buy the book this week, just to make sure you “get” everything he says.

Jim isn’t cheap, so getting these live lessons at no cost should make you want to jump at this opportunity.

These books will change the way you think about yourself, money, and your wealth. And you’ll know exactly what steps to take that will short-cut the process to success.

I encourage you to get your copy as soon as possible, so that you don’t miss any of the upcoming teleseminars.

mlm [lang_en]You gotta get this book[/lang_en]If you’re a network marketer, be sure to go here (”Do This. Get Rich! For Network Marketers“).

If you’re an entrepreneur, own your own business, or WANT to start your own business, or simply want to know how to make more money, then you’ll want to get “Do This. Get Rich! For Entrepreneurs”.

Go here.
So do yourself a favor.

Stop worrying about the rising price of gas or whether or not we’re in a recession. The truth, as you’ll realize after you read Jim’s book, is that you can skip right past these “problems” by adopting a millionaire mindset and following Jim’s wealth building actions.

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Have a prosperous summer! :-)

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Pre-launch of EDGE

Jul-19-2008 By admin

They DID IT NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE BUT ARE STIL DOING IT!

This is all just getting too excited!

edge-boxstick [lang_en]Pre-launch of EDGE[/lang_en]Ever since they announced the pre-launch of EDGE we’ve seen a substantial increase in sponsoring and activity levels of around the world. In fact, people are now calling and emailing Xooma’s World Headquarters every day asking if they can get it as a sign-up option for new Members that want to get started with EDGE. As a result, we have just released a few NEW sign-up packages for new Members. 

Check out the incredible values offered on these packages…

As my mentor Big Al said, there is no best business opportunity nor the best system around. For us, we don’t have the best opportunity and best system but what we had here is something that everyone need — WATER-Who Do You Know Who Drink WaterEDGE Nourish YOUR Mind. This is going to be huge! Xooma… the REAL opportunity. Tomorrow business concept - TODAY!

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Just a note

Jul-11-2008 By admin

guy-1-computer [lang_en]Just a note[/lang_en]Finally had finish updating some of the stuff on my blog BUT still, I think, end of the day will still need to get someone to do it for me once again. Shall see how it goes as still got a number of stuff to handle. Also, waiting for the few website to be ready.

Anyway, this is about there. More and more free stuff will be listed here as well as excellence tools. I used them and it work NOT only for me, but those who follow.

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economy-ed7f5d7f-fe1e-4707-a4da-634ff0d47e15_180x210 [lang_en]Employers cut jobs for 6th straight month[/lang_en]I had always know and tell people the the economy is not looking good and it won’t be for months to come before I blog about reading a news By JEANNINE AVERSA on job loss and now once again news rose. Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy’s fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent.

The latest snapshot of business conditions, released by the Labour Department on Thursday, showed continued caution on the part of employers who are chafing under high energy prices and are uncertain about how long the economy will be stuck in a sluggish mode, reflecting fallout from housing, credit and financial troubles.

Heavy job losses in construction, manufacturing and financial services, along with cutbacks in retailing, eclipsed job gains in education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and government.

The report, however weak, was largely on target with economists’ forecasts. They had been expecting employers to reduce payrolls by around 60,000 jobs in June and for the unemployment rate to slip a notch to 5.4 percent.

The jobless rate spiked to 5.5 percent in May. That marked the biggest over-the-month increase in two decades and left the rate at its highest since October 2004.

Job losses in both April and May turned out to be considerably deeper than had been thought. Payrolls dropped by 67,000 in April, versus the 28,000 previously reported. And, losses in May came to 62,000, rather than the 49,000 initially estimated.

So far this year, the economy has lost a total of 438,00 jobs, an average of 73,000 a month.

The economy is the top concern of voters and will figure prominently in their choice for president and other elected officials come November. The faltering labor market is a source of anxiety not only for those looking for work but also for those worried about keeping their jobs during uncertain times. It also could spell more trouble for an already shaky economy if people and businesses were to hunker down further.

When it comes to handling the economy, 32 percent picked Democratic contender Barack Obama, while 28 percent went with GOP rival John McCain, according to a recent AP-Yahoo News poll.

Private analysts predict the economy will continue to shed jobs in the months ahead, pushing the unemployment rate higher.

“The economy is at risk of a hard landing,” said Brian Bethune, economist at Global Insight.

The number of unemployed people in June was 8.5 million, up from 7 million a year ago.

In a separate report from the department, the number of newly laid off people signing up for unemployment insurance rose sharply last week. New applications jumped by 16,000 to 404,000, the highest level since late March. The increase was bigger than economists were expecting; they were forecasting claims to rise to around 385,000.

With inflation concerns growing, the Federal Reserve last week ended an aggressive rate-cutting campaign, started last September to shore up economic growth.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues are caught between risky crosscurrents of plodding economic growth and spiraling energy and food prices that threaten to spread inflation. Lowering rates further would worsen inflation. But boosting rates too soon to fend off inflation could hurt the fragile economy.

Oil prices on Thursday neared $146 a barrel for the first time, while gasoline prices hovered above $4 a gallon.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the European Central Bank raised its key interest rate Thursday by a quarter percentage point to 4.25 percent in an effort to rein in escalating inflation.

Workers saw modest wage gains in June.

Average hourly earnings rose to $18.01 in June, a 0.3 percent rise from May. That matched economists’ forecasts. Over the past year, wages have grown 3.4 percent, the smallest annual increase since January 2006. Paychecks, though, aren’t stretching as far because of high food and energy prices.

In its latest economic assessment last week, the Fed observed that “labor markets have softened further.”

However, the Fed believed that its powerful series of rate reductions along with the government’s $168 billion stimulus package, including tax rebates, will help lift economic growth over time.

Some economists fear that when the bracing force of the rebates fades, the economy could be in for another rough patch. Those analysts worry that the economy — which has been coping with sluggish growth at best — will have a “relapse” and lose momentum near the end of this year.

There’s been a lot of talk about whether the economy is on the brink of, or has fallen into, its first recession since 2001. The official determination, made by a panel of academics, usually comes well after the fact.

Economists expect the unemployment rate to hit 6 percent or higher early next year, even if the economy were to show better growth. Companies will be reluctant to ramp up hiring until they feel certain the economy will stay on firmer footing.

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Personal and Business…?

Jul-1-2008 By admin

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Had do a search online and notice that there are more and more blog… people are all getting into blog weather is personal or business. For this, I had also receive lot of feedback that to get another blog for my business and this blog shall me my personal one and training. Should I? I think, this all boils down to each. As for me, I get this blog is to list my personal life so others can have an understanding of me, my business, so, they can know how I can help them in having a better lifestyle… and of course, training. So, I think, I shall be where I am, not following the crowd as really don’t see the needs. Of course, if I like some others who promote more than 1 business, then is wise to get another blog. Again, this is my personal view as I notice there people who blog out openly they are with 2 company and mentioning both company are good. I really wonder how…

Anyway, this blog of mine, lots to settle and thanks God that there is someone helping. :-)

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Was reading a news from JEANNINE AVERSA… 

The report mention that the American nation’s unemployment rate jumped to 5.5 percent in May — the biggest monthly rise since 1986 — as nervous employers cut 49,000 jobs.

The latest snapshot of business conditions showed a deeply troubled economy, with dwindling job opportunities in a time of continuing hardship in the housing, credit and financial sectors.

“It was ugly,” said Richard Yamarone, economist at Argus Research.

economy_20080606_4feca4a5-be74-4d18-9a28-910e7cc51216_180x210 [lang_en]Unemployment rate jumps to 5.5 percent in May[/lang_en]With employers worried about a sharp slowdown and their own prospects, they clamped down on hiring in May, said Friday’s report from the Labor Department. The unemployment rate soared from 5 percent in April to 5.5 percent in May.

That was the biggest one-month jump in the rate since February 1986. The increase left the jobless rate at its highest since October 2004.

On Wall Street, stocks slid. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled more than 200 points in morning trading.

The big jump in the unemployment rate surprised economists who were forecasting a tick-up to 5.1 percent. Payroll losses, however, weren’t as deep as the 60,000 that analysts were bracing for. Still, job losses in both March and April turned out to be larger than the government previously reported. Employers now have cut payrolls for five straight months.

The White House expressed disappointment, too.

“Certainly this isn’t a report that we wanted to see today,” White House deputy press secretary Scott Stanzel said. He acknowledged that the increase was higher than experts expected. “It is a number that is too high in our view but it is lower than the average of the last three decades.”

The 5.5 percent rate is relatively moderate judged by historical standards. Yet, there was no question that employers last month sharply cut jobs in manufacturing, construction, retailing and professional and businesses services. Those losses swamped gains elsewhere, including in the education and health fields, government and leisure and hospitality.

The government said the number of unemployed people grew by 861,000 in May — rising to 8.5 million. The over-the-month jump in unemployment reflected more workers losing their jobs as well as an increase in those coming into the job market — especially younger people — to look for work, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said.

A year ago, the number of unemployed stood at 6.9 million and the jobless rate was 4.5 percent.

A trio of crises — housing, credit and financial — have rocked the economy. That’s caused economic growth to slow to a crawl as businesses and consumers have tightened their belts. Spiraling energy costs are another negative force.

The country’s economic problems are a top concern for voters — and thus for President Bush, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and those vying to win the White House this fall.

And, there’s been a lot of talk about whether the economy is on the brink of, or fallen into, its first recession since 2001. That determination, made by a panel of academics, is usually made well after the fact.

“For the average American there is not debate that the eocnomy is in a recession,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Economy.com. “That’s because their net worth is lower, their purchasing power is lower and it is tough to find a job. If you lose a job, it is tough to get back in,” he said.

So far this year, the government said, job losses have totaled 324,000.

Workers with jobs, however, saw modest gains.

Average hourly earnings for jobholders rose to $17.94 in May, up 0.3 percent from the previous month. Economists were forecasting a 0.2 percent gain. Over the last 12 months, wages have grown by 3.5 percent..

With food and energy prices marching upward, paychecks aren’t stretching as far. Although tax rebates helped to energize shoppers and give major retailers better sales in May, analysts still believe that anxious consumers will be keeping a close watch on their purchases and their budgets in the months ahead. A weakening job market could make people feel less inclined to spend.

Worried about inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has signaled that the central bank’s rate-cutting campaign, which commenced last September to help bolster the economy, is probably over for now.

Fed officials and the Bush administration are hoping that the Fed’s powerful doses of rate reductions and the government’s $168 billion stimulus package, including tax rebates for people and tax breaks for businesses, will pull the economy out of its deep funk in the second half of this year.

Even if that happens, the unemployment rate is expected to climb to 6 percent or higher early next year. Employers won’t want to ramp up hiring until they feel more sure that an economic recovery has strong legs.

This report remind me of what our MM Lee had told us not to depend so much on the FREE ‘red packet’. What can that means? A JOB will really make our ends meet? Perhaps — is a more tougher way.

Which are you? Holding on to a JOB or laying a strong ground for your child’s future? Together we can make a different.

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