Hi People,
Your beliefs shape your life.
But often too many people let their lives shape their beliefs.
If you want to create changes or improve areas of your life
then you have to change your belief system.
Your beliefs have to be in line with what you want to achieve.
You may want to get a new job but if you don't believe you can or
if you believe it's difficult to get a new job - then no matter
what you do you won't succeed.
Your beliefs drive your subconscious mind.
Your beliefs are the instructions to your subconscious mind
Your subconscious mind creates the situations and attracts
people into your life that manifest your beliefs.
So if you believe it's difficult to get a job you'll apply for
jobs where you're not the best candidate. You'll meet people who
won't be able to help you get a job or don't think you're suitable
for a specific job.
If you believe that it's easy to find a job, that you can find
the right job, that you are qualified for the right job and
that you deserve to have the right job then you will find it and
you will succeed.
Those of you who may disagree only do so because you let your
current reality shape your beliefs. But in truth, your beliefs
shape your reality.
Change your beliefs and you can begin to create the life you want.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Return of the public sector
Till recently, they were derided as bureaucratic destroyers of wealth and struggled to attract talent. Now, PSUs are suddenly hot property once more, thanks to the slowdown.
On January 13, announcing its financial results for the year 2008-09, infotech giant Infosys announced that it had shifted cash worth Rs 1,000 crore from private sector banks to public sector major State Bank of India (SBI). Infosys thus did exactly what thousands of retail investors had already done. Spooked by rumours that the American sub-prime crisis would have disastrous repercussions on Indian private sector banks, they opted for the security of a government-owned bank.
India Inc is reeling under one round after another of layoffs and salary cuts. But not only are public sector units hiring, their staffers are likely to get a hefty pay hike —amounting to almost 50% in most cases — thanks to the government's recent acceptance of the Pay Commission report.
Many senior bureaucrats have told TOI off the record that they were contemplating early retirement from government service in order to avail of lucrative offers from the private sector. All those plans have been put on hold. "Why accept a job which may not even exist tomorrow?" asked one. The improvement in quality of life thanks to the Pay Commission won't hurt.
For years, PSUs that went to Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad during recruitment season returned empty-handed. This time, 41 out of 234 members of the Class of 2009 signed up for a sarkari job.
Indians who grew up in the post-liberalization era may find it hard to believe, but there was a time when the public sector truly occupied the commanding heights of the economy, when an SBI branch manager in a mofussil area was a local deity almost at par with the DM and SP, and when a government job considerably enhanced one's prospects in the marriage market.
All that, of course, changed with economic reforms, which opened a whole new world of multinational salaries and globetrotting careers to young Indians. Private enterprise flourished. New business empires were created, old ones reinvigorated. PSUs were consigned to the shadows, derided as bureaucratic, sluggish and wealth destroyers. Talk of disinvestment and privatization gained ground, since "government had no business to be in business". It seemed that PSUs would soon go the way of the dinosaurs.
Only, they didn't. In fact, they're back with a vengeance. Welcome to today, which seems much like the day before yesterday. Globally, socialists are chuckling. The US government is frantically extending bailouts to former icons of capitalism like General Motors and Citibank (a few days back, TOI headlined a front-page report `USA turns into USSR'.
It's no different in India. At a time when many leading private sector companies are seeing dips in profitability, if not outright losses, PSUs are going from strength to strength. Unwieldy size now comes across as reassuring solidity and economy of scale. No wonder investors too have rediscovered their virtues.
Consider the insurance sector. In December 2008, LIC's market share in collection of premium for insurance cover was 60% — up from 56% in the same period last year.
Similarly, public sector banks have increased their business and profitability as well. In the October-December quarter of 2008-09, while mobilization of many private sector banks dipped, that of public sector banks increased rapidly. The deposits of State Bank of India (SBI) increased by 36% or Rs 1,83,00 crore against around 24% for the entire sector. Similarly, in credit disbursal too, SBI and other PSU banks have outpaced the private sector banks.
In the October-December 2008 quarter, while SBI's profit increased by 37%, ICICI Bank's declined by around 3.5%.
Naturally, PSU chiefs are crowing. Says Bharat Heavy Industries CMD K Ravikumar, "Due to their innovative yet conservative approach, good corporate governance and highly dedicated and motivated workforce, PSUs have been able to face this time of recession much better then their private sector counterparts." Another PSU chief said the main difference between the public and private sector is that the former provides job security. But, "this is vital to motivate employees in tough times," he said.
And what's the stock market verdict? Well, the BSE sensex has crashed 38% since September 15 last year. The PSU index too has declined, but by a comparatively modest 24%.
On January 13, announcing its financial results for the year 2008-09, infotech giant Infosys announced that it had shifted cash worth Rs 1,000 crore from private sector banks to public sector major State Bank of India (SBI). Infosys thus did exactly what thousands of retail investors had already done. Spooked by rumours that the American sub-prime crisis would have disastrous repercussions on Indian private sector banks, they opted for the security of a government-owned bank.
India Inc is reeling under one round after another of layoffs and salary cuts. But not only are public sector units hiring, their staffers are likely to get a hefty pay hike —amounting to almost 50% in most cases — thanks to the government's recent acceptance of the Pay Commission report.
Many senior bureaucrats have told TOI off the record that they were contemplating early retirement from government service in order to avail of lucrative offers from the private sector. All those plans have been put on hold. "Why accept a job which may not even exist tomorrow?" asked one. The improvement in quality of life thanks to the Pay Commission won't hurt.
For years, PSUs that went to Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad during recruitment season returned empty-handed. This time, 41 out of 234 members of the Class of 2009 signed up for a sarkari job.
Indians who grew up in the post-liberalization era may find it hard to believe, but there was a time when the public sector truly occupied the commanding heights of the economy, when an SBI branch manager in a mofussil area was a local deity almost at par with the DM and SP, and when a government job considerably enhanced one's prospects in the marriage market.
All that, of course, changed with economic reforms, which opened a whole new world of multinational salaries and globetrotting careers to young Indians. Private enterprise flourished. New business empires were created, old ones reinvigorated. PSUs were consigned to the shadows, derided as bureaucratic, sluggish and wealth destroyers. Talk of disinvestment and privatization gained ground, since "government had no business to be in business". It seemed that PSUs would soon go the way of the dinosaurs.
Only, they didn't. In fact, they're back with a vengeance. Welcome to today, which seems much like the day before yesterday. Globally, socialists are chuckling. The US government is frantically extending bailouts to former icons of capitalism like General Motors and Citibank (a few days back, TOI headlined a front-page report `USA turns into USSR'.
It's no different in India. At a time when many leading private sector companies are seeing dips in profitability, if not outright losses, PSUs are going from strength to strength. Unwieldy size now comes across as reassuring solidity and economy of scale. No wonder investors too have rediscovered their virtues.
Consider the insurance sector. In December 2008, LIC's market share in collection of premium for insurance cover was 60% — up from 56% in the same period last year.
Similarly, public sector banks have increased their business and profitability as well. In the October-December quarter of 2008-09, while mobilization of many private sector banks dipped, that of public sector banks increased rapidly. The deposits of State Bank of India (SBI) increased by 36% or Rs 1,83,00 crore against around 24% for the entire sector. Similarly, in credit disbursal too, SBI and other PSU banks have outpaced the private sector banks.
In the October-December 2008 quarter, while SBI's profit increased by 37%, ICICI Bank's declined by around 3.5%.
Naturally, PSU chiefs are crowing. Says Bharat Heavy Industries CMD K Ravikumar, "Due to their innovative yet conservative approach, good corporate governance and highly dedicated and motivated workforce, PSUs have been able to face this time of recession much better then their private sector counterparts." Another PSU chief said the main difference between the public and private sector is that the former provides job security. But, "this is vital to motivate employees in tough times," he said.
And what's the stock market verdict? Well, the BSE sensex has crashed 38% since September 15 last year. The PSU index too has declined, but by a comparatively modest 24%.
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Chinese Quotes
Chinese Proverbs
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
A book holds a house of gold.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
A nation's treasure is in its scholars.
A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.
Do not employ handsome servants.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
If you bow at all, bow low.
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers.
A book holds a house of gold.
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
A book tightly shut is but a block of paper.
A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.
A filthy mouth will not utter decent language.
A fool judges people by the presents they give him.
A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.
A nation's treasure is in its scholars.
A rat who gnaws at a cat's tail invites destruction.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.
Do not employ handsome servants.
Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only to stand still.
Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
Don't open a shop unless you like to smile.
Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
He who is drowned is not troubled by the rain.
He who strikes the first blow admits he's lost the argument.
If heaven made him, earth can find some use for him.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
If you bow at all, bow low.
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Diversified funds hold on to cash
Diversified equity schemes seem to prefer cash over equity. According
to ICRA online data, some schemes have close to 60% of their total
assets under management (AUM) in cash.
Industry experts say that most funds are sitting on cash anywhere
between 10-15% of AUM, as the market continues to move in a narrow
range. ``Our analysis shows that the cash portion of the portfolio has
been growing steadily in the last few months,'' says a mutual fund
analyst.
Why are funds sitting on cash, when they can buy shares cheaply and
maximise returns for their investors? ``A fund could be sitting on
high cash levels for a variety of reasons, including waiting for the
correct entry point to negative or range-bound market view. In case of
NFOs, the fund may also be in the deployment mode,'' explains Sameer
Kamdar, ceo, Asset Management, ASK Investment Holdings. ``People don't
think the market will move up sharply soon. In such a situation, they
prefer to stay on cash,'' says Waquar Naquvi, ceo, Taurus Mutual Fund.
``Most fund houses are sitting on cash up to 15-30%.''
Another reason why some of the schemes may prefer to sit on cash is
because of the nature of their investment. ``When you are running a
small or a mid-cap scheme or a scheme looking for new opportunities,
you will have to keep some cash aside. Especially in a market like
this, the cash could come in very handy,'' says an MF manager, who
doesn't want to be named. ``Also, some funds try to show better
performance by sitting on cash, as most funds are in the negative
territory.''
However, Naqvi points out that extremely high cash element in the
portfolio won't work over a long period of time. ``It should be a
short term strategy. If you keep extremely high percentage of cash,
then you won't qualify as an equity MF for the tax purpose. And the
investors would suffer,'' he says. An equity fund should have to
invest at least 65% of its portfolio in stocks to qualify for the long
term tax-free capital gains status.
So, what exactly is the ideal percentage of cash in a portfolio? Some
fund managers believe 5% cash is ideal, but they point out that ideal
percentage works in an ideal market. ``There is no ideal percentage of
cash one should have in the portfolio. It all depends on the style and
the view of the fund manager,'' says Kamdar. ``MNCs may have such
figures, but Indian companies don't stick such rules,'' points out
Naqvi.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India-Business/Diversified-funds-hold-on-to-cash/articleshow/4198045.cms
to ICRA online data, some schemes have close to 60% of their total
assets under management (AUM) in cash.
Industry experts say that most funds are sitting on cash anywhere
between 10-15% of AUM, as the market continues to move in a narrow
range. ``Our analysis shows that the cash portion of the portfolio has
been growing steadily in the last few months,'' says a mutual fund
analyst.
Why are funds sitting on cash, when they can buy shares cheaply and
maximise returns for their investors? ``A fund could be sitting on
high cash levels for a variety of reasons, including waiting for the
correct entry point to negative or range-bound market view. In case of
NFOs, the fund may also be in the deployment mode,'' explains Sameer
Kamdar, ceo, Asset Management, ASK Investment Holdings. ``People don't
think the market will move up sharply soon. In such a situation, they
prefer to stay on cash,'' says Waquar Naquvi, ceo, Taurus Mutual Fund.
``Most fund houses are sitting on cash up to 15-30%.''
Another reason why some of the schemes may prefer to sit on cash is
because of the nature of their investment. ``When you are running a
small or a mid-cap scheme or a scheme looking for new opportunities,
you will have to keep some cash aside. Especially in a market like
this, the cash could come in very handy,'' says an MF manager, who
doesn't want to be named. ``Also, some funds try to show better
performance by sitting on cash, as most funds are in the negative
territory.''
However, Naqvi points out that extremely high cash element in the
portfolio won't work over a long period of time. ``It should be a
short term strategy. If you keep extremely high percentage of cash,
then you won't qualify as an equity MF for the tax purpose. And the
investors would suffer,'' he says. An equity fund should have to
invest at least 65% of its portfolio in stocks to qualify for the long
term tax-free capital gains status.
So, what exactly is the ideal percentage of cash in a portfolio? Some
fund managers believe 5% cash is ideal, but they point out that ideal
percentage works in an ideal market. ``There is no ideal percentage of
cash one should have in the portfolio. It all depends on the style and
the view of the fund manager,'' says Kamdar. ``MNCs may have such
figures, but Indian companies don't stick such rules,'' points out
Naqvi.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India-Business/Diversified-funds-hold-on-to-cash/articleshow/4198045.cms
Lessons of Independence - 2
In fact there are several easier ways and I am going to tell you what they are.
One requires a lot of work – but it can be done in one burst and won’t cost
you any money.
One requires a little bit of work - but it can be done in one burst and will
cost you a little bit of money…and…
One requires almost no work at all and will cost you almost no money at
all – well a few dollars, but Hey – Miss a couple of coffee’s and you’ll be
sweet.
So what are these solutions to create a massive multiplication of your income
and financial security so you can finally get away from that 9-5 job and the rush
hour traffic that is eating away at your most valuable possession in life?
(That possession being ‘TIME’)
Here they are – Three roads to financial freedom…
You can sit down and write enough newsletters to last for a year, after
finding suitable affiliate promotions that will help you to monetize the list.
You will of course have to write content in a manner that will ensure you have
a chance to make money from that list and retain those people who have opted in to your newsletter.
You can use PLR content that you might have purchased and rework it
into suitable newsletters, once again ensuring that it is written and formatted
in such a manner that you will be able to make money from the list.
Ordinary unchanged PLR Articles are unlikely to convert as well as targeted
content that ‘has a purpose’ and is related to the affiliate income sources you
are recommending.
The idea again is to create all the content from one dedicated action plan so
you can upload it to your auto-responder and move on to the next project
knowing that the list will start making for you money for the next year or so
until you ‘reload’ it with more content for the year after…or…
You can buy some already created and formatted content that you know
your readers will be interested in and you know is ‘designed to sell’ and set
and forget that project and move on to the next project with very little effort at
all.
All the work is already done for you.
So there you have it.
The approach to take with Niche Emails is to create or buy all the content at one
time, then get that business model up and running as fast as possible before
moving on to the next project.
OK – I know you need more information on how to get started so I will give you
the resources, so you can follow the method that you feel most comfortable with
based on your expertise and financial situation.
To create your own content you just need to start writing and that needs to
happen NOW – as every day you delay getting started you are leaving money on
the table.
Time is always of the essence.
You will need an autoresponder service and the best in the business in my
opinion, and that of most marketers is AWeber
To assist you in preparing your newsletter, provided you have a little money to
invest you just cannot beat Lisa Prestons Product
To use PLR content there are so many different places selling PLR Content that
a full list of them would probably double the size of this report.
It is certainly not a full list but there are many sites to choose from there.
Be very careful when buying your PLR Content as I have hundreds of articles
that are only suitable for filler content, having been written by people who don’t
have English as their first language.
This type of content isn’t really suitable for Newsletters.
You should be personalizing the content so that it appears to have been written
by you.
Once again Lisa’s Niche Emails will help you prepare better newsletters and is a
good investment.
And finally you buy the same newsletter content that I use to send to my lists
from www.easylistbuilders.com
This is High Quality Content that is also very cheap to buy and is the fastest and
easiest way to get started.
All of a sudden newsletter management has become a whole lot easier ☺
Next Lesson - Lessons of Independence - Part 3
One requires a lot of work – but it can be done in one burst and won’t cost
you any money.
One requires a little bit of work - but it can be done in one burst and will
cost you a little bit of money…and…
One requires almost no work at all and will cost you almost no money at
all – well a few dollars, but Hey – Miss a couple of coffee’s and you’ll be
sweet.
So what are these solutions to create a massive multiplication of your income
and financial security so you can finally get away from that 9-5 job and the rush
hour traffic that is eating away at your most valuable possession in life?
(That possession being ‘TIME’)
Here they are – Three roads to financial freedom…
You can sit down and write enough newsletters to last for a year, after
finding suitable affiliate promotions that will help you to monetize the list.
You will of course have to write content in a manner that will ensure you have
a chance to make money from that list and retain those people who have opted in to your newsletter.
You can use PLR content that you might have purchased and rework it
into suitable newsletters, once again ensuring that it is written and formatted
in such a manner that you will be able to make money from the list.
Ordinary unchanged PLR Articles are unlikely to convert as well as targeted
content that ‘has a purpose’ and is related to the affiliate income sources you
are recommending.
The idea again is to create all the content from one dedicated action plan so
you can upload it to your auto-responder and move on to the next project
knowing that the list will start making for you money for the next year or so
until you ‘reload’ it with more content for the year after…or…
You can buy some already created and formatted content that you know
your readers will be interested in and you know is ‘designed to sell’ and set
and forget that project and move on to the next project with very little effort at
all.
All the work is already done for you.
So there you have it.
The approach to take with Niche Emails is to create or buy all the content at one
time, then get that business model up and running as fast as possible before
moving on to the next project.
OK – I know you need more information on how to get started so I will give you
the resources, so you can follow the method that you feel most comfortable with
based on your expertise and financial situation.
To create your own content you just need to start writing and that needs to
happen NOW – as every day you delay getting started you are leaving money on
the table.
Time is always of the essence.
You will need an autoresponder service and the best in the business in my
opinion, and that of most marketers is AWeber
To assist you in preparing your newsletter, provided you have a little money to
invest you just cannot beat Lisa Prestons Product
To use PLR content there are so many different places selling PLR Content that
a full list of them would probably double the size of this report.
It is certainly not a full list but there are many sites to choose from there.
Be very careful when buying your PLR Content as I have hundreds of articles
that are only suitable for filler content, having been written by people who don’t
have English as their first language.
This type of content isn’t really suitable for Newsletters.
You should be personalizing the content so that it appears to have been written
by you.
Once again Lisa’s Niche Emails will help you prepare better newsletters and is a
good investment.
And finally you buy the same newsletter content that I use to send to my lists
from www.easylistbuilders.com
This is High Quality Content that is also very cheap to buy and is the fastest and
easiest way to get started.
All of a sudden newsletter management has become a whole lot easier ☺
Next Lesson - Lessons of Independence - Part 3
Lessons of Independence - 1
Life Doesn’t Need To Be A Struggle!
I am not a big fan of writing newsletters and I am sure that most people will agree
with me that having to write content for a newsletter every week is an absolute
pain.
The simple fact is – You must have content for your newsletter that is interesting
for the niche that you are targeting, and that content needs to make you money
or ‘Why Waste Your Time and Effort?’
So how does someone who hates writing, or can’t think of what to write, or
doesn’t have the time to write, maintain a list and make money in such an easy
manner?
Consider this:
You love dogs, so you decide to start a dog newsletter because you know
a lot about dogs and will be able to prepare a lot of content for a dog
newsletter.
You begin your newsletter, and to start with, there are only a few people
on that newsletter list who you are writing to each week.
You might be able to sell them a thing or two from the affiliate links that
you have in your newsletter but it won’t be a lot initially because you can’t
build your list while you are busy preparing content.
You start off strong, writing like a maniac, but then it dawns on you!!!!
You actually prefer to be outside in the park walking with your dog and
meeting new people.
You would rather be sitting down in the park with your dog having a picnic.
You would rather be throwing the ball for your dog to fetch.
You think – “This newsletter-writing lark is not all it’s cut out to be”
In fact – You hate writing those newsletters almost as much as you dislike being
stuck in rush hour traffic wasting your life away when you could be doing more
exciting things with your life.
So you start to slack off with the newsletters and write less and less, and all the
while you haven’t been getting quite so many subscribers because you have
been wasting so much time writing to the few that you managed to capture when
you first started.
And to make matters worse, some idiot like me is telling you that you need many
newsletters in many different niches to make so much more money than you
could have ever dreamed of.
“Wait up” you say – I only have 24 hours in the day and I need to spend some of
that time looking at the back of my eyelids or I will go insane.
There must be an easier way!
Well there is an easier way.
In fact there are several easier ways and I am going to tell you what they are in the next Lesson.Lessons of Independence - 2
I am not a big fan of writing newsletters and I am sure that most people will agree
with me that having to write content for a newsletter every week is an absolute
pain.
The simple fact is – You must have content for your newsletter that is interesting
for the niche that you are targeting, and that content needs to make you money
or ‘Why Waste Your Time and Effort?’
So how does someone who hates writing, or can’t think of what to write, or
doesn’t have the time to write, maintain a list and make money in such an easy
manner?
Consider this:
You love dogs, so you decide to start a dog newsletter because you know
a lot about dogs and will be able to prepare a lot of content for a dog
newsletter.
You begin your newsletter, and to start with, there are only a few people
on that newsletter list who you are writing to each week.
You might be able to sell them a thing or two from the affiliate links that
you have in your newsletter but it won’t be a lot initially because you can’t
build your list while you are busy preparing content.
You start off strong, writing like a maniac, but then it dawns on you!!!!
You actually prefer to be outside in the park walking with your dog and
meeting new people.
You would rather be sitting down in the park with your dog having a picnic.
You would rather be throwing the ball for your dog to fetch.
You think – “This newsletter-writing lark is not all it’s cut out to be”
In fact – You hate writing those newsletters almost as much as you dislike being
stuck in rush hour traffic wasting your life away when you could be doing more
exciting things with your life.
So you start to slack off with the newsletters and write less and less, and all the
while you haven’t been getting quite so many subscribers because you have
been wasting so much time writing to the few that you managed to capture when
you first started.
And to make matters worse, some idiot like me is telling you that you need many
newsletters in many different niches to make so much more money than you
could have ever dreamed of.
“Wait up” you say – I only have 24 hours in the day and I need to spend some of
that time looking at the back of my eyelids or I will go insane.
There must be an easier way!
Well there is an easier way.
In fact there are several easier ways and I am going to tell you what they are in the next Lesson.Lessons of Independence - 2
Alexander the Great - Quick Facts
Alexander the Great - Quick Facts
He was inspired by the feats of the warriors in Homer's 'Lliad,' a story about the deeds of Achilles.
He always kept a copy of the epic poem under his pillow.
During his youth, Alexander tamed the wild horse Bucephalus. Later, when his beloved horse died, Alexander
renamed a city in India for Bucephalus.
He was only 20 when he became king of Macedonia. While he was away, someone spread a story that he
was dead. The people in the city of Thebes revolted and called upon the people of Athens to join them. He
soon appeared before Thebes with his army and stormed the city by destroying all the buildings, except the
temples and the house of the poet Pindar.
He founded some 70 cities within his empire, many of them named Alexandria.
When he was a child, he wept bitterly when he heard of Philip's conquests and said, " My father will get ahead of me in everything, and will leave nothing great for me to do."
He remained undefeated in battle his entire life.
Quotes By Alexander The Great
“Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.”
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of
sheep led by a lion.”
“I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the
extent of my power and dominion.”
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”
He was inspired by the feats of the warriors in Homer's 'Lliad,' a story about the deeds of Achilles.
He always kept a copy of the epic poem under his pillow.
During his youth, Alexander tamed the wild horse Bucephalus. Later, when his beloved horse died, Alexander
renamed a city in India for Bucephalus.
He was only 20 when he became king of Macedonia. While he was away, someone spread a story that he
was dead. The people in the city of Thebes revolted and called upon the people of Athens to join them. He
soon appeared before Thebes with his army and stormed the city by destroying all the buildings, except the
temples and the house of the poet Pindar.
He founded some 70 cities within his empire, many of them named Alexandria.
When he was a child, he wept bitterly when he heard of Philip's conquests and said, " My father will get ahead of me in everything, and will leave nothing great for me to do."
He remained undefeated in battle his entire life.
Quotes By Alexander The Great
“Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.”
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of
sheep led by a lion.”
“I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the
extent of my power and dominion.”
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”
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