Alpha Blondy Posted May 7, 2011 failure is a state of mind, so is failing to fail. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Axmed-InaJaad Posted May 8, 2011 NGONGE;716732 wrote: Did you ever watch a film called Mystery Men? It's about guys who think they are superheroes when they really are not. One of them (the guru of the band) is called the Sphinx and has the most pointless quotes ever. Here are some... "We are number one! All others are number two, or lower." "To learn my teachings, I must first teach you how to learn." "He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions." "When you care what is outside, what is inside cares for you." "the best way to gain the respect of others is to accord them that same respect. " "One way to get up early in the morning is to use light-coloured curtains or blinds."......... qarxis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Action Posted May 10, 2011 I don't see NG's point or what harm he is trying to prevent. It is eay to google anything written these days. Alpha's topic is at least beneficial compared to many mindless debates here in SOL. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted May 10, 2011 it gives me an enormous sense of pride that you've seen the purpose of this timely and indeed beneficial thread. I only posted it to share my advice and experiences but as ever the cynics and the rubble-rouser among 'us' are being negative. I say, lets not be affected by their negativity and carry on with the good work. cheers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted December 9, 2012 patience is a virtue time is a great healer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted December 9, 2012 an idea is always more exciting at the planning stage. ideas are key to sustaining one's inner mental capacities! without ideas we're just living. ideas are life! i need some ideas! anything to get the thinking process started, again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waranle_Warrior Posted December 9, 2012 wAR meeshaan xikmadaa dhamaatey kawaran, one way to have a bath is to make sure you have running water aa la iska leeyahay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted December 10, 2012 Mum who couldn't afford daughter's school fees makes £12million a year selling satchels Julie Deane discovered her daughter was being bullied at school and vowed to send her to a private one down the road She came up with a list of 10 ideas to raise money - one was selling satchels She started The Cambridge Satchel Company with a budget of £600 Now the company employs 84 staff and has a factory in Leicestershire Fans include Alexa Chung, Elle Fanning and Fearne Cotton By LOUISE ECCLES PUBLISHED: 00:16 GMT, 10 December 2012 | UPDATED: 07:37 GMT, 10 December 2012 Comments (29) Share When Julie Deane discovered her daughter was being bullied, she vowed to move her to the £12,000-a-year school down the road. But unable to afford the fees, the housewife sat down at her kitchen table and wrote a list of ten ways to raise money. Halfway down the list she wrote ‘selling traditional leather satchels’. It was a business venture which, just four years later, would generate an annual turnover of more than £12million. Entrepreneur: Julie Deane started the Cambridge Satchel Company to raise money to send her daughter to a different school Humble beginnings: The Cambridge Satchel Company, which was started with a budget of £600, has just opened a shop in Covent Garden The Cambridge Satchel Company, which was started with a budget of £600, counts singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor and model Alexa Chung among its clientele. It is sold in shops including Saks Fifth Avenue, while Bloomingdale’s in New York described it as ‘the Brit It bag’. More... The REAL Toy Story: Chinese factory workers forced to sleep among piles of doll parts as they churn out toys for Christmas Christmas shoppers snap up one tablet computer EVERY SECOND with sales already up 1,000% on last year Most surreal of all, however, was when Mrs Deane was this week named in the Drapers list of the 100 most influential people in fashion – alongside the Duchess of Cambridge and Stella McCartney. ‘How weird is that?’ the 45-year-old said. ‘It is completely amazing. It is times like that when I think, “Golly, look how much farther we have come than we ever set out to”.’ The company now makes 900 bags a day and still has a backlog of orders. Star fans: The satchels have many fans among the fashion crowd including actress Elle Fanning (pictured left) and radio presenter Fearne Cotton (pictured right) Model customer: Alexa Chung is also a fan and is pictured with a blue number from the range As the firm’s first shop opened in Covent Garden at the weekend, it is hard to believe that the multi-million-pound business began as a solution to pay private school fees. In 2008, Mrs Deane and her husband Kevin discovered their daughter Emily, now 13, had been thrown to the ground and kicked by bullies. She said: ‘Emily was eight when it became really apparent that she was being badly bullied by a group of girls. I told her, “You will not go back to that school next year. We will find you a new one and you will be so happy.” I had promised my child I would deliver and I couldn’t let her down. It was the trigger for me to start my own business.’ By chance, Emily and her younger brother Max, now 11, were reading Harry Potter at the time and had asked their mother for leather satchels similar to those worn by the book’s characters. Starting small, she found a leather supplier in Hull and asked him to make her eight chestnut brown satchels. Popular: The company now makes 900 bags a day and still has a backlog of orders Business started slowly and she sold just one a week at first. But, determined to make it work, she left leaflets in doctors’ surgeries and school receptions, and taught herself to design a website. She said: ‘I chose satchels because I had always loved mine as a child. It lasted me all the way through school, whereas my children’s rucksacks became tatty and dirty within a few months.’ The Cambridge University graduate had been enjoying life as a full-time mother while her husband, a partner at an engineering consultancy firm, was the breadwinner. But she immersed herself in books on how to run a business and quickly found herself working all hours of the day from the kitchen of the family home near Cambridge to keep up with demand. When it became clear the satchels were not being bought by mothers but by the fashion crowd, she began experimenting with colours, initially adding red and green to the collection. Bright idea: Mrs Deane first thought about satchels when her children were reading Harry Potter and asked her for some similar to the ones worn by the characters in the book Within a year she was selling to high street chain Urban Outfitters and the satchels, which range in price from £80 to £130, were championed by fashion bloggers. The business now employs 84 staff and has its own factory in Leicestershire. When asked if she always had a passion for fashion, she exclaims: ‘No, no, no. Any photos of me in the 1980s are evidence of that.’ She says the greatest reward of her venture has been fulfilling her promise to her daughter. ‘My daughter is so happy at her school. My proudest moment was when we went to get her school uniform from John Lewis a few weeks after I started the business. It was quite emotional.’ Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245651/Mum-afford-daughters-school-fees-makes-12million-year-selling-satchels.html#ixzz2EdYBrZ6Y Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Haatu Posted December 10, 2012 What is with you 'men' and reading the daily mail? First it was Mario and now it's Alpha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted December 10, 2012 ^ ^ Good to know you're she ..... i was always wrong Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted December 10, 2012 Ideas ideas ideas!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha Blondy Posted April 9, 2013 i'm desperate for ideas. my mind has literally gone blank walahi. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
