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Muhammad Ali Visits THE LION KING.

miltonluban — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:26:02 +0000

Former three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and his family attended the Friday, Januar

“Michael Jackson” ghost haunts Muhammad Ali and Big George Forman!

miltonluban — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:49:04 +0000

Michael Jackson face appears in Muhammed Ali video: hoax or pareidolia? Forgetomori posted this vide

The Greatest of All Time Muhammad Ali - Luxury Robe

miltonluban — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:04:43 +0000

Kick your swagger up a notch with this fly Muhammad Ali Luxury Robe from WornFree.com. The

Che non sia notte (Parole mute)

bugianen55 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:20:10 +0000

Ti prego sii cortese

“ come tu sei ”

e stendile la mano

con premura

Poi cìngile il fianco

e non stringere

troppo il tempo

che può sembrare

abbandono

Sollevala poi in punta di piedi

e insegnale il passo

So anche

che le regalerai

un foulard

e ali colorate

ma ora sii solo

dolcemente lieve

“ come carezza ”

e muta

il suo dolore in danza

Alla mia seconda Mamma

Pierluigi Ciolini

la teoria del volo

severineserizy — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:48:25 +0000

immagina di possedere un canarino e di prenderti cura amorevolmente di lui. come prima cosa, gli dai un nome, lo chiami tweety. è poco originale, ma per un canarino va sempre bene. accudisci tweety quotidianamente, con regolarità e premura. lo metti in una bella gabbietta capiente, esposta vicino alla finestra che dà a mezzogiorno. pulisci la sua gabbietta ogni giorno, per bene: scrosti gli escrementi lasciati sul fondo e metti un foglio di giornale pulito per rendere più igienico il suo habitat. scegli per tweety i mangimi migliori, i più costosi. gli cambi l’acqua spesso in modo che sia sempre fresca e pulita. metti tra le sbarre della gabbietta un osso di seppia, chiesto appositamente al pescivendolo, in modo che il tuo canarino possa lisciarsi il becco. allo stesso modo ogni giorno gli dai una fettina di mela e una foglia di lattuga. in estate, nella gabbietta metti anche una piccola vaschetta per permettere al tuo amico di fare il bagnetto. un giorno ti procuri, da un’amico che ha esemplare femmina, una compagna e speri che il tuo canarino possa accoppiarsi e darti altri piccoli tweety, nati in cattività a cui darai tutte le cure di cui sei capace. L’esperimento non funziona: a tweety non piace la sua fidanzata, non gli piace dover dividere il suo spazio con una compagna impostagli da te. così, riporti al tuo amico la canarina, rassegnandoti al fatto che tweety preferisca una vita da single. il tuo canarino fischietta, dondolandosi sulla piccola altalena appesa alla gabbietta e tu sei convinto di aver fatto un buon lavoro, di aver reso piacevole la vita al tuo piccolo compagno. tu non sai, però, che mettendo tweety vicino alla finestra gli hai permesso di guardare fuori dalle sbarre e di vedere altri uccelli volare liberi nel cielo. tweety vede i passerotti sul davanzale che beccano le briciole di pane che gli hai lasciato. vede i gabbiani che ruotano in cerchio sul mare in una giornata tempestosa. vede i piccioni che si danno appuntamento sulla piazza del paese per alzarsi in aria tutti insieme mentre un cane li rincorre. e poi vede le rondini che a fine autunno creano giochi geometrici nel cielo, volando in stormi. e vedendo tutto ciò, tweety si sente impotente tra le sue sbarre e sogna di essere un uccellino, magari un passerotto, come quelli che ogni mattina vengono a bussare al vetro della finestra. ma soprattutto vorrebbe sapere cosa si prova ad avere due ali e a muoversi leggiadro nel cielo. tweety non sa di avere anche lui le ali, perché non ha mai usato le sue, se non per saltare dalla sbarretta della sua gabbia alla sua altalena e viceversa. e quindi si dispera e fischietta la sua rabbia, la sua ribellione il suo senso di impotenza dinnanzi a tutto ciò. un giorno, mentre stai pulendo, come al solito la gabbietta, in un attimo di distrazione la chiudi male e proprio in quella frazione di secondo, tweety prende coraggio ed esce dalla sua prigione. in quell’istante scopre di essere in grado di fare molto di più di semplici saltelli. capisce di avere un potenziale che aveva sempre ignorato: le ali. si guarda un po’ attorno, giusto il tempo di orientarsi. e il tuo tentativo di chiudere la finestra arriva troppo tardi. ormai tweety è già là fuori a godersi la sua nuova vita e la sua nuova identità. ora sei solo tu a disperarti. continui a domandarti in cosa hai sbagliato. pensavi che il tuo canarino fosse affezionato a te, che stesse bene a casa tua. pensavi di avergli dato tutto ciò di cui avesse bisogno. ti chiedi, come farà là fuori nei mesi freddi. come imparerà a trovarsi da mangiare, da bere… tu non lo sai, ma tutto l’amore che hai dato al tuo canarino non era poco, anzi era infinito, ma era il modo sbagliato di amare.

severine

Best Actor Of The Year

عمر ابن مظهر — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:57:06 +0000

Best Actor Of The Year

I'd like to live long enough...

mohammedalibusiness — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:35:43 +0000

…to see the DFS sale end!

They always say “The sale must end on Sunday” or “The sale must end soon”…

But which Sunday and/or when is soon?!

Does the DFS Sale EVER end?

Until next time, may peace be upon you all…

*Mohammed Ali

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Wanna Know Wednesday - Do you like it or does it annoy you when books are turned into movies?

lnlreadbooks — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:00:51 +0000

Les: wednesday, wednesday

Linds: dude, that’s not a song. is it?

Les: no. but we could write one!

Linds: uh

Les: and then ali could talk about it on her blog!

Linds: let’s add that to the list of ill-conceived les and lid ideas that may never see the light of day

Les: there you go being a party-pooper again

Linds: it’s my job, apparently

Les: so it seems

i suppose we should focus and get to our question of the week

Linds: that would be new. and out of character. but let’s try it out

Les: k. here goes… our question comes courtesy of kristan again. i love that girl.

Linds: she is super awesome

Les: she asks: Do you like it, or does it annoy you when books are turned into movies?

Linds: hm. honestly, i think it all depends on how good the movie is as an independent artistic creation

Les: and they’re usually not that awesome. don’t think i’ve ever heard anyone say that the movie was better than the book

Linds: and if that’s true, we have a problem

Les: word. some book movies are fun, because they allow us a second opportunity to experience the story. like the harry potter franchise

Linds: which is the example i was about to bring up. they have an advantage, i think, in that there are so many films now that they’ve been able to create a different but complimentary movie world from the books

Les: yes. that’s the fun of it. they did a fantastic job with the movies. and the casting…ftw

Linds: that was the single most important thing they did right. they had to get the characters right, and then they had more freedom to work with the storyline to make it work in a movie format

Les: and they did

Linds: yep. so i’m ok with them taking some liberties with the story. because it fits with the version of the hp world they’ve created

Les: totally

Linds: i’m not a total book to movie purist. i just don’t want it to suck.

Les: well, no. no one wants that.

i’m admittedly not much of a movie watcher, so i don’t have a ton to draw from here. but i always groan when i see another children’s book turned into a movie. because i remember the attitudes of a few of my peers from middle school. watching the movies does not equal reading the book

Linds: NO NO NO. IT DOES NOT.

Les: and today’s children don’t need anything else hindering the development of their imaginations. good gravy, they’re so overly stimulated

Linds: word. in fact, let’s make a rule right now

Les: ok

Linds: you may not go see a movie based on a book and claim you’ve read the book

you may also not watch the harry potter movies and say you’re a harry potter fan

what you are is lazy

Les: omg, yes

Linds: go pick up the book, open it, and read those black things on the paper. they’re called words, and they’re good for you

Les: brain food woo

Linds: yes

i’d also like to make a rule that you have to read the book first before you see the movie. because you need to actually use your imagination to create the images in your head before you let someone else do it for you. because again: lazy

Les: yes, thank you

Linds: like right now, i just started revolutionary road, because i’ve heard good things about the movie. but kate and leo or no, i’m reading it first

Les: ew

Linds: ew?

Les: kate and leo. though i do that too – read a book after hearing good things about the movie. that’s how i discovered jodi picoult, actually. the previews for my sister’s keeper looked great, so i stole my mom’s book

Linds: brief time out to revisit the kate and leo thing: if you ignore their first big movie together, are they less offensive?

Les: considerably. i like her quite a lot

Linds: me too. so we’ll just pretend that particular travesty never happened. revisionist history is so handy sometimes

Les: it really is

Linds: did you ever see the new version of pride and prejudice?

Les: no. is it awesome?

Linds: well, let me put it this way: it was like pride and prejudice if a bronte had written it. it’s a bit disconcerting, to say the least

Les: oh dear

Linds: i’m certain several of our readers will have an informed opinion about it

Les: i can’t wait

Linds: i think we should pause and give them a chance to tell us what they think. because i bet we could fill another wednesday on this topic

Les: that sounds good to me

Linds: excellent. so weigh in, dear readers!

Les: cause we wanna know

Noi...

bugianen55 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:30:32 +0000

Se voglio posso

senza ali volo

pensiero e parole

hanno piedi veloci

e gambe lunghe

a volte come le bugie

c’è un silenzio greve

che ci fa colpevoli

quando il dolore degli altri

ci attraversa ma non ci resta dentro

e restiamo senza parole

perché conviene

noi che ci crediamo poeti

che sull’asfalto incontriamo cieli

noi che tra di noi ci conosciamo

e ci amiamo senza incontrarci

mai se non nell’aria e siamo vento

l’uno per l’altro

e siamo pane e vino e nostalgia

di un altro volo e che non sia l’ultimo

almeno non ancora

noi che abbiamo visto passare

alcuni di noi veloci nella vita

e fermi nelle parole divenute versi

doloranti e dolorosi

ma non vinti

noi continueremo parole nel vento

orme perdute nell’acqua

a darci fiato.

Maria Attanasio

Busybee reviews Cafe Noorani

adhish — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:31:24 +0000

Cafe Noorani: Experience the Aromatic Pleasure of Cafe Noorani.

This evening, I propose you drive from the Haji Ali Junction down the Tardeo Road. Switch off the air-conditioning, if your car has one, put the glass down, you will experience the aromatic pleasures of fragrant biryanis, moist kebabs on braziers and meats in tandoors. Almost immediately you enter the Tardeo Road, on the left, you will see Cafe Noorani. You can’t miss it, it is as busy a restaurant as you may find in Mumbai. Right at the entrance, there is a tandoor grilling full pomfrets, chicken tikkas, kebabs on the spit, baida rotis frying, a man making Chinese fast food. A moving neon sign spells out the menu: Kheema Baida Roti, Chicken Noorani Special, Mutton Tomato Fry, Brain Egg Masala, Malai Kofta, Vegetable Makhanwala, like one of those old time waiters in a chilia restaurant broadcasting the day’s specials. Park the car, the baharwallas will come to you, ready to take the orders and serve you in the car, no extra charge. But it is more fun to eat in the restaurant.

There are two Cafe Nooranis, side by side, two long restaurants running deep into the building. The food is the same, and the service, but one of the two is air-conditioned, the price difference, hardly five per cent. Apart from the cooking in the front, which Manager Nasirbhai admits is more for advertisement, there is a large kitchen in the rear of the two restaurants, one of the largest I have seen, also one of the cleanest, with two dozen cooks working.

I have been hearing about Cafe Noorani for some time now, outside Mohamedali Road, it is the best Mughlai restaurant in town. Its speciality is biryanis, and it has a large collection of these, made with fine-grained Delhi rice, meat on the bone, roast potatoes, a touch of fried onions. You have to decide which biryani to eat. I suggest the reshmi tikka biryani, partly because it is good, and partly because you would not get it anywhere else in Mumbai. At least, Faridbhai Abdul Latif Noorani, one of the proprietors, thinks so. “We experimented and made it here, but I do not know, others may have picked it up from here and may be making it, as we picked up some things from them,” he says modestly.

It is a gentle biryani, delicate in taste, the masala is on the malai side, cream and caju gravy, crushed badam, a touch of saffron. The chicken pieces, boneless, since it is a tikka, are marinated in the white masala, then grilled, then cooked in the biryani. The rice is not put on dum and it does not stick to the meat, which makes it oily. It is not spicy, but not bland also. Mr. Noorani describes it as Bombay taste. It costs Rs.75 in the non-air-conditioned, Rs.80 in the air-conditioned. The chicken tangdi biryani, of course has the tangdi bone, and the chicken tikka biryani is spicy, with red masala (Kashmiri chillis, garam masalas). There is also a chicken biryani, Rs.30 for a half plate, and you cannot get it any cheaper, where all parts of the chicken are used and it is done in a brown masala. Then there are mutton biryanis, fish biryanis, egg biryanis, vegetable biryanis, various pulaos, a paneer tikka biryani, jeera fried rice, and an Arabian biryani, made for our Arab friends, very bland, Rafique, with cream and tomatoes.

One day, I will do an entire piece on Noorani’s biryanis and pulaos only, but not today. There is more to eat.

Next to the biryani, my favourite food here are the baida rotis and meat rolls. The rolls are like Mr. Tibbs’ Frankies, only they are closed at both ends, so the meat does not fall out and make things generally messy. What they do is make a sort of an omelette, with kheema, with chicken, even bheja, I like that best, spread it on atta, like a paratha, and roll it. They wrap it in silver foil and serve you, not plastic bags. A chicken or mutton egg roll costs Rs.25, a brain egg roll Rs.45. I prefer the baida roti to the roll, if sitting at the table, it is more comfortable to eat. And always make it a point to sit at the table and eat. You enjoy you food better, you digest it, you make conversation while eating, it is the civilised thing to do. So, sit at the table and order the chicken baida roti. Service is fast, remember that. And you may watch them making it. The preparation is same as at Bohari Mohalla, the atta is a maida and e gg batter, placed on the hot tawa, and chicken pieces, onions, masala put on it. It is fried in oil, and as it is cooking, it is made into square rotis. Eat it while it is hot, slicing through the egg and meat with a knife and fork. You taste roti, egg, chicken, onions, the maida holds the whole thing together. It is priced at Rs.30, the kheema baida roti the same. The brain egg roti, where the brain is cut into small pieces and cooked with masalas in egg like a bhurji, costs Rs.50. It is light and almost fluffy, better then having brain and roti separate. Though that also you may have, a brain egg fry, or a brain masala fry, with a spicy tomato gravy, both Rs.35.

Perhaps, I should give out the secret of Noorani. Mr Noorani also owns the famous Haji Ali Juice Centre, which is almost diagonally across the restaurant. (To give a more definite location of the restaurant, it is behind Heera Panna, on the Tardeo Road.) The fruit centre, as you would know, has a reputation for fast service, efficient baharwallas, exotic combinations, long hours, the same principles apply to the restaurant. There was a time when it was open till two and three in the night, a great boon to night birds, to young people returning home from the pubs. But the new and rather thoughtless dispensations have forced it to close down at 12.30 a.m. Still, it covers a long day, from 5 a.m. to 12.30 a.m. At 5 a.m., when the doors open, you get kheema, omelette, bhurji, dal fry, alu gobi, alu mutter. By 10 a.m., all the 100-odd items on the menu. And that goes on through the day.

Among the early morning customers apart from those on morning shift, are the people going to the Haji Ali dargah. In the dargah itself, as you must have noticed if you have visited it, there is a small restaurant. This is also run by Noorani, basic foods at rates comfortable to the people who visit the dargah.

To return to the food, the fish tandoori is a whole pomfret, Rs.50, and the fish tikka masala is square cut pieces of ravas, Rs.55. Mutton Bombay Dish comes with boiled eggs, and there are Chicken and Mutton Noorani Specials, which are on the same line as those excellent Metro Specials at the Metro Restaurant at Dhobi Talao. I haven’t visited that for a long time.

You can’t eat everything, but have the Dabba Gosht, Rs.50. This is the classic Bohra gosht, though Noorani may not be a Bohra restaurant. If I tell you how it is cooked, you will know how it tastes. The boneless mutton is cooked in a small steel dish, the kind you use to make your baked custards. As the meat, with a nice thick gravy gets ready, an egg is scrambled and put on top of the meat, evened out, and hot oil poured on it. What it does is glazes the egg and completely covers the meat and gravy. The customer is served the meat in the steel dish, he has to spoon through the egg, which is now an omelette, to reach the meat. You may take the Dabba Gosht home also, as a parcel. For this, it is cooked in aluminium silver.

And the Dal Gosht, I must mention. Parsis make dhanshak dal, Muslims make dal gosh, both have mutton cooked with the dal, thus allowing the juices of the mutton to spread in the dal, Paris put pumpkin and spinach in the dal, and mash it, Muslims put pieces of dudhi in the dal and do not mash it. Finally, Parsis use tur and masoor dal, Muslims use channa dal. I do not know which tastes better. You have Noorani’s Dal Gosht, then have Ripon Club’s Dhanshak Dal, then tell me.

There is a large Chinese section, Indian Chinese, and more to the point, Bombay Chinese, but I will not deal with it here. Instead, one important piece of information: Noorani provides home delivery of all orders, from Colaba Dadar. According to young Zahir Khan, who manages the restaurant, it is an absolutely free service, no charges for delivery, and you don’t have to order in bulk, you may order just two rotis, and they will deliver. One hour for Colaba, 30 minutes for Napean Sea Road. Telephone Nos. 494 4753, 494 3054, 497 2619. Check it out.

Source – http://www.busybeeforever.com/viewarticle.asp?filename=eatingout917200444436.xml&section=eatingout

Anoop's upcoming new songs "My Name" and "Not Like This"

yoko71 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:35:18 +0000

Brandon Rogers, who has been co-writing and co-tracking with Anoop, just tweeted (4:30 PM EST November 24, 2009):

http://twitter.com/brandonrogersLA/status/6019629808

“Working on the first mix of @AnoopDoggDesai ’s new song, “My Name”… Sounding good people.”

Also, during the live chat hosted by AI Now, Anoop wrote:

“Just finished recording a song called “My Name” that has a lot of bhangra influence, and another called “Not Like This” that we’re recording wtih Russell Ali. Russ, Brandon and I will be working together a lot I think. It’s a great vibe.”

9/11 Lawyer Cannot Even Admit Murder Occurred In NY

dsgawrsh — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:16:26 +0000

Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer representing one of the 9/11 terrorists who will stand trial in New Y

All'ombra del melograno - Intervista a Tareq Ali

Geneviève Alberti — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:18:12 +0000

SANREMO, 40 GRADI

Scendiamo All’ombra del melograno, nella Spagna del 1499. Dimentichiamo le macchine, i cellulari.

Perché nella Spagna del 1499?

“Perché era il momento di inizio della nuova identità europea. Dopo l’espulsione di ebrei e musulmani si stava creando una nuova Europa monoculturale.”

Chi risponde è Tariq Ali l’autore di “Islam Quintet” una raccolta di cinque romanzi storici. È qui a Sanremo, invitato dal Comune per presentare in anteprima il suo romanzo, All’ombra dei melograni (ed Baldini e Castoldi) ed è disponibile per due domande, così timidamente mi faccio avanti.

“E’ importante recuperare questa perduta e far sapere che una volta l’Islam era parte dell’Europa. In, Francia, in Spagna, in Sicilia. Il Duomo di Palermo ne porta ancora le tracce, sulla facciata si intravede la scritta della prima pagina del Corano, in Spagna sui testi scolastici durante il franchismo questa parte di storia, che dura 600 anni, occupa un paragrafo”

Chi è questo signore magnetico, coi capelli a onde grigie non è facile da sintetizzare. È saggista, storico, analista politico. È di origini pakistane. Vive a Londra dove è direttore della rivista “New Left Review”. Laico e comunista. I suoi romanzi fanno pensare a Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In Italia ha pubblicato Lo scontro dei fondamentalismi, (Rizzoli, 2002), è interessante la contrapposizione tra fondamentalismi religiosi e lo “spietato capitalismo occidentale”. Da una parte il terrorismo dall’altra l’impero americano. Afferma con chiarezza che bombardare l’Irak o l’Afghanistan non è per motivi religiosi ma perché c’è il petrolio. “Oil”.

Perché la religione divide anziché unire?

“La religione non ha mai unito. La storia è costellata di scontri. Tra cattolici e protestanti. Entrambi hanno partecipato a grandi atrocità. E lo stesso vale per l’Islam. L’ebraismo no, perché non è mai stato un potere. Quando le religioni diventano universali le lotte di potere tra religioni all’interno diventano inevitabili. Credono in un dio unico. L’ideale era quando si credeva in più dei e quando c’era l’equilibrio femminile delle Dee. La religione monoteista porta una cultura maschilista…”

Non riesce a finire la frase perché il pubblico è lo attende in sala, e resto lì incantata con il mio taccuino perché da sempre io credo in molti dei. Siamo tutti greci all’origine. È Giove che ci protegge, Venere che ci innamora. E io questo mese ho di nuovo Saturno contro.

Keutamaan Dan Hikmah Qurban

aespee — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:11:05 +0000

Di dalam syariat yang dibawa oleh Rasulullah Saw, perintah dan larangan selalu ada dan terus berjala

Kebebasan Sebenar

Papan Putih — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:15:40 +0000

Selagi mana anda mendekatkan diri anda kepada sesuatu yang selain daripada Allah, anda sentiasa akan berada dalam kesusahan dan kesedihan, menyekutukan sesuatu terhadapNya, dan tidak mampu untuk bebas daripada beban dosa anda. (Abdul Qadir al-Jilani)

Kemerdekaan hati boleh dicapai melalui empat jalan mulia: merendahkan diri di hadapan Allah semata-mata, memerlukan Allah semata-mata, takut dan menghormati Allah semata-mata, dan mengharap akan Allah semata-mata. (Said al-Hiri)

Jadilah seperti mereka yang takut dan mentaati Allah. Syirik itu boleh dibahagikan kepada dalaman dan luaran. Syirik luaran adalah menyembah berhala, manakala syirik dalaman adalah meninggalkan Allah dan berharap kepada manusia, meletakkan pengharapan kepada mereka, dan mengharapkan kerugian dan keuntungan daripada mereka. (Abdul Qadir al-Jilani)

Barang siapa yang menyerahkan hatinya kepada Allah semata-mata dan memberikan sepenuh perhatian terhadap perkara ini, pancaran cahaya hikmah akan terbit dalam hatinya dan mengalir ke lidahnya. (Yahya Ibn Muadh)

Bagaimana pandangan mata orang ramai mempunyai apa-apa kepentingan kepada anda apabila pandangan Allah adalah kepada anda? Tinggalkan jalan orang ramai dan cubalah untuk melihat sesuatu daripada Tuhan. (Ibn ‘Ata’ Illah al-Iskandari)

Allah memberi anda dunia ini agar dengannya anda dapat memperolehi Akhirat bukan untuk anda menginginkan dunia. (Uthman r.a.)

Kemerdekaan yang sebenar adalah penghambaan diri kepada Tuhan (Ali r.a.)

Penghambaan diri adalah kepada Tuhan semata-mata, bukan kepada diri anda, kebaikan anda, kejahatan anda, dan manusia. (Nasihat Prof. Emeritus al-Ustaz Dato’ Dr. Mat Demon al-Azazil MA. PhD in Decep. kepada saya.)

(Malakian)

Ein Wochenende in OÖ

fotokino — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:19:40 +0000

Dieses WE waren wir wieder mal in der schönen Heimat Oberösterreich. Mit den schon immer größer werdenen Jungs Samy und Ali gelang mir am Sonntag ein kleines Shooting. Die immer lieb schauende Amanda erwischte ich am Samstang ein paar Mal recht glücklich. Hier ein paar Beispiele:

Pra Você Eu Digo Sim

Desaventuras Namorosas — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:57:41 +0000

Se eu me apaixonar
Vê se não vai debochar
Da minha confusão
Uma vez me apaixonei
E não foi o que pensei
Estou só desde então…

Se eu me entregar total
Meu medo é!
Você pensar que eu
Sou superficial…

Se eu não fizer
Amor assim sem mais
Se você brigar
E for!
Correndo atrás de alguém
Não vou suportar
A dor de ver
Que eu perdi
Mais uma vez meu amor
Uuuuh!…

Mas se eu sentir
Que nós estamos juntos
Longe ou a sós
No mundo e além
Pode crer que tudo bem
O amor só precisa de nós dois
Mais ninguém
Uuuuh!…

Se você quiser
Ser meu namoradinho
E me der o seu carinho
Sem ter fim
Prá você eu digo:
Sim!…

Shia Belifs Regarding Allaah

عمر ابن مظهر — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:47:11 +0000

Shia Belifs Regarding Allaah Attack On Tawheed: It is the belief of all the shias that the twelve im

What the Shias say about Ahle Sunnah Muslims

عمر ابن مظهر — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:40:28 +0000

What the Shias say about Ahle Sunnah Muslims Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islaam, what I am going to

Setting Ablaze The House Of Revelation

عمر ابن مظهر — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:18:29 +0000

Setting Ablaze The House Of Revelation Just something else to add, i was reading “Setting Abla

The Enterpriser vs. The Entrepreneur

mohammedalibusiness — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:10:27 +0000

Please note: The term “Enterpriser” is not officially recognized in the English language, but for the purposes of this article it is used to describe someone who begins a business/enterprise in a certain mindset. This is used to compare the mindset with that of an entrepreneur. All will become clearer as you read the article.)

Over the years, many people who are employed will have the “employee seizure”, decide enough is enough, sack the boss and decide to start their own business.

But…

What is their goal?

Their ambition?

Their mindset?

Do they want to create just another job for themselves? Do they want to change the world? Do they want to be financially free?

The outcome will depend on whether you are an enterpriser or an entrepreneur.

What’s the difference between an ENTERPRISER and an ENTREPRENEUR?

Well let’s start by looking at what both words have in common with each other.

They are both the most OVER- and MIS- used words in business.

And that’s where the similarities stop.

Allow me to use an anecdote to illustrate what I mean.

I have a friend who “fired the boss” a few years ago, and set up his own car repair garage.

“I’m going to be free now Mo.” He told me…

“Free from the boss, free to choose my own working time, free to make my own money, free to do it my way… I’m going to be rich and have people working for me…”

I went to visit him recently, to see how he was getting on…

I found him in his portacabin office, hidden deep inside his Garage in Lambeth, London. He looked stressed, behind mountains of paper work, he was working out his VAT returns.

Not much work was happening on the garage front either, I caught sight of the painter having a cigarette and a cup of tea, talking into his mobile phone.

“Mo, this is so bloody stressful!” He told me, his bleary eyes confirming the sincerity of his words.

“I bloody hate this… I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT!!!”

“Why?” I was shocked, as I know he is a great mechanic and a positive guy!

“I spend all my time in here, doing bloody paper work!! I have no time to do what I love, fix cars! It’s like I’ve been castrated!”

“WHOA! Easy there!!” No man is comfortable when the subject of castration is brought up!

That is when I began to realise something… The very thing that was supposed to set him free… had in actual fact locked him up and thrown away the key. When he went to unlock the garage in the morning, it was like he was voluntarily locking himself into his own prison cell.

He could no longer do what he loved, because of his “employee” mentality… He had just made another job for himself…

He was an enterpriser.

An enterpriser is someone who sets up a business, but he is also THE business. The business is so over reliant on him, that he cannot run the business, he is too busy trying to keep the business afloat by trying to do EVERYTHING in the business.

In short, the business would fall apart if he was to even be away for a day…

The enterprisers business is solely (and fatally) DEPENDENT on them… It could not function without them…

But what about the entrepreneur?

What makes them so special? So successful?

Entrepeneurs BUILD businesses. Like vehicles. They bring it all together, all the parts, they hire people to do the finances, hire people to do the labour, hire people to run the business day-to-day, whilst they focus on the over arching business strategy and direction.

In short, the business can run INDEPENDENT of them. If they were to disappear tomorrow, the business will keep running…

How do they do this?

That’s a whole book in itself, but in short, there are 3 key attributes…

PLANNING

SYSTEMS

and RESOURCEFULNESS

> Planning

Before firing the boss, the entrepreneur will plan. Plan how the business will be put together, who and what is needed, and what can be afforded. If something is needed, that cannot be afforded, then a way to do that function will be found. Further planning needs to be done on your idea too. Are you just making another job for yourself, or is there a real market for your business? How are you going to get to that market?

> Systems

By implementing systems, or a way of doing things, the business can have a standardised way of doing things. A way that can be taught to somebody else. A way that is not over reliant on one particular person. Look at McDonalds… they make burgers ALL over the world… but there’s a set system on how they make it… It means a vast array of different people, from all over the world, can be hired and trained, and will produce the EXACT same burger regardless of what continent you are in. An added benefit with systems is that you can begin to quantify the cost and value of your business functions, and look to maximise their value by tweaking the systems.

> Resourcefulness

How good are you at obtaining the full value of a resource?

Resources are EVERYWHERE!

There is never a shortage of money, people and capital. Ever. Full stop.

There is just a shortage of leaders who can be trusted to use them effectively.

If you cannot afford to hire an accountant, then can you outsource it? No? Can you sell the dream to a friend or acquaintance who is an accountant to forgo a short-term benefit, in view of a much higher long-term benefit? This will be absolutely key to the survival and blossoming of your business…

I must stress, this is an extremely SHORT and succinct article on a mammoth and diverse topic, which is only to stimulate and provoke your thought before you start jumping up and down and firing the boss.

I also must add a special mention for a fantastic not-for-profit organization here, called The Entrepreneurs Club (E-Club) who I have been working with for a while now, building my knowledge and pushing my mindset in the Pre Start Up Paradigm of Business. These guys have really helped me mature and liberate my thinking around Business and Entrepreneurship.

Here’s the street interview that first introduced me to E-Club, I hope you get some value from it…

I am in no way affiliated to them in a business sense, but I have been honoured to be invited on aboard their Entrepreneur Mastermind Program, and I have gained real value from it.

Check them out, and drop me a line if you want to discuss this article and it’s contents further…

Until next time, May peace be upon you all…

*Mohammed Ali

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