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- The Year of the Monkey!
 The
Year of the Monkey begins January 22, 2004, and runs through
February 8, 2005. It's an exciting time, a year
of progress and innovation and a time when opportunity arrives
in mass, and an entertaining period under the monkey's good
humor. Business will skyrocket. Success comes to those who
persist!
Everything
will be workable this year. At least the agile Monkey will
not give up before trying every angle. There will be success
even in impossible ventures, there will be inventions and
improvisations galore. Politics, diplomacy, high finance
and business will be engaged in one big poker game with
everyone trying to out bluff each other. A rather amusing
and exciting time in which everyone will be given the opportunity
to try his hand at the game. no direct confrontation here,
as the Monkey is one who can laugh off his mistakes and
improve his bargaining prowess in the next round.
This
is a year that will find us all trying to get a better deal
by outsmarting the other man. It his hard to keep track
of who is winning, as the right hand has no idea of what
the left hand us up to. One thing is for sure, this will
be an extremely progressive time. We will all steam ahead,
and even if we do not apply ourselves to the utmost, we
will be carried forward by the surging tide of the Monkey's
natural talent for learning and advancement.
The
lucky imp of a Monkey who rules this year will urge us to
gamble, speculate and exploit risky but ingenious options.
If you are quick on the draw, this year will yield huge
dividends. It is definitely not a year for the faint-hearted
or slow-witted. The Monkey gives no concessions and asks
none in return. If there is a recession, the year of the
Monkey will quickly put an end to it. Business will skyrocket
under his optimistic and shrewd influence. The Monkey's
resourcefulness will amaze and confound everyone.
It
is very interesting to note that America was born in the
year of the Fire Monkey, 1776. Perhaps this explains her
phenomenal growth and fantastic achievements within such
a short span of time.
It
is said that the Monkey's year will bring many new and unconventional
ways of doing things. The motto of this year should be:
"Don't take No for an answer!"
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For example, the Chinese are taught in business to always
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In China, to say “no” might cause the customer
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Final
Word
Here We Go Again
It
doesn't matter what side of the political fence you're
on - we're all in for a long 9 months of candidate mumbo
jumbo till November. So, the next time you hear Candidate
A tell you how he's going to save you from Candidate B,
think about this.
Speaking
in a parish where half the voters were Catholic, and half
were Baptist, governor Earl Long of Louisiana began by
saying that the most pleasant times of his youth were
on Sunday mornings when he would hitch a pair of horses
to a wagon and drive his grandmother and grandfather to
the Catholic Church.
After
the service he would return home, hook up a fresh team
of horses and drive his other grandmother and grandfather
to the Baptist Church.
When
his speech was over, Long's aide came up and said, "Governor,
I didn't know you had a Catholic grandmother and grandfather."
Long
replied, "Heck, we didn't even have a wagon."
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