Last Friday evening I had the opportunity to sit in a packed theater and watch the film Avatar for the first time. I was blown away by the amazing effects and swept into the story line by the many cultural connections with our world today. Like so many other films have done in past, Avatar grappled in its undertones with real issues such as environmental concerns, native relations, and military movements with stunning pictures of wildlife and language uses such as words like “Shock and Awe” and subtitles for native speech.
People can die financially long before their lives are over.
This was the main message of the keynote address given by Professor Marius Barnard at the ICLAM (International Committee for Insurance Medicine) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 8 February.
Professor Barnard, former heart surgeon and a member of the team who performed the first heart transplant in 1967, was instrumental in formulating guidelines in the 1970s and 1980 for the relatively new industry of dread-disease insurance.
God does not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, love and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT)
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Successful people have one obvious trait in common: personal discipline. They are willing to do things that average people are unwilling to do. It’s my observation that successful people express their self-discipline in six ways:
Successful people master their moods. They live by their commitments, not their emotions. They do the right thing, even when they don’t feel like it.
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