This seems to be the approach to Iraq….If your a good citizen in your community and you beat up the bad guy to stop him mugging someone weaker than him, people will cheer, they will even put the boot in themselves. No one will criticize your aggression or stop you. Don’t beat him 12 years latter when everyone has forgotten about it an expect everyone to join in and start kicking.

The Neo conservatists in America and the UK (and John Howard) should have pushed to look at an Iraq regime immediately after the 1st gulf war. Doing in now has given Saddam unprecedented media focus, in the Arab world and exacerbate the pre-existing tendency for Muslims and westerners to polarize against each other. The more he was on TV the more difficult it became not to go to war as time passed. Why? Every month that went by Saddam grow stronger, gained more international focus, and built up more irreversible pride while the coalition collapsed. It fueled his belief that he was the hero of the Arab world standing up against the west. He probably envy’s Osama. Dictatorship is only about ego through power. Hitler was a dictator never held at bay by his own countries people. Other countries in Europe stood by knowing it could be a problem. Then it was all too late. A passive stance on Iraq legitimizes many things for Saddam. A 97% election win, killing and torturing to rule through fear, the invasion of other countries (Kuwait) and the use chemical weapons. Backing down by America & UK at any point after giving focus to Saddam in the global community was impossible. They forced themselves down a one way road. It would have sent an undeniable invitation to other potential dictators. The second that road was taken, no-one could turn back from war. This is why there are so many people now swinging back in favour who aren’t happy about the whole messy thing (me included) but we fear what the alternate cost is what we have just mentioned. It’s not that Saddam gets away with it if nothing happens its what other ‘potentials’ out there decide to do in the future. There’s plenty Saddam’s in the world they just need to be watered by the hose in-action and they might flourish. What do you do? I still don’t have an answer.

If you think you are beaten – you are, If you think you dare not – you don’t, If you’d like to win but think you can’t, It’s almost certain you won’t, If you think you will lose, you’ve lost, For out in this world you will find, Success begins with a fellow’s will, It’s all in the state of mind. If you think you’re out classed – you are, You’ve got to think high to rise. You’ve got to be sure of yourself before, You can ever win a prize. Life’s battles don’t always go, To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later the one that wins, Is the one who thinks he can. …Unknown author

Nothing in the world can take the place or persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. …Unknown author

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company…..a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing to do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude…I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is you..we are in charge of our attitudes. …Unknown author

Increasingly I find that prioritising is key to making efficient use of time in business. What’s the one thing nearly all business owners want more off when asked? …Time. You can purchase time by hiring people to do stuff for you. Then those people can hire more people under them so you can do even more stuff. The trick is that the whole thing collapses when you don’t have sufficient income to cover the neat time pyramid you have created. This is the art of being a good pharoah. Marc

Procrastination is the thief of time…unknown The best way to prevent procrastination is not to try and prevent it, becuase you will not be able to. You have so many things to do in your life its next to impossible to do them all. Simply follow this single rule, 1. Pick a single task that takes less than 15 minutes to do. Later when you make this a habit you can add rule 2, 2. Prioritise your tasks. If you end up mastering these two rules you can group tasks together to complete a project or larger task Don’t follow Rule 2 until you have mastered Rule 1.