Be Beautiful


wealthymattersIn a perfect world, we’d all be judged on the sweetness of our souls. But in our less than perfect world, the woman who looks pretty has a distinct advantage and, usually, the last word.

You may have great inner resources, but they don’t show up as confidence when you don’t feel pretty.

People are more apt to believe you and like you when you know you look fine. And when the world approves, self-respect is just a little easier

Beauty is an attitude…….There are no ugly women – only women who don’t care or who don’t believe they’re attractive.

-Estee Lauder

Work On Your Looks!

I Seek Friendships


wealthymatters I seek friendships. Very early on in life, I understood that people need people and that’s the only way to survive this world. I invest in my relationships.-Karan Johar

Food Co-Ops: Separating Facts From Fiction


wealthymattersFood co-ops provide various benefits to the community. It creates a place for people to obtain fresh and healthy produce and products created by local businesses. Food co-ops give individuals and family a better alternative to big corporations, and allow you to support independent small businesses in your community. Despite all these benefits, food co-ops, unfortunately, have a cloud of misconceptions surrounding them. These inaccuracies can turn away potential co-op shoppers. Knowing the difference between the facts and myths of food co-ops will help you make an informed decision on your family’s shopping choices.

Myth #1: You must be a member in order to shop at food co-ops.
Fact: You don’t have to be a member in order to visit or shop at a food co-op. In fact, you can shop at the co-op as you would any other store. Once you see for yourself the benefits, you may be interested in finding out more about their membership.

Myth #2: Only hippies, vegetarians and the like shop at food co-ops.
Fact: Everyone, no matter what their political standing, social status or food preference, is welcome at food co-ops. Read more of this post

Why Go Private?


wealthymattersBeing the promoter of a public company is seen as prestigious.So why do promoters sometimes opt to make their company private again?The simple answer is often the possibility of Private Gains.Public share holders and promoters often have vastly different perspectives on making money,vastly different time horizons when it comes to harvesting gains,vastly different risk perceptions and holding power.Here is an example:

In early ’13,Dell had  a total market cap of about $22 billion.  They also had about $11 billion in cash, which meant the stock market was valuing the entire business at $11 billion ($22 – 11).  The company had a price-to-earnings multiple of about 8.5.

So the situation was that, if Michael Dell and private equity investors put in $2 bilion, used the cash on the company’s books and borrowed the remaining $9 billion, they could control the entire company without the hassle of having public shareholders.

The flexibility of not having public shareholders would enable Michael to do what has needed to be done for years, and that is massively streamline the company’s manufacturing and sales forces (probably through layoffs), re-focus the core PC business, grow the enterprise and consulting businesses, and make the company generally more Lenovo-like or IBM-like. Read more of this post

Life Of A Social-Media Influencer


wealthymatters9:49 a.m  Tweets “just woke up”. Googles a hangover cure.

10:05  a.m Checks Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Email. Reads  online newspapers and blogs to check last night party photos. Sends the editor an email request to removing a photo where “the influencer” looked too fat.

10:35 a.m Tweets about how beautiful “the influencer” is today.  Uploads a picture herself  on Instagram. Checks in “the influencer’s fabulous office”  on Foursquare…..[Incase anyone forgot how important she is].

10:45 a.m  Reads a frienemy’s blog and finds out ABC PR agency did not invite the influence to a party. Breaks a vase and tweets ” _____ party is just for influencer-wanna-be”

10:46 a.m Checks Twitter

10:47 a.m Checks Twitter

10:48 a.m Checks Twitter

10:50  a.m Writes a blog post about last night’s party. Read more of this post