Taking Up With Billionaires


WealthymattersThese days I come across a lot of women who are keen to exchange their beauty to enjoy the benefits of some or other man’s resources.Most of them cut pretty poor deals and the others cut one or other good deal only to lose the benefits they just gained via the next poor choice they make.The following is a reality check for women trading on looks to get ahead:

‘We are happy that we were able to reach an agreement for the benefit and well-being of our son, Augie.’ With these words Linda Evangelista and Francois-Henri Pinault closed a fiercely fought child support battle.

Canadian-born Linda Evangelista is a Vogue cover model many times over, including on the current Italian Vogue.She was one of the biggest names in modeling in the late 1980s and early ’90s,At the height of her career, she famously said supermodels ‘don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day.’

Pinault is CEO of PPR, a holding company that owns Gucci, Yves St. Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Boucheron and other fashion lines. Forbes estimates his family’s net worth at $13 billion.He supposedly makes about $4million a year.Ladies,here’s the first thing to note: declared incomes and estimated wealth are complex issues.

The intercontinental twosome dated – sporadically, according to Pinault  – over about four months in late 2005 and early 2006. Augie was born in October 2006.After Pinault told Evangelista he didn’t plan to raise the boy with her,he supposedly wanted her to get an abortion , she willingly paid all the expenses herself at first from her roughly $1.8million-a-year income.But when a big contract with L’Oreal ended she needed Pinault to chip in. Read more of this post

Learning From Draupadi


wealthymattersDraupadi is the daughter of Draupad,of the King of Panchala. She is the wife of  the five Pandavas and is their Queen.She is the only Sakhi (female friend) of Krishna.

Draupadi is motherless as she emerged fully formed out of the sacrificial fire in response to her father’s wishes for a means to avenge himself against Drona. She is not the product of her parent’s deep desire for a child,rather she is a result of her father’s need for a child to accomplish what he can’t.

Draupadi’s relationship with the Pandavas is complex and at the heart of the Mahabharata.Of the five Pandavas, Draupadi favors Arjuna the most. She is in love with him, whereas the others are in love with her. Arjuna has won her in the Swayamvar, Arjuna is her Lord, and she is devoted to him.On the other hand, she is not Arjuna’s favorite wife.Arjuna’s favorite wife is Subadhra, Krishna’s half-sister. He also dotes on Abhimanyu (his son with Subadhra) not so his sons from Draupadi and Chitrangada. All of Draupadi’s husbands married other women, but the only time Draupadi gets upset and distraught is when she learns of Arjuna’s marriage to Subadhra. Subadhra has to go to Draupadi dressed as a maid, just to assure her that she (Subadhra) will always be beneath Draupadi in status. Read more of this post

Chaldean-Hebrew Kabbalah Numerology


wealthymattersThis is something I use while finalizing the names of business entities and picking dates to originate new businesses.It can also be used to gain an insight into people from their names and date of birth.

In this system the single numbers 1 through 9 are called the root numbers and the belief is that they belong to the physical or material side of the person/entity. They denote what the person/entity appears to be in the eyes of the world.The double or compound numbers belong more to the spiritual side of life, they indicate the hidden karmic influences behind the scenes, and foreshadow the destiny of the individual.

The name numbers (compound and single) are the basic definition of that person/entity. The birth numbers are like the “details” of that person/entity.

The compound birth number is the day,say 24th,that an entity was born or originated.The single birth number comes from adding 2 and 4 to equal six.For people like me born on single digit dates,the compound number can be generated from the summation of the digits of the fill DOB like so:07/09/1978=7+9+25=7+9+7=23. Read more of this post

Keep Quiet And Smile


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Don’t Break Them


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This is Ratan Tata’s Credo

Keeping promises makes you reliable and trustworthy.It lies at the heart of your reputation as a businessperson.Don’t talk big.Do what you say you will.And soon you will find that people will fight to work for you,to work with you and invest in your businesses.