Multi-millonaire reveals secret to success in life

Bloomberg via Getty ImagesRay DalioOne of the most successful hedge fund managers in the world attributes his success to a daily meditation regimen. "I've been doing it for 44 years, twice a day for 20 minutes," says Ray Dalio, the guru behind Bridgewater Associates, speaking at Tuesday's NYTimes Dealbook Conference. "It's such a great investment ... more than any other factor in my success. It opens up the two sides of the brain, brings a creativity and open-mindedness." He adds, "It allows you to clear your head and bring an equanimity to everything." His meditation regimen has inspired other Wall Street celebrities, including Daniel Loeb and New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, who said he meditated the night before Tuesday's conference to calm his nerves. That serenity belied Dalio's comments, in which he predicted future failures and was pessimistic in his view of the world economy: *.He would not invest in Bitcoins right now, though he says the idea has "a lot of merit." *.Equities will have a 4 percent return over the next decade *.France is on the verge of being the next basket case of Europe. "As debt rises faster than income, which is continuing in France, there is going to be a rise in debt service payments, and those are going to have a constricting nature on the economy. ... It puts France in the category of southern European countries." *.Though the Fed has done a "masterful job" at providing liquidity in the wake of the financial crisis, Dalio believes that the Fed's emphasis on printing money is "working with consistently decreasing effect." *.He doesn't think that the Fed is going to raise interest rates for at least a few years. "Going forward, most investors are not going to be able to produce alpha," Dalio says, referring to the return of an investment in excess of its comparable benchmark index. He predicts that investors will move to a more balanced portfolio.

It is exciting to walk with the Lord into freedom from sin's habits. Sexual sins capture us in the enemy's grip; and the devil doesn't want to let go. We are called by God to lives of purity. But obeying God really isn't all that difficult, when we are motivated by His great love. God's Word gives us 3 radical strategies for overcoming sin's habits. 1. Radical Amputation of anything or anyone who causes us to sin. Jesus use this metaphor to illustrate how serious sin is. Sin entangles us. It gets in the way of God's best for us. 2. Radical Appropriation of Jesus and His LIFE as our own. We all have many false identities -idols that control us. But for the Saved, Jesus is our identity. He is our LIFE! 3. Radical Accountability with our Christian brothers; because we are stronger in our stand against sin together than alone. The next three strategies are relational. 4. Constant Attachment to Jesus 5. Passionate Adoration of Jesus 6. Accurate Affirmation of who I have become in and because of Jesus The seventh strategy is missional. 7. Compelling Articulation about freedom in Jesus' LIFE Emmanuel, what are your thoughts about these 7 lifestyle truths? Looking forward to reading your response. If you would like the Scriptures that support these 7 strategies, visit www.settingcaptivesfree.com(SCF); enroll in one of their interactive courses. SCF has several purity courses, along with others, to assist the Saved in breaking free of sin's bondage and captivity.

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Nick Knightcalled Peter Vernon to ask him about his iconic shot of the Sex Pistols in the latest of our Punk: Photographyinterviews. The photographer recalls taking his much reproduced shot of the the original line up of the Sex Pistols, which became one of the defining images of punk the day it ended up on the front page of the Daily Mirror. Vernon describes the brief process of taking his 'one off' photograph at the EMI studios in Soho, and knowing in the moment how strong it was. 'I knew I'd got something, but when I saw it I thought, great, that's just what we want!'. Listen to the full story behind the iconic photograph!

Nick Knightcalled Peter Vernon to ask him about his iconic shot of the Sex Pistols in the latest of our Punk: Photographyinterviews. The photographer recalls taking his much reproduced shot of the the original line up of the Sex Pistols, which became one of the defining images of punk the day it ended up on the front page of the Daily Mirror. Vernon describes the brief process of taking his 'one off' photograph at the EMI studios in Soho, and knowing in the moment how strong it was. 'I knew I'd got something, but when I saw it I thought, great, that's just what we want!'. Listen to the full story behind the iconic photograph!

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ARTICLE OF THE DAY ......................................... ATTITUDE THESE IS THE ONLY THING THAT MAKES ONE 100% PERFECT. NOT HARD WORK WISDOM COMMITEMENT ALL OF THESE THINGS ABOVE ARE ATTACHED TO ATTITUDE.. CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE. QUESTION FOR THE DAY! .................................................. HOW IS YOUR ATTITUDE??