Math or Magic?Written by Kenneth Williams
As someone once said: "There's an easy way to do something, and an unlimited number of difficult ways".Take simple division, for example: Suppose you need to divide 43 by 9. The answer is 4 (the first figure of 43) and remainder is 7 (4 + 3). Similarly 35 divided by 9 is 3 remainder 8. In Vedic system we use natural properties of numbers. The number 9 has property that it is 1 below 10. So every 10 contains one 9 and one remainder. Therefore, in 40, there will be 4 nines and 4 remainder. and so in 43 there must be 4 nines and 7 remainder.
| | Mom Management™Written by Tracy Lyn Moland
For me, Mom Management™ holds a number of meanings, with Managing Mom Before Everybody Else™ being most important. I have always felt that being a Mom is a lot like being a manager. The skills we use to run our homes are very similar to skills used to run a business. Regardless of our individual circumstances, we share a common bond - that of being a Mother. Being a Mom is an incredible experience but it is also very consuming. We have all experienced an incredible change from our pre-mother lives. Most of these changes are very positive but one that we all have trouble dealing with is a loss of our sense of self. At some point, we realize that we have let being a Mom become our entire identity. When my children were two and four years old, I realized that Tracy Lyn was missing. In tears, I realized I had lost my sense of self. In looking for myself, I decided to try doing a triathlon, thus setting one goal. Wow! The focus of that one goal, one thing just for me, re-established my sense of self. That initial goal led to five more triathlons, becoming an entrepreneur, a professional speaker, and now an author. During long process of finding my true self again, I also became a better Mother. As I realized, being a Mom is not who we are, but rather one of many other roles that we fill in our lives. The term Mom Management was created as a reminder that Me in Mommeee still exists, and needs to be nurtured. Flying provides us with perfect analogy. At beginning of each flight, we are told that, “If flying with children, make sure to secure your own oxygen mask first and then secure theirs.” As a Mom, we need to take care of ourselves first so that we can better meet needs of our families. Rather than put ourselves second we need to secure our oxygen masks first.
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