Tuesday, November 25, 2008

DYING BOYS WISH




Diagnosed with leukemia, 11-year-old Brendan Foster of Lynnwood, Washington, likely has just days left to live. "I should be gone in a week or so," he told KOMO News.

But before the boy says goodbye, he has one last wish—and it has nothing to do with meeting his favorite rock star or going to Disney World. Instead, the selfless child decided that his dying wish would be to help others survive, with a mission to provide food to the residents of a nearby homeless camp, Nickelsville.

"I was coming back from one of my clinic appoints and I saw this big thing of homeless people, and then I thought I should just get them something," he said.

Though Brendon is too sick to pay a visit to the camp, a group of his friends went to distribute food to the camp on Friday. "We're making 200 sandwiches -- half ham and cheese, and half peanut butter and jelly. He didn't want them all to be peanut butter and jelly in case somebody was allergic to peanut butter," said one of the volunteers, Jennifer Morrison.

As for Brendan himself, he has no regrets about his short life: "I had a great time and until my time has come, I'm gonna keep having a good time," he said.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

G- A Multi Millionaire in his 20s



What makes outstanding individuals extraordinary? Perhaps, this story would explain this wonderful new discovery His name: Gurbaksh Chahal. what made him outstanding (astounding) is the fact that at the age of 17 he was able to make $300,000 a month with an internet advertising firm which he founded in his bedroom at his family in San Jose, California.

Today he has two major achievements under his belt: Click Agent which was the first that he sold for $40. million in 2000 and the second Blue Lithium he sold to Yahoo for $300 million.

This week Gurbaksh's (he prefers to be called G) book is out titled "The Dream: How I learned the Risks and Rewards of Entrepreneurship and Made Millions"
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G has appeared on the Ophra Winfrey TV Show and on Dec. 3 he will be on Fox TV's show titled "Secret Millionaire". This series showcases wealthy participants who live undercover among the poor and bestow $100,000 of their own money on deserving recipients.

Not slowing down at this tender age, G is launching another internet company very soon. But G states strongly that his story is more of sacrifice and hard work, persistence and faith along with the support of his family and, carefully stating ...not by chance.

"Its not easy to make money. It is a struggle, a journey, and there is no 10 way s to success. Explaining his motivation to write the book G said "I thought if I could write there own path about my life and my journey and people could connect it with their own life, they could realize...IF HE CAN DO IT SO CAN I.

Nice thoughts, but we do not have a G everyday, even with all the geniuses around us waiting to be unveiled.

G who is not bad looking is one of four children of an Indian family from Punjab who had to flee in 1986 to escape political instability arising from the Sikh separatist movement.

Gurbakshi-Ji ("JI" is a term of endearment) was an adventurer - influenced by his father's pluck and grandma's optimistic spirit and stubborn streak.

His dream became a reality after his father started a second job trading on the computer and found he was making more money than his day job. He commissioned Chahal, the youngest son to help him research stocks and watched business reports on TV, read business pages daily and in the process Chahal stumbled upon DOUBLE CLICK an internet advertising business. He got an idea with this discovery.

The first time he showed his bank account [actually his older brother's account for he was still too young to open an account] his father screamed "G is going to jail. He did something illegal!"

His father who had been working double shifts for 20 years never had this kind of savings.

"Initally, it was tough to believe his father Avtar Chahal said, "But because Gurbaksh believed in himself, I believe in him. I'm the proudest father inthe world."

His book THE DREAM: HOW I LEARNED THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MADE MILLIONS. is now out in bookstores and selling well.