by cnbc.com — Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, thanks to Amazon’s growing success — most recently the e-commerce giant’s billion-dollar acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack on Thursday helped boost Amazon’s stock. On Friday, Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, was worth $141 billion, according to Bloomberg. That success is inspiring to many, especially other entrepreneurs. But sometimes even the richest guy in the world needs some motivation. So what does Bezos do? He recently revealed his source of daily inspo: a quote tacked on to his fridge. In May, Bezos tweeted a photo of a printed out poem, captioning it, “Love this quote. It’s been on my fridge for years, and I see it every time I open the door. #Emerson.”

The quote reads: “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

Bezos gives credit for the poem to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and it has been widely attributed to Emerson. But the poem’s origin has been debated (it’s also been attributed to Bessie Anderson Stanley and Robert Louis Stevenson, according to the executive director of Poets.org). Whoever the author, the poem is about success, and Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon and the richest man in the world, is certainly successful by conventional means — his company has a $807 billion market cap.

But the quote gives a glimpse into the things Bezos values beyond money. While he might be best known for Amazon, Bezos also knows a thing or two about doing what you love, while still making a positive impact on the world, which are also common threads throughout the poem. He’s described outer space as a passion of his, and is the founder of the space company Blue Origin, on which he’s said he spends a billion dollars a year of his own money. He recently called his efforts with Blue Origin the most important work he’s doing, which he not only says is imperative, but also a passion of his. “You don’t choose your passions, your passions choose you,” Bezos recently said of his commitment to space exploration during a forum on leadership. “All of us are gifted with certain passions, and the people who are lucky are the ones who get to follow those things.” “[I]f I’m 80 years old, looking back on my life and the one thing I have done is make it so that there is this gigantic entrepreneurial explosion in space for the next generation,” Bezos also said in a 2016 interview. “I will be a happy, happy man.” In the past, he’s also fleshed out the fun he has had building Amazon, and has been reported saying he “loves his job” and that “he tap dances into work.”

by cnbc.com — Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, thanks to Amazon’s growing success — most recently the e-commerce giant’s billion-dollar acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack on Thursday helped boost Amazon’s stock. On Friday, Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO, was worth $141 billion, according to Bloomberg. That success is inspiring to many, especially other entrepreneurs. But sometimes even the richest guy in the world needs some motivation. So what does Bezos do? He recently revealed his source of daily inspo: a quote tacked on to his fridge. In May, Bezos tweeted a photo of a printed out poem, captioning it, “Love this quote. It’s been on my fridge for years, and I see it every time I open the door. #Emerson.”

The quote reads: “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

Bezos gives credit for the poem to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and it has been widely attributed to Emerson. But the poem’s origin has been debated (it’s also been attributed to Bessie Anderson Stanley and Robert Louis Stevenson, according to the executive director of Poets.org). Whoever the author, the poem is about success, and Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon and the richest man in the world, is certainly successful by conventional means — his company has a $807 billion market cap.

But the quote gives a glimpse into the things Bezos values beyond money. While he might be best known for Amazon, Bezos also knows a thing or two about doing what you love, while still making a positive impact on the world, which are also common threads throughout the poem. He’s described outer space as a passion of his, and is the founder of the space company Blue Origin, on which he’s said he spends a billion dollars a year of his own money. He recently called his efforts with Blue Origin the most important work he’s doing, which he not only says is imperative, but also a passion of his. “You don’t choose your passions, your passions choose you,” Bezos recently said of his commitment to space exploration during a forum on leadership. “All of us are gifted with certain passions, and the people who are lucky are the ones who get to follow those things.” “[I]f I’m 80 years old, looking back on my life and the one thing I have done is make it so that there is this gigantic entrepreneurial explosion in space for the next generation,” Bezos also said in a 2016 interview. “I will be a happy, happy man.” In the past, he’s also fleshed out the fun he has had building Amazon, and has been reported saying he “loves his job” and that “he tap dances into work.”

BEIRUT, (Xinhua) — Lebanon’s construction material industries are struggling to cope with up to the 40 percent lower demand for their products, as reported by exhibitors at Project Lebanon 2018 that closed on Friday. “Demand for our products declined by 20 percent compared to three or four years ago because there are no new construction […]

by catholicherald.co.uk — Addressing the international community, Bishop Avenya said: ‘Don’t wait for the genocide to happen before intervening’ A bishop in Nigeria has warned of the threat of genocide against Christians in the country’s middle belt region, describing an upsurge of violence by militant Fulani herdsmen as “ethnic cleansing”. Bishop William Avenya of Gboko […]

ARSAL, Lebanon – Hundreds of Syrian refugees left northeast Lebanon yesterday morning in pick-up trucks jam-packed with their belongings: mattresses, gas stoves, crockery, children’s toys as well as the occasional bird cage. They were headed for the Qalamoun region of Syria, just a few hours drive from the camps they had lived in for the past few years in Arsal, a Lebanese border town. All of them reported having fled the intense fighting back in 2013. According to one of the organisers, Khaled Abdelaziz, there are roughly 20,000 people from Qalamoun in Arsal, out of the 50,000 to 60,000 refugees in the area. Relatives and friends waved tearful goodbyes. “I hope you arrive safely and that we’ll see each other soon in Syria,” sobbed an elderly lady as she embraced Hajer Darwish, a young mother of two sitting in the front of a pick-up truck driven by her husband. “She’s crying because we’re leaving and she’s staying,” explained Darwish, smiling. “We’re so happy to go back to our country. I haven’t slept all night.” Darwish’s sons, who were born in Lebanon, will be seeing their parents’ country for the first time. They have high hopes. “In Syria, there are sheep, cows, chickens, swimming pools and water,” lists one of them. Water and electricity cuts are common in the camps surrounding Arsal, where living conditions are rudimentary.

Standing on her balcony to watch the trucks waiting to leave, one Lebanese woman seemed relieved. “A few hundred people is not many, but it still means fewer refugees in Arsal.” The town has suffered from severe spillover from the Syrian war. The departure has been months in the making. “Following a reconciliation deal, two traders from the town of Fleeta living in Arsal started circulating lists of names of refugees who were interested in returning to the Qalamoun area,” explained Mireille Girard, the UNHCR representative in Lebanon, in an interview mid-June. The names were handed over to the Lebanese General Security, a branch of the intelligence services, who sent them to Damascus for approval. Over 3,000 people registered, but only 360 left yesterday, according to a Lebanese army colonel who was coordinating their departure on the ground. Later in the day, General Security announced that actually only 294 people made the trip back to Syria. The Lebanese army check the names of Syrians who were approved by Damascus to return to Syria (MEE/Sunniva Rose) In many cases, the only person to be approved in the family was female. As a result, the entire family stayed in Lebanon. Hayla Jassatir, a 29-year-old mother of six, had packed her truck together with her husband, Muhammad Kanaan, hoping that he would be able to leave with her. But it was not to be. “Who will drive us to Fleeta if he can’t come?” she complained. Like a dozen other people in the same situation, Jassatir kept asking a harassed-looking young man carrying a long list of names to double check whether her husband’s name might be on it.

by infomigrants.net — Hundreds of Syrian refugees are returning home from a Lebanese border town. The voluntary returns were coordinated between authorities in Beirut and Damascus. A group of around four hundred Syrian refugees living in the Lebanese border town of Arsal returned to Syria on Thursday, many of them to villages just across the […]

by arabianbusiness.com — Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is looking for Lebanese candidates to join its multi-national cabin crew team. The Dubai-based carrier said it is holding two cabin crew recruitment open days at Jounieh and Beirut on July 3 and 6 respectively. The airline said it is looking for open-minded, helpful, friendly and […]

BEIRUT, (Xinhua) — Lebanese President Michel Aoun emphasized Wednesday the importance of using technology to achieve sustainable development in Lebanon and in the Arab world. “We cannot ignore the role of technology in the development process in our Arab region,” he said at the 30th ministerial session of the Economic and Social Commission for Western […]

by al-fanarmedia.org —Benjamin Plackett  — BEIRUT—Some cities in the Arab world come alive at night, perhaps none more so than Beirut. Now a sleep expert at the American University of Beirut Medical Center is warning that Lebanon’s late nights come with a major health risk. Regional statistics, although limited, suggest the problem exists in other Arab […]

by en.annahar.com — BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri lashed out at the former head of Lebanon’s General Security agency, MP Jamil Al-Sayyed, after the latter called for the nomination of a new Prime Minister. Al-Sayyed, a close ally of Hezbollah, who was detained in 2005 for his alleged role in the assassination of Hariri’s late […]