World’s Smartest Kids

                                    Here Are some Of The Smartest Child Prodigies In History

Some kids are just SMART! They have high IQs, they have extraordinary skills and they are the smartest children in the world. Let’s see who they are, and just exactly how young they are. At an age when most of us were playing with mud pies and finger painting while chewing on elastic, some kids are studying complex languages and acquiring knowledge in fields we’ve never even heard of by now. Let’s see how amazing some kids really are. Te evolution of such kids is sometimes spectacular, some prodigies grow up to do amazing things, while others are overwhelmed by the pressure and give in to the worldly nonsense. Let us see how some of the world’s smartest children deal with their intelligence and the day to day life

1. Gregory Smith – Nobel Peace Prize Nominee at The Age Of 12

Introducing Gregory R. Smith.

He looks like a normal kid, but you should know that he went to college at the age of 10, when he received a four-year scholarship to Randolph-Macon College. Just two years after this extraordinary event, he received his first nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize at just 12 years of age.

Since his first nomination, he was nominated three more times, as a result of his humanitarian work in East Timor, Sao Paolo, Rwanda and Kenya. Pretty amazing, wouldn’t you agree?

2. Jacob Barnett 12-year-old autistic boy: IQ higher than Einstein

This little guy began attending Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis at the age of 8.

His IQ is 170 making it higher than Albert Einstein’s score. When he was only 12, he stunned his university professors after grappling with some of the most advanced concepts in mathematics.

What’s even more amazing is that he taught himself calculus, algebra, geometry and trigonometry in just one week.

At an early age, Jake was diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome, which is a less severe form of autism.

His family was extremely worried, but they soon realized how gifted their son was.

He was solving 5000 piece puzzles by the age of 3, and he was writing equations on the windows… if his evolution is so spectacular up till now, we can only expect great things from him in the future.

3. Saffron Pledger – youngest member of IQ society Mensa

little girl is named Saffron Pledger, she has an IQ of 140, and she is the youngest person to ever apply for Mensa membership. Despite the fact that her IQ makes her smarter than almost 98% of the population, little Saffron takes interest in normal activities for a 3 year old girl. She likes bed time stories… she likes them so much that she reads them to her baby sister. In a recent interview, Saffron declared that:

"I am only a little girl but I’m very pleased to have passed these tests, even if they were quite hard. I will be very pleased to become a member of Mensa"

Saffron is said to be able to read, write, count up to 50 and solve simple math problems, pretty neat for a 3 year-old.

Akrit Jaswal – seven-year-old surgeon:

Akrit Jaswal was born on April 23, 1993 and he has often been called the world’s smartest boy after people caught wind of the fact that he has an IQ of 146, and he is the smartest boy in India. The boy became the smartest surgeon and Uniersity student in India… but there’s just one problem:
he was quoted saying "People saw my potential and wanted to help me excel in life…I think they’re of above average intelligence, but not as clever as me."

5. Colin Carlson graduated from Stanford University Online High School by the age of 11

When Colin was just 9 years old, he began taking up classes at the University of Connecticut, and by the time he was 12, he was already a full time sophomore. His biggest problem? The University denied his application to participate in field work which required his moving to South Africa. Colin did not let things this way, so he founded an environmental organization and filed an age discrimination complaint against the University of Connecticut


6. Kim Ung-Yong – physics student at age three

When he was just 3 years old, Kim Ung-Yong began taking lectures as a guest physics student at the Hanyang University in South Korea. It wasn’t long before the world found out about his incredible intelligence and so, by the age of 8, NASA flew him over to the United States for studies. The man was born in 1962, and he is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the person with the highest IQ in the world: 210! And if that doesn’t tell you much, maybe you’ll be amazed by the fact that Kim Ung-Yong spoke at just 4 months of age, and by the age of 2, he could already read in Japanese, Korean, German and English.



7. William James Sidis: Smartest Man Of All Times

When he was just 8 years old, William James Sidis proved that he was a mathematical genius as he developed a new logarithm table based on the number 12. One year later, he was holding lectures at Harvard University. He enrolled at Harvard when he was 11 years old, and graduated at the age of 16 suma cum laude. The man is considered to be the smartest man to ever live, with an estimated IQ score of 250-300. He wrote four original works of his own before he was seven, and he was fluent in 8 different languages. Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, he lost his spunk… no one knows why.

8. Aelita Andre – Youngest Painter

Aelita Andre was only 2 years old when her abstract paintings were displayed in a famous art gallery in Australia, but she was even younger when she painted them. The child’s paintings were promoted by Mark Jamieson, the director of Brunswick Street Gallery in Melbourne’s Fitzroy. See some of her paintings below:

9. Adora Svitak Child Prodigy Writer And Young Poet

Adora Lily Svitak is a little girl born on October 15, 1997 and she is a child prodigy, an internationally published author. She is known for writing essays, poems, blogs, and even full-length books.

Autistic boy,12, with higher IQ than Einstein develops his own theory of relativity

Jacob Barnett is not your average 12-year-old boy. He taught himself calculus, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry…all within about one week. Now, he’s tutoring a few of his fellow college classmates as well.

“Jake” has an IQ of 170…which is higher than that of one Albert Einstein. In fact, he’s now begun an “expanded” version of Einstein’s famous theory of relativity.

His mother, Kristine Barnett, 36, wasn’t really sure if Jacob was really onto something or if he was just spitting out nonsense, so she sent a video of his new theory to the Institute for Advanced Study near Princeton.

Astrophysics professor Scott Tremaine was able to validate Jake’s theory.

Tremaine fired off an email to the family.

“I’m impressed by his interest in physics and the amount that he has learned so far. The theory that he’s working on involves several of the toughest problems in astrophysics and theoretical physics. Anyone who solves these will be in line for a Nobel Prize.”

Given the family’s previous performance record in math, Kristin Barnett is a bit surprises.
“I flunked math,” she says. “I know this did not come from me.”
Jake was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a mild form of autism, after his parents became worried about the fact that he didn’t talk until the age of two.

At three years old, Jake could recite the alphabet, forward and then backward. He also used Q-tips to create complex geometrical shapes on the floor of the family living room. He could solved 5,000-piece jigsaw puzzles. He could recite the first 70 digits of the mathematical constant known as pi (he’s up over 200 now). He even studied a state road map and later was able to rattle off every highway and license plate prefix from memory.

By the time he was eight years old, he had moved on from high school and was attending Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis advanced astrophysics classes.

There is often so much going on in Jake’s brain, he can’t fall asleep.

His parents got so worried a while back, they took him in for some medical tests. Doctors couldn’t find anything wrong other than the fact that Jake just can’t fall asleep very easily.

“A lot keeps me awake,” Jake says. “I scare people.”

The next step, according to Jacob’s teachers, is for him to leave the classroom and start a paid research role.

Check him out in action below as he teaches us a little bit of Calculus 2…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFmrlIEpJOE

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1369595/Jacob-Barnett-12-higher-IQ-Einstein-develops-theory-relativity.html#ixzz28KyUhmp7

10 MOST HEAVIEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD

1.Paul Mason

Paul Mason, a 50-year-old man from England was once considered the world's fattest man at 980 lbs.

but he recently underwent gastric bypass surgery and already is down to 560 lbs.

He says his 20,000 calorie-a- day diet is what attributed to his extreme size, but he also blames Britain's national health service for not allowing him to see an eating disorder specialist when he was just over 400 lbs.

2.Donna Simpson

Donna Simpson (born 1967) is an American woman who, in 2008, expressed a desire to become one of the world's heaviest women. She wished to attain a target weight of 1,000 pounds (450 kg).

As of June 2010, Simpson weighed 602 pounds (273 kg), down from her weight of 630 pounds (290 kg) in 2008.

During the process, Simpson maintained a website where fans paid to watch her eat. In 2010, she won the Guinness World Records for the "Heaviest woman to give birth." In August 2011, Simpson decided to go on a diet to reduce her weight to a target of 370 pounds (170 kg) in order to become more self-sufficient and be able to do a better job of raising her children.

3.Manuel Uribe

Manuel Uribe (born June 11, 1965) is a man from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, notable for suffering from morbid obesity to one of the greatest extents known in recorded history.

After reaching a peak weight of around 597 kg (1,320 lb) and having been unable to leave his bed since 2001, Uribe lost approximately 400 lbs. (one-third of his body weight, about 181.8 kg) with the help of doctors and nutritionists, and by following the Zone diet.

Uribe drew worldwide attention when he appeared on the Televisa television network in January 2006, but turned down offers for gastric bypass surgery in Italy.

Uribe has also been featured on The World's Heaviest Man, a television documentary about his bedridden life and attempts to overcome the disease. By October 26, 2008, Uribe had reduced his weight to 360 kg (790 lb). His efforts to overcome the disease continue. In mid 2009, it was falsely reported that Manuel had died. As of February 2012, he weighs 440 lbs.

4.Robert Earl Hughes

Robert Earl Hughes (June 4, 1926 – July 10, 1958) was, the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his time.

Hughes' excessive weight was attributed to a malfunctioning pituitary gland. His chest was measured at 3.15 metres (10.3 ft), and he weighed an estimated 486 kilos (1,070 lb) at his heaviest. At the age of six, he weighed about 92 kilos (200 lb); at ten, he weighed 171 kilos (380 lb). By the time of his death, he weighed over half a ton.

During his adult life, Hughes made guest appearances at carnivals and fairs; plans to appear on the Ed Sullivan television program were announced but never came about. On July 10, 1958, Hughes contracted a case of measles which soon developed into uremia, resulting in his death in Baylis, Illinois, U. S.; he was 32 years old.

He is often said to have been buried in a piano case. This error stems from a sentence that appeared in successive editions of the Guinness Book of World Records, which read, "He was buried in a coffin the size of a piano case." His headstone notes that he was the world's heaviest man at a confirmed 1,041 pounds (472 kg).

5.Kenneth Brumley

Kenneth Brumley was one of the heaviest people ever recorded in the history books.

He was featured on the Channel 4 Body Shock documentary "Half Ton Dad. He is a father of four and who weighed almost 468 kg or 1,035 pounds).

According to Kenneth Brumley's statements in the documentary, he had been bed-bound for four years. After he was accepted as a gastric bypass patient at the Renaissance Hospital in Houston, Texas, a fire crew had to hammer down a wall in Brumley's house to get him out.

At Renaissance Hospital, Brumley was treated by the team of specialists that treated Renee Williams, believed to have been the world's heaviest woman at the time. The first step in Brumley's treatment was a diet restricted to 1200 calories per day, which enabled him to lose 167.5 pounds (76 kg) in only 40 days.

6.Michael Hebranko

Michael Hebranko (born May 14, 1953) is a person suffering from an extreme desease called morbid obesity, known to be one of the heaviest people in the world.

After a stay at St. Luke's Hospital in New York, he dropped his weight from 411 kg to 90 kg and waist size from 290 cm to 91 cm in 19 months, with the help of dieting and exercise coach, Richard Simmons, and was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest recorded weight loss in 1990. He lost some of this weight through surgery.

He then toured the United States lecturing about his experiences and advocating dieting and exercise and appeared in infomercials promoting Richard Simmons.

7.Mayra Rosales

Mayra Rosales Child Murder - is 'too big to kill' "


Being one of the Top Ten fattest in the world, she was lucky to have her case withdrawn.

A Texas court has ruled that Mayra Rosales, who weighs about 1,036 pounds, weighs too much, and that it would have been impossible for her to lift her arm in order to kill her 2-year-old nephew, whom she was accused of murdering in 2008.

8.Jon Brower Minnoch

Jon Brower Minnoch (1941 - 1983) of Bainbridge Island, WA. He was 6 ft. 1 in. tall, and was estimated as weighing "probably more than" 1400 lbs. in 1979, at which point it took 13 people just to roll him over in bed. Minnoch, like many of the heaviest people, suffered from massive edema; his weight was augmented by at least 900 lbs. of fluid at its peak. The former taxi driver had always been unusually heavy, reaching 400 lbs. in 1963, 700 lbs. in 1966, and 975 lbs. in 1976, but he claimed to have been handicapped, in no way, by his size until a 500-calorie diet sapped his muscular strength and left him on the brink of death. At his peak in 1978, Jon Brower Minnoch tipped the scales at an estimated 635 kilograms, or 1397 pounds, or if you prefer, 100 stone. He passed away on on September 10, 1983 weighing 362 kilograms or 796 pounds. Minnoch was the father of two children by his 110-lb wife, Jeannette.

9. Terri Smith

This woman is believed to be the world's fattest female at 50 stone (700 lbs.) is facing a battle to shed weight after being told by doctors she could die. Terri Smith is stuck in her bedroom in her Ohio home, unable to move, stand, or roll over by herself, setting the new world record for the Fattest woman in 2010. She relies on her husband Myron, 44, and oldest daughter Najah, 30, to do everything for her.

By the age of 20, Terri weighed 18 stone (252 lbs.) but she remained active and held a job as a mental health care worker for 20 years. But now she can’t do anything on her own To undergo a brain scan and receive the life-saving treatment she may require, Terri is now embarking on a weight loss campaign of exercises and healthy eating.

10 Dzhambik Khatokhov

An 11-year-old boy named Dzhambik Khatokhov from Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, weighs 324 pounds, is 5' 2" and sets the world record for the fattest child. He weighed 6 lb. 6 oz at birth,. - a reasonable amount for a baby - but by his first birthday he was more than 28 lbs.

At just three years old, Jambik was lifting weights as heavy as 7 lbs. At four, he had ballooned to 81 lbs, even though he was just 3 ft., 11 in., and at six, he was 157 lbs. Since then Jambik has gained nearly 112 lbs. more on a diet of porridge and ice cream. But his mother Nelya, 42, doesn't share their doctor's concern that, Jambik's weight is dire. "He is just growing -- upwards and outwards," she said. "What can I do about it? This is who he is, this is how God created him." Dzhambik is famous in Russia and has been presented on many Russian TV Shows. He has gained world fame through the U.K. Channel 4 Body Shock series, where he was presented in a series called - "World's Biggest Boy," which was aired on many TV stations around the world.

7 Things Your Husband Wants to Tell You.

While you may not buy into the idea that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, when it comes to communication, men and women do express themselves in different ways. “For women, the purpose of communication is most often to relate; for men, it’s usually to share information,” says Karen Gail Lewis, EdD, relationship therapist and author of Why Don’t You Understand? So while it may seem to you that he disregards your feelings, he might be wishing like crazy you would just tell him what you want. Read on to learn seven things your husband wants to tell you in order to help bridge the communication gap.

1. A small "thank-you" makes a huge difference.

You might think, “I do plenty around here, so why do I have to say 'thank you' whenever he pitches in?” But he probably doesn't agree: “I’d cook, clean, do the dishes and laundry much more happily if my wife said ‘thank you’ more often,” says James.* Just like you, he needs appreciation and, yes, a little ego-stroking. “Studies have shown that happy couples give compliments often. Offering a simple ‘thank-you’ is an easy way to show appreciation and make him feel significant,” says Todd Creager, licensed marriage therapist and author of The Long, Hot Marriage.

2. I’m more likely to offer you concrete advice than a shoulder to cry on.

When you come home from work and start complaining to your husband about your demanding boss, to him it sounds like you’re asking for help—even if all you want is a sympathetic ear. Dave* encounters this often: “The other day my wife was venting about a problem. Every time I came up with a solution or suggestion she would interrupt and dismiss it. She thinks I’m telling her what to do, or implying that she can’t think of solutions on her own.” Know that when he gives you advice for handling that bad boss or overbearing sister-in-law, “that’s how he shows that he cares,” says Dr. Lewis. Try not to confuse his advice with criticism, but don’t be shy about telling him, “You know, I’ve tried that, too. I think what I really need now is to just vent!”

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3. If you want a chore done by a certain day, tell me that.

You asked him four times to fix the wobbly cabinet door to no avail, so your complaints about him not doing it seem justified. “My wife does this all the time. I know I have things on my mental to-do list that she wants me to handle, and I will! But unless she tells me it’s urgent, I’m going to get to it when I can,” says Don.* When he hears you ask for a task or chore to be done, all he’s hearing is that you want it done—not that you want it done based on a time line you've set but haven't shared with him, says Dr. Lewis. “He wishes you knew that he’d be very happy to fix whatever you want fixed, so long as you’re specific: ‘It would be great if you got that cabinet door fixed by the time my parents arrive on Sunday.’”

4. Tell me directly what’s bothering you.

Since human beings lived in caves, men have probably sat around bewildered by their mates’ fluctuating moods, wondering why she won’t just say, “I’m pissed off at you because...” instead of, “I’m fine” through clenched teeth. The thing is, he knows there’s something wrong, thanks to the exaggerated sighing and stomping around. “You may think you’re not communicating, but you are. What you feel is being transmitted,” says Creager, just not in a healthy way. The key is to express it directly––“I’m upset that you came home and went straight to the computer”––rather than being passive-aggressive.

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5. Please don’t ask me how you look in that dress.

First of all, there’s no right answer to a question like, “Do these pants make me look fat?” Then there are the times you ask his opinion even though you’ve already made up your mind: “My wife seems to ask things like ‘Should I buy that dress?’ to confirm her choice, not to get my real opinion. And if she asks me how she looks in a dress, I know well enough to say ‘I love it!’ no matter what I really think,” says Alex.* So either don’t ask at all, or be specific, advises Dr. Lewis. “Ask him, ‘Do you think these shoes match this dress?’” And definitely think before you ask things like “Does my butt look big in this skirt?” If you want a blanket “You look great to me all the time, honey!” then you’re fine as long as your husband's willing to play along. But if it’s honesty you’re after, be careful what you wish for.

6. I wish you didn’t think we had to talk all the time to be close.

You both get home from work, or finally get the kids into bed, and then you just sit there watching television. You call this togetherness? The truth is that he does, even if to you, it’s not “being together” unless you’re actively having a conversation. “The silence in the room, and just your presence, feels like closeness to a man,” says Dr. Lewis. “He doesn’t necessarily need, as you might, to be engaged in conversation in order to feel connected to you.” So every now and then, reach out and squeeze his hand, and if you want to talk, say so––but don’t assume that silence equals lack of interest.

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7. I wish you wanted sex more.

You may be thinking that your hubby always wants sex, but what you don’t understand is that by rejecting him you’re making him wonder what he’s doing wrong. “Many men think, ‘I must not be so good at it,’” says Dr. Lewis. It’s not just about his needs; it’s also about pleasing you. “Both men and women want to feel intimate with each other, and what women need to understand is that men often derive intimacy from sex––whereas oftentimes women need intimacy in order to have sex. So talk about what you both really want, and find compromises that work for you," she adds. And if you are in the mood? Act on it! He'll not only love that you initiated it, but also appreciate feeling desired by you.

Why Do Men Treat Women They Love Bad?

HERE'S WHAT I THINK

Once they have you locked and secured in the relationship sometimes to the point of marriage they decide you have been conquered and nothing extra has to be done to keep you happy….but that does not mean they don’t love you anymore!!

They will ignore you and what you have to say. You are put on a shelf like a trophy out of reach so they can take you off when they feel like it.

But, please do not complain, because if you do they will call you a NAG or a _ _ _ _ _!!

Reality is; all you want is to be loved and treated by him the same way you were when you dated him.

So, what can you do?
He still love you anyway.

Gift ideas for Valentines day

Your valentine day gift to your beloved need not be expensive but it should be straight from the heart.

Romantic dinner

Material Gifts are not the only things you can give, there could be better options. Plan out a special dinner with your sweetheart. It could be a candlelight or an open-air. But it has to be special in someway, otherwise the charm will be lost. If you do not have option of making it special, plan for some sort of surprise that you can give right after the dinner.

Perfume

When you are considering buying perfume it is important you know her favorite one or that you know what scents she prefers. When you are in doubt it is best to buy her a popular brand of perfume .

Spa gifts

Show her that you’re looking out for her by giving her a treatment package from a local spa, or get one for the two of you to experience together. Either way, you’ll make her feel fresh and sexy— this gift is straight from the heart.

Flowers

Sending flowers is certainly one of the most special ways to brighten up someone’s day and if it is Valentines Day it doubles up the joy. Different flowers convey different meanings and messages. This makes the exchange of flowers more romantic and meaningful. Flowers have the power to convey what can’t be explained by words. So choose the one, which expresses your love.

Jewelry

This gift can be bought on a budget or you can make it very expensive. Most women don’t expect you to spend a large amount for a Valentine’s Day gift. A necklace or earrings with her birth day stone or name can be found in a price for every budget. You may want to consider a locket of you both in it?

Box of chocolate and sweets

Giving a chocolate gift is an expression of love that will surely melt your lovers heart. For valentines day chocolates come in wonderful shapes and packing. For an eye catching look, chocolates come in many interesting shapes like heart, star, cupid and many more. They are also placed in decorated baskets accented with ribbons and shimmering paper along other items like teddy bears and cards’ heart shape chocolate gift box when received at doorsteps will definitely leave her speechless.

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10 bad reasons to quit your job

Everyone dreams of it from time to time – the winning lottery ticket, a cascade of champagne, a rather curt letter of resignation and that expression on your boss's face. Is it envy, anger, disappointment or fear? Or all four?
Right, it's time to climb down from cloud nine. Here you are still sitting at your desk, the neon light is flickering, the photocopier is groaning and the phone is ringing non-stop. The secretary still reminds you of a haddock and your boss's nervous twitch is going at full tilt.
And yet you dream of freedom. The open road, wind in your hair and nowhere you should be before nightfall. But before you write that letter of resignation, make sure that you are not quitting your job for the wrong reasons.

Get-rich-quick schemes.
If 'Earning R10 000 per month in the comfort of your own home' sounds too good to be true, it is precisely because it is. If this were really true, why isn't everyone doing it? Pyramid schemes, multi-level marketing schemes – call them what you will, but the bottom line is, very few people actually make money from these. Yes, there are some that do, but those are usually the people who start it off, not the ones who come in at the end. Proceed with great caution and keep what you have.

Transport problems.
If the hour you spend in the traffic is getting to you, don't consider chucking it in entirely. Work around it creatively. Try and change your working hours, so you can miss the traffic both ways. Or if you can't, get books on tape to listen to in the traffic. If public transport is proving to be a trial, join a lift club. Make a plan, because it is easier to sort this out, than it is to get another job.

Salary woes.
If you feel you are not earning enough, you might very well be right. But before you type your resignation letter, just find out what others are earning in the industry – you might get an unpleasant surprise if you leave without checking on this. Discuss your salary package with the powers-that-be – remember if you just keep quiet, people will assume you are satisfied.

Buckling under the workload.
If you have too much to do, it is possibly because you have not learnt to say no. By all means work as hard as you can, but don't allow yourself to be abused. If you are finding yourself putting in many extra hours, something is wrong. Discuss your workload with your boss. Changing jobs may not sort out the problem of overload – it might be part of who you are.

Personality clashes.
This is a difficult one. Having to spend eight hours a day with someone whose very existence offends your moral principles could be very trying indeed. Chances are you are not the only who feels this way. If this person's staggering array of personality disorders gets in the way of general production, he/she won't last long anyway. If this person is the boss, see if it is possible to minimise contact. If not, either look for another job or find a way to switch off. Just don't let them get to you and don't take their mood swings personally. What helps is to imagine that there is a high, solid wall between you with barbed wire on top.

Other possible job prospects.
Never leave your current job for the mere possibility of another one. In fact, you should not resign unless you have a letter of appointment in your hand. You don't want to be in the situation where you've left one job and the other one peters out and leaves you high and dry.

Following a lover around.
Make sure how serious this relationship is before you up and follow someone else around the country. You might resign, pack up all your stuff, arrive in Durban, only to find out that the other person saw you as a holiday fling – nothing more.

Resigning out of spite.
This is tempting, especially if you have been very unhappy. You don't have a contract, even though you've been asking for one for more than a year, and two days before the financial yearend, you walk out. Problem is, if you are looking for a new job, they are going to phone your old employer – and imagine what sort of recommendation they're going to give you.

Starting a new business.
This can work, but only if you know what you're doing and are prepared to put in long, hard hours. Face it, if you've been a teacher for 17 years, you know lots of things, but how to run a hamburger franchise may not be one of them. Do some courses, or get a partner with experience. Don't learn the hard way.

Bored to tears.
Jobs are often boring. That's why they're called jobs, not entertainment. Other people are prepared to pay you to do something, which they don't feel like doing or don't have the time or the inclination to do. If a job were all fun and games, you would be paying your employer, not the other way around. If there's no work, though, this could be soul destroying. Having nothing to do makes the average working day feel about 400 years long.

10 Good reasons to quit your job

Most people dream of it – the millions in the bank and the farewell party. You never have to sign in again, never have to deal with your boss's personality disorder or go to work even though you are as sick as a dog.
There are some bad reasons to quit your job, but then there are also the good ones.

Bigger and better.
If you've been made an offer you cannot resist, for more money and better working conditions, write that resignation letter. But not before you've checked the legitimacy of the new company. The last thing you want is to have the new job offer disappear into thin air after you've resigned your existing job.

Your spouse is moving.
Your spouse has been offered a wonderful job in another city. And you don't fancy staying where you are and becoming a single parent. Uprooting the family is a traumatic thing, so the job better be worth it.

Overworked and underpaid.
You actually feel ashamed of what you're earning and you would rather die than tell anyone exactly how little it is. But the company you're working for thinks it's quite reasonable, which goes a long way to explain their enormous staff turnover. You work hard to earn a decent living. If you're not being paid what you are worth to the company, it's time to find another company who will do so.

You want to see the world.
If you can take a year or two off and travel, do it, before you have other responsibilities that tie you to the homefront. While you are still young, it's still fun to sleep under bridges in Milan, in a station in Barcelona, to pick grapes in the south of France and to go to Portugal for the weekend with the interesting Swedish stranger you met on the plane. Do it while you can – you can restart your career when you get back at the age of 24.

You have won the lottery.
Right, so you don't need the money anymore. But before you write that resignation letter, just be practical and think about what you're going to do all day. Fine, if you've always wanted to be a volunteer for the hospice or the Animal Rescue Organisation, now's your chance. But if you have no interests or hobbies that will fill your time, maybe you should consider staying on – maybe even in a part-time capacity.

Ethical reasons.
You have become aware of the fact that your company is not being run along very ethical lines. Your boss is bumping up budgets/quotes/accounts and you just don't want to be associated with it. Just make sure you have something else in the pipeline before you hit the road.

The pitter-patter of little feet.
So you've done the career thing for a decade, and now you want to do the parenting thing for at least a couple of years. If you can afford it, that's wonderful. Enjoy it, and don't let anyone make you feel that your choice is unwise. What might be unwise, though, is to not keep up with developments in your field while you're at home with kids. Keep your hand in by doing a bit of freelancing.

Psycho boss.
Right, many bosses leave a lot to be desired – let's face it, it's very seldom someone's people skills that have got them into management positions. But if your boss complains that the date of your sister's funeral is inconvenient to him/her, or regularly gives his only his favourites on the staff little presents, like chocolates, or bullies the staff to the point of distraction, it's time to go. Nothing you do is going to improve the situation – only years of therapy will have any effect on a personality disorder. Make plans to go. You deserve better. However, if this is the seventh boss in a row you think is crazy, it might be time to look a little closer at yourself.

Sinking ship.
If the company has been retrenching left right and centre for the last few years, it may be on the way to closing its doors for ever. If you suddenly find your duties extended to also wash the cups as well as look after accounts, it may be time to go. The ship you're on is sinking – go while they can still pay out your pension.

Career change.
If you've always wanted to be a DJ, instead of the computer programmer you've been for the last decade, and an opportunity suddenly arises to follow your dream, take it. You will always be able to find another programming job, but the DJ job may only come round once in a lifetime. You don't want to wonder for the rest of your life what it would have been like if you'd taken it.

Promotion bypass.
You work hard, and in fact you do more than your share, but you've been passed over for promotion several times. When this happens, your career is taking a backslide – it's not a career anymore, it's become a job. It may be through no fault of your own, but the bottom line is that you are not going to get to the top where you are. It's time to look out for something that will be more advantageous to you in the long run.

The company's moving.
You and your family have been very happy in the city where you've been for the last five years, but now the company's relocating to the same town where your in-laws are staying. It's the last place you want to be. Stay on where you are and look for another job.

(Thanks to Susan Erasmus)

Things to remember throughout your life.

a 90 years old Reg Brett,of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio gave me a short of what I must share with you. 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good. 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step. 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch... 5. Pay off your credit cards every month. 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone. 8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it. 9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck. 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile. 11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present. 12. It's OK to let your children see you cry. 13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks. 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind. 17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful. 18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger. 19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer. 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie.Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special. 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow. 23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple. 24. The most important sex organ is the brain. 25 No one is in charge of your happiness but you. 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?' 27 Always choose life. 28. Forgive everyone everything. 29. What other people think of you is none of your business.

30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time. 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does. 33. Believe in miracles. 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. 35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now. 36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young. 37. Your children get only one childhood. 38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved. 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back. 41. Envy is a waste of time... You already have all you need. 42. The best is yet to come... 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. 44. Yield. 45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves." Thank you Gpa Brett>