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Thursday, July 25, 2013
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
The Sandbox
The SandBox
A little boy was spending
his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars
and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process
of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in
the middle of the sandbox.The lad dug around the
rock, managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With no little bit of struggle, he
pushed and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. (He was a very
small boy and the rock was very huge.)
When the boy got the rock to the edge of
the sandbox, however, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and over the little
wall.Determined, the little boy
shoved, pushed, and pried, but every time he thought he had made some progress,
the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy grunted,
struggled, pushed, shoved — but his only reward was to have the rock roll back,
smashing his chubby fingers. Finally he burst into tears of frustration.
All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window as the drama unfolded. At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow fell across the boy and the sandbox. It was the boy’s father.
Gently but firmly he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had available?”Defeated, the boy sobbed back, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!”“No, son,” corrected the father kindly. “You didn’t use all the strength you had. You didn’t ask me.”
With that the father reached down, picked up the rock, and removed it from the sandbox.
This story teaches us that no matter what we're doing, or where we're at in life, we can always use some outside help. Especially when these "rocks" come into our sandbox and we have to get them out.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Something's Are More Important
SON: "Daddy, may I
ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?"
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make $100 an hour."
SON: "Oh! (With his head down).
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow $50?"
The father was furious.
DAD: "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such this childish behavior."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $ 50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
DAD: "Are you asleep, son?"
SON: "No daddy, I'm awake".
DAD: "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $50 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling.
SON: "Oh, thank you daddy!"
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
DAD: "Why do you want more money if you already have some?"
SON: "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.
"Daddy, I have $100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $100 worth of your time with someone you love? If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family and friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.
Some things are more important.
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?"
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make $100 an hour."
SON: "Oh! (With his head down).
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow $50?"
The father was furious.
DAD: "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such this childish behavior."
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $ 50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
DAD: "Are you asleep, son?"
SON: "No daddy, I'm awake".
DAD: "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $50 you asked for."
The little boy sat straight up, smiling.
SON: "Oh, thank you daddy!"
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.
DAD: "Why do you want more money if you already have some?"
SON: "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.
"Daddy, I have $100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $100 worth of your time with someone you love? If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family and friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.
Some things are more important.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
I am a Champion!
"I am a champion “Who am I- I AM A CHAMPION!
I will conquer what has not been conquered. I will believe what
others doubt. I have trained my mind and my body will follow.
Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!
I will acknowledge the fact that my opponents do not expect me
to win. BUT I WILL NEVER SURRENDER.
Weakness will not be in my heart. Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!
I will look to my comrades, those who brought me into this
world, and those who train me and I will draw strength from
that. I will gladly go off to the field of battle. I will move and do all
that I can do and I WILL reach my field of
battle at any means at my disposal. When I get there I will fight violently. I will rip the heart from
my enemy and leave it bleeding on the ground. He cannot stop me. Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!
No one will deny me. No one will define
me. No one will tell me who I am or who I can be. Belief will
change my world.... BELIEF WILL CARRY ME THROUGH THIS BATTLE!
Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION! Defeat. Retreat. THOSE ARE NOT IN MY WORLD.I don't understand their
definition...I do understand this- VICTORY AND NEVER
SURRENDING.NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS GO, my HEART AND MY MIND will carry my
body when my limbs are weak. Today will be that day. Not tomorrow, not next
week. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, in your house. In your home. History will remember
me. I will define myself I will write my own pages No one will tell
me what I can or cannot be. I will never go out not
knowing I've given everything I've got. CAUSE WHO AM I- I AM A CHAMPION.
Monday, July 1, 2013
The Carrot, The Egg, and The Coffee Bean
The Carrot, The Egg, and The Coffee Bean
Sally was a teenage girl who was having some troubles in school. She was always looked at like the weird girl, she didn't have many friends, and some of the other kids at the high school made fun of her.
Obviously, this is not the best situation for someone in a new environment.
Sally went to talk to her mom about what was going on because she was frustrated, emotional, and… just feeling bad about herself. When one thing got a little better, something else always went wrong.
So, after listening for a while, her mother took her to the kitchen and started fiddling around.
She went to the stove and turned on 3 burners. After that she took out 3 pots and filled them half way with water and put them on the stove. In the meantime, Sally was still talking and spilling her guts. Then, her mother took out a carrot, an egg, and a coffee bean and put them each in their own individual pot. Sally was confused on what her mother was doing, but, she just kept talking
Sally, getting frustrated, asked her mother, “What are you doing? Aren't you going to say anything?”
Her mom calls her over to the stove and asks Sally what she sees?
Sally says, “A carrot, an egg, and coffee.”
Her mom then took a fork and fished the carrot out and asked Sally, “How does the carrot feel?”
Sally said, “It’s soft.”
Then her mom took out a spoon and fished out the egg and asked, “How does the egg feel?”
Sally said, “The shell is hard and the egg itself is hard.”
Then her mom took a spoon full of the coffee and told her to take a sip.
After Sally drank the coffee, she said, “What’s the point of all of that? I just told you about my problems.”
Her mom explained all the things were in the same situation – boiling in water. “The carrot got soft when it was originally hard and strong. The egg got hard when it was originally soft and fragile. And the coffee bean changed the water to coffee.”
The moral of the story is: We can choose to let our situations effect us or WE can affect our own situations. It’s our choice. In business the same thing is the case; we go through tough times. We have a choice of letting those things change how we perform or we can choose to affect the environment.
We are in control of how we respond to a situation; we can take it and conform to what our situation is “making” us do OR we can take our situation and make it how we envision it.
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