A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said, "I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber, "You know what? Barbers do not exist." "How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. "I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!" "No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me." "Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help. That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
Hi Stef,
it has been a long time? how are you? Yes, everyday every moment I am GREAT. hehehehe. thank you. It is so great to hear from you. for you information, I didnt meet up with them. too bad -.-
advice? I dont have any advice to people.
if do, just one - LEARN
just take it as some suggestions or references. from what i have learned to what i am today.
LEARN to accept
LEARN to love
LEARN to give
we are born with two eyes, two ears but one mouth. do you know why? some people said it is the god's message. listen more, see more and TALK less.
LEARN to listen
LEARN not to judge
because everyone has their own rights, their own rules, own habits, own way, own style, not only in personality, but everything from the thoughts to the definition about things. nobody is ever the same. remember that you are so difference.
something is bothering you. the tears you drop. each one is telling you a message
- you are human being
- you know love
- you know the answer
I used to read that when you dont know the answer, it is probably you have too much answers. human needs security. we, include me needs acceptance from our family, friends and society. but first, we must accept who we are. we are already perfect. we must accept that we are human being having emotion, that is why we cry, laugh, excited, bored...we make mistake just the excellent example of human being.
in this situation, to me problems are already there. don't ever focus on the problems. whatever you focus, it grows. i see so MANY opportunities. i understand, when things go wrong, sometimes we get mess up and f up especially we lose ourselves. we blind our own eyes. to make things better in this situation, to me is to live and feel the fear, the sadness, make the emotion your good friends, date your friend, tell them - i am sorry for what had happened, can we just forget everything and live happily again?
if there were mistakes i made, hurt you, make you suffered, i would like to know and accept that and change. everyone wants to proof to each other, oh i am right, you are wrong. it is never my fault to bring up this issue.
you started the fire, you burned the relationship. i take your words because i am your friend. bla bla bla.
EVERYONE IS THE WINNER, WHO IS THE LOSER?
EVERYONE IS TALKING, WHO IS THE ONE LISTENING?
after the fight, everything still the same. you live your life, i live mine. the thing is how do you live your life? you live your life, with some sadness cause by something or you live your life, with happiness of everything?
OPEN YOUR ARM, BUT DONT LET GO YOUR VALUE
if they want to claim their right, and return you the mistake, listen to them, agree with them. but in your heart, tell yourself,
I GIVE you acceptance
I allow your rules
I RESPECT you as a human being
sometimes we take too much prides on ourselves. it is much better if we can give up a little bit about ourselves and make something great, isn't it? give up some of our ego, make the relationship shines.
don't misunderstand - give up yourself doesn't mean you put yourself down. deep down, you know who you are. you accept everyone and most importantly you accept yourself.
all these are noises, if you want silence, practice -
1. be impeccable with your words
2. dont take anything personally
3. dont make assumption
4. always do your best
you must be the light of yourself. not the light of buddha, jesus, or anyone else. always listen to yourself.
be strong my friend. whatever i mentioned above it is ME. there is no right or wrong. be who you are :)
if you have any questions, feel free to find me. i am always here for anyone.
easy easy
you are a great friend to me. you are nice just the way you are ^^
Elderly people usually are wiser than younger ones as they’ve experienced more things and seen more people. Especially those people whose jobs involved meeting different people everyday.Thus, sometimes they can easily analyse someone from their look, the way they talk and the way they behave. I should’ve listened to my cousins’ advice a few years ago about her. But at that time I was so blinded by her angel’s mask and I looked up to her so much. Thus, I ignored my cousins’ advice. After this incident, my cousins told me, it’s never too late to realize now before I join the working force. It’s a learning curve.
They told me “mouth” is a very destructive weapon. Even if you have a dark heart but if you can talk sweetly, everyone will like you. This type of people always know how to talk about the things that the listeners would like to hear and will never mention anything that the listeners don’t like to hear.
If you have a kind heart but you don’t know how to talk sweetly, then everyone will dislike you because you would be so naive to the extend of telling all the truth you know when the truth might be something which is not nice to hear and the listeners don’t like to hear.
I’m the kind of person who don’t know how to talk sweetly. Should I learn how to talk more sweetly? Or should I just shut my mouth?
Opinion is a very subjective matter. Everyone will have their own thoughts and opinions. There is no absolute right or wrong in opinion because it is merely a judgment. It is common that sometimes people might disagree with your opinion.
When we disagree with your opinion, you said we are childish.
When we disagree with your opinion, you said we are stubborn.
When we disagree with your opinion, you said our EQ is low.
When you give your opinion, we listened to you and respect your thoughts although we might disagree with it. We don’t condemn you. But you who always think that you’re always right and whatever opinion that other people give to you are always wrong when you disagree with it.
So in this case, who is actually more childish, stubborn and has lower EQ?
It is very funny that sometimes people just know how to judge others and forget to judge themselves. They can give plenty of bad comments about other people but they would never think of commenting on themselves. It is very important to remember that no one is perfect in this world and so everyone has weaknesses.
When you think that your opinions are always right and other people’s opinions are always wrong. Don’t you think you have over rated yourself? Have your ever calm down and reflect upon yourself?
Those who have high self-awareness (high EQ) would have known this fact. So when those people who listened to others opinion, although it might be a bad comment about them, and realized that actually it is their mistake, they would admit it. So when those people admit their mistake, humiliate themselves and throw away their pride to take the first step to apologize to others, they are actually the ones that have higher self-awareness as compared to those who don’t even want to admit their mistakes and tried every possible way to blame it on others.
It’s a courageous move for those who actually humiliate themselves putting away their pride to apologize to others. This also shows that they are sincere. But when you don’t even wish to forgive them, then there is nothing else that they can do.
I’m a human being. I have weaknesses too. So when you criticized me, at least I would stop and ponder on your comments. And when I think that what you said about me is true, then I would admit it and apologize.
You are a human being too. You too have weaknesses. But when I slightly give my opinion about you, you straight away got angry. You think whatever things that I said are bullshit. You don’t even stop and ponder upon yourself. What more to admitting your mistakes when you already think that you are always right. If what I said about you isn’t right, then why should you got angry? When you’re angry it only shows that I have hit the right button. What I said about you is true but your pride is so high that you just wouldn’t want to admit it.
You said you have encountered many types of people before. You said you’ve seen the world. You said you have more experience than anyone else of the same age. But you don’t even have little self-awareness about yourself. How good can you be?
When you only listen to the story of one side of the party, can you make a reasonable conclusion?
It’s very common that many people choose to straight away jump into a conclusion just based on what they hear from one party without even bother to find out whether it’s the truth or not.
They do not even exercise professional skepticism before they accept the assertion made by that party. If they are wise enough, they should know that they need to investigate to obtain more sufficient appropriate evidence before they can give a reasonable judgment.
Assertions made by people can be distorted in order to protect themselves. So how reliable can the assertion be?
I think learning auditing is really very helpful in daily life especially when it comes to cases when everyone is not fully speaking the truth because they want to protect themselves. So in this case, what can we do?
Seek for the truth!
“A (notional) measure of a person's adequacy in such areas as self-awareness, empathy, and dealing sensitively with other people.”
Source: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/EQ
When you dislike someone and didn’t really trust him/her but yet you still go out and celebrate birthday for that person. Does this mean that you have high EQ?
I seriously don’t think so. As you can read from the definition, this matter has got nothing to do with EQ at all. It’s about you being real or fake.
Knowing that you dislike/distrust that person and yet you still went on to celebrate birthday for him/her only shows that you are a good actor/actress and that you can act very well by putting up a smiley-angel mask when you face that person despite that internally, you are not.
I admit I’m really a lousy actress because I can’t act at all. Everything that people see in me is the truth about myself. It’s not my fault that I can’t act right? I’m not born to be an actress. If I were, I would have been a famous artist now. LOL!
I learnt a lesson. The greatest lesson in my entire life so far. Trust no one except for those who truly care for you. Not even your best friend. Sometimes when you are sincere and truthful to your best friend, he/she might not treat you the same way.
I realized the strength of the friendship does not grow with the number of years you know your best friend.
I realized a friendship can be so fragile and easily broken when being tested with little problems.
I realized sometimes even your best friend would bad mouth you in front of others.
I realized sometimes your best friend would not stand by your side when you are being accused.
I realized your best friend sometimes would not be truthful to you knowing that you are facing difficulties.
I realized how easily a person can sabotage a long-built friendship.
I realized how easily messages can be passed on one by one with distorted truth.
I realized how foolish I was to trust most of the people around me while they are actually back stabbing me.
I realized how easily your best friend could choose to doubt you and instead trust someone whom he/she just knew for not long.
I realized sometimes even your long-known best friend can be not understanding at all.
I realized sometimes even your best friend could not accept your true personality and characteristics after knowing you for so long.
I realized your best friend sometimes could not even tolerate with you despite knowing that it is your true nature for being so.
I realized how people can be so good in acting making everyone around him/her to trust him/her easily when he/she is actually the worst fake person.
I realized some people do grow old in age but still having a childish mind.
I realized how easily a message can be misinterpreted even when you are using normal language and casual daily words to speak.
I realized how people can be so selfish in order to protect their own image.
I realized it is not worth to care for those who does not care for you.
I realized friends can be so scary sometimes.
I realized I am such a naive person all this while.
I realized how some people can think that they are always right and would never agree with other’s opinion.
I realized how stubborn a person can be thinking that their thoughts are always the best.
I realized it is better to talk less or don’t talk at all in any circumstances.
I realized how friends can so easily choose to condemn you.
I realized how people can always think that they are so noble without realizing that no one is perfect in this world and everyone has weaknesses.
I realized how your friends can be not appreciative at all when you have sacrificed for her/him and help her/him when she/he needs you.
I realized how easily your friends can choose to abandon you anytime they want without even cherishing the friendship.
I realized how easily I can be bullied even if I look tough on the outside.
I realized I can’t put any mask on when facing my friends because I would feel suffocated. I wonder how those people breathe when they have to put up mask all the time with friends.
I realized I’m a lousy actor because I only know how to show my true self to others.
I realized sometimes friends prefer you to be fake rather than real. They prefer to hear only good things even though is not real.
I realized how this world is full of lies and those that do not know how to pretend would be condemned.
I realized how weak I am now. But I realized this is certainly an eye opener for me.
I’m grateful and thankful for all these unfortunate events that have happened to me because they are such great teachers which have taught me well about the reality of life.
I've learned… That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.
I've learned… That when you're in love, it shows.
I've learned… That just one person saying to me, “You've made my day!” makes my day.
I've learned… That having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.
I've learned… That being kind is more important than being right.
I've learned… That you should never say no to a gift from a child.
I've learned… That I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.
I've learned… That no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.
I've learned… That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I've learned… That simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.
I've learned… That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
I've learned… That we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.
I've learned… That money doesn't buy class.
I've learned… That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
I've learned… That under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I've learned… That to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I've learned… That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I've learned… That love, not time, heals all wounds.
I've learned… That the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
I've learned… That everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
I've learned… That no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
I've learned… That life is tough, but I'm tougher.
I've learned… That opportunities are never lost, someone will take the ones you miss.
I've learned… That when you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I've learned… That I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.
I've learned… That one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.
I've learned… That a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I've learned… That when your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you're hooked for life.
I've learned… That everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
I've learned… That the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
Written by Andy Rooney, a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words.
Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
When you say, “I love you,” mean it.
When you say, “I'm sorry,” look at the person in the eye.
Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
Believe in love at first sight.
Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
Don't judge people by their relatives.
Talk slowly but think quickly.
When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”
Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice
Spend some time alone.
A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.
He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you.” The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. “I am going to give each one of you a SEED today - one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO."
One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.
Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing. By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn't have a plant and he felt like a failure. Six months went by - still nothing in Jim's pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing Jim didn't say anything to his colleagues, however, he just kept watering and fertilizing the soil - He so wanted the seed to grow.
A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection. Jim told his wife that he wasn't going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful - in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!
When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives. Jim just tried to hide in the back. "My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown," said the CEO. "Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!" All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, "The CEO knows I'm a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!"
When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed - Jim told him the story. The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, "Behold your next Chief Executive Officer!
His name is Jim!" Jim couldn't believe it. Jim couldn't even grow his seed. "How could he be the new CEO?" the others said.
Then the CEO said, "One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it,and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead - it was not possible for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!"
* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust
* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends
* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness
* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment
* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective
* If you plant hard work, you will reap success
* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation
This letter, written by Vietnamese immigrant Ha Minh Thanh working in Fukushima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam, was posted on New America Media on March 19. It is a testimonial to the strength of the Japanese spirit, and an interesting slice of life of Japan's crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. It was translated by NAM editor Andrew Lam, author of “East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres” Shanghai Daily condensed it.
Brother,
How are you and your family? These last few days, everything was in chaos. When I close my eyes, I see dead bodies. When I open my eyes, I also see dead bodies. Each one of us must work 20 hours a day, yet I wish there were 48 hours in the day, so that we could continue helping and rescuing folks.
We are without water and electricity, and food rations are near zero. We barely manage to move refugees before there are new orders to move them elsewhere. I am currently in Fukushima , about 25 kilometers away from the nuclear power plant. I have so much to tell you that if I could write it all down, it would surely turn into a novel about human relationships and behaviors during times of crisis.
People here remain calm - their sense of dignity and proper behavior are very good - so things aren't as bad as they could be. But given another week, I can't guarantee that things won't get to a point where we can no longer provide proper protection and order.
They are humans after all, and when hunger and thirst override dignity, well, they will do whatever they have to do. The government is trying to provide supplies by air, bringing in food and medicine, but it's like dropping a little salt into the ocean.
Brother, there was a really moving incident. It involves a little Japanese boy who taught an adult like me a lesson on how to behave like a human being. Last night, I was sent to a little grammar school to help a charity organization distribute food to the refugees. It was a long line that snaked this way and that and I saw a little boy around 9 years old.
He was wearing a t-shirt and a pair of shorts. It was getting very cold and the boy was at the very end of the line. I was worried that by the time his turn came there wouldn't be any food left. So I spoke to him. He said he was at school when the earthquake happened. His father worked nearby and was driving to the school. The boy was on the third floor balcony when he saw the tsunami sweep his father's car away.
I asked him about his mother. He said his house is right by the beach and that his mother and little sister probably didn't make it. He turned his head and wiped his tears when I asked about his relatives. The boy was shivering so I took off my police jacket and put it on him. That's when my bag of food ration fell out. I picked it up and gave it to him. “When it comes to your turn, they might run out of food. So here's my portion. I already ate. Why don't you eat it?” The boy took my food and bowed. I thought he would eat it right away, but he didn't. He took the bag of food, went up to where the line ended and put it where all the food was waiting to be distributed.
I was shocked. I asked him why he didn't eat it and instead added it to the food pile. He answered, “Because I see a lot more people hungrier than I am. If I put it there, then they will distribute the food equally.” When I heard that I turned away so that people wouldn't see me cry. A society that can produce a 9-year-old who understands the concept of sacrifice for the greater good must be a great society, a great people.
Well, a few lines to send you and your family my warm wishes. The hours of my shift have begun again.
Ha Minh Thanh
Source: Shanghai Daily
The longer you live, the more you realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company or a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. And so it is with you. We are in charge of our ATTITUDE. A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m definitely not anti-1st class people as I always aim to get 1st class honour for my degree too. But then, 1st class doesn’t mean everything. No matter how genius you are, if you can’t communicate well and lack of interpersonal skill, then you are doom! By the way, even if you are a 1st class honour, that doesn’t mean you are a genius. It just means that you master the exam technique well.
9 more hours to my 4th paper and here I am writing this post to recap what I’ve learnt so that I can put to good use later in exam.
Relativism: No ethical standards that are absolutely true that apply to all situations.
Absolutism: There is one set of unchanging moral rights that will hold true in all situations.
Descriptive Relativism: Accepts that different cultures have different standards.
Normative Relativism: Accepts that people have different opinion to justify their act.
Egoism: An action is morally right if it promotes self interest.
Utilitarianism: People should act in ways that produce the most happiness to the greatest number of people affected by our actions.
Principle of Duty: An obligation that an individual needs to fulfil as a result of his/her role in the society.
Principle of Right: Human beings have rights that ought to be respected.
Universalism: An action is ethical if people are willing to accept it as a universal conduct.
Principle of Ends: An act that treats human beings as end and never as mean.
Principle of Autonomy: Human beings have the freedom to make decision without being influenced by others.
Principle of Equal Liberty: Everyone has an equal right to be treated equally.
Principle of Fair Equality of Opportunity: Everyone has equal chance to improve his/her position in the society.
Principle of Difference: People should seek to serve the least advantage people to the greatest benefit.
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There are so much more theories!!! At this point of time, I’m lazy to continue anymore. Does studying all these ethical theories really cultivate ethical behaviour?
NONSENSE!
Conclusion?
Examination is to satisfy the requirement of the society to prove that students meet the standards before being released to the working life.
I always thought I’m just a normal person (I’m still a normal person). I never thought that I actually can do something beyond my expectation. I’m referring to MIX challenge. MIX is a business challenge competition requiring us to solve real-life problem for Sunway Lagoon to sustain it’s customer loyalty.
At first, I have no intention to join because I thought I’m not that good and creative enough and any idea that comes out from my brain would be just a normal idea which everyone can think of.
But now I really appreciate my friend, Samm a lot for forcing encouraging me to join in the first place. So I got together with Katherine (another best friend of mine who was being “forced” by Samm to join), Sok Kim and Mooi Fong to form a team. We didn’t expect that we’d be able to make it to the final and that surprised us a lot when we received the news.
Top 8 teams were chosen among 28 participating teams. Since we made it to the final, we decided that we must do our best to win the cash prize (money is a motivation). Unfortunately, we didn’t win because our idea wasn’t greater than some other teams.
I’m a bit disappointed which I think is normal that every team that didn’t win would feel so. However, I’m very satisfied with it because it made me realize my true potential. The experience is really priceless.
Unconsciously, I always drew a line in everything I do, limiting myself only to that line. I never thought that I could actually exceed that line. I believe everyone has his/her true potential which is not discovered yet by him or herself. It really depends on your mind a lot. You can reach as far as you want if you are persistent enough and strongly believe in it. Again, this reminds me of Law of Attraction which I neglected sometimes.
Challenges is there to make us climb higher!
A giant ship engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man in his eighties who had been fixing ships since he was a young man. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully from top to bottom.
Two of the ship's owners were there watching this man and hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars. "What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!" So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer............... $2.00
Knowing where to tap..................$9,998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!
You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, "I am very rich. Marry me!"
That's Direct Marketing.
You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says, "He's very rich. Marry him."
That's Advertising.
You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day you call and say, "Hi, I'm very rich. Marry me."
That's Telemarketing.
You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie; you walk up to her and pour her a drink. You open the door for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her a ride, and then say, "By the way, I'm very rich, will you marry me?"
That's Public Relations.
You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says, "You are very rich, I want to marry you."
That's Brand Recognition.
You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say, "I'm rich. Marry me." She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
That's Customer Feedback.
Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
When in doubt, just take the next small step.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
Always choose life.
Forgive everyone everything.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Believe in miracles.
Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
The best is yet to come.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
