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Turn Adversity into Opportunity 2007-08-08 08:12:00 Old Mule in Well
A farmer owned an old mule. One day, the mule fell into the
farmer's well. The mule brayed loudly and caught the attention
of the farmer. Upon assessing the situation, the farmer ruled out
any possibility of a rescue as it was simply too much trouble to
lift the mule out of the well. Out of sympathy for the animal, he
decided to enlist his neighbors' help to haul dirt
Read more:Opportunity
Higher Purpose and Job Satisfaction 2007-08-15 07:31:00 The Donkey Carrying Salt
(Illus by Milo Winter)
A Merchant, driving his Donkey homeward from the seashore
with a heavy load of salt, came to a river crossed by a shallow
ford. They had crossed this river many times before without
accident, but this time the Donkey slipped and fell when halfway
over. And when the Merchant at last got him to his feet, much
of the salt had melted away. Delighted
Read more:Higher
, Purpose
, Satisfaction
Self Help, Perseverance and Success 2007-08-24 10:17:00 Hercules and the Waggoner
[The Apotheosis of Hercules (painting on the ceiling), by
François Lemoyne (1733-1736), Salon of Hercules, Château
de Versailles, France.]
A Farmer was driving his wagon along a miry country road after
a heavy rain. The horses could hardly drag the load through the
deep mud, and at last came to a standstill when one of the wheels
sank to the hub in a rut.
The
Read more:Perseverance
, Success
Workaholics with No Balanced Life 2007-09-21 13:22:00 There is no indefinite job security. Market conditions fluctuate so
fast that workers would rather play it safe by working into the
good books of the employer. What better way to do that than to
be the first person to step into the office and the last to leave. What
started out as pure work enthusiasts end up being workaholics.
Workaholics' lives center around work and nothing else.
Read more:Balanced
My Boss is an Idiot 2007-09-14 08:34:00 Working hard and being extremely competent in what you do is
not the key to getting a promotion. Not when you have an idiot
and a fool as a boss, supervisor or manager. All of us may at one
time or other work with bosses who belong to that “no-brain,
no-skill” category, and our favorite happy-hour conversations
always center upon how these bosses got to that position of
power in the first
Control and Overcome Procrastination 2007-09-04 07:25:00 Procrastination – putting off till tomorrow things that we should
do today. At some point in our lives, we are either guilty of
procrastination or know of friends or colleagues who are. Is
procrastination a bad thing? Would you call procrastinators lazy?
Are they poor decision makers? Would you marry or stay married
to a procrastinator? As you will read, we do not view
procrastination as
Read more:Control
, Procrastination
Effective Delegation of Work 2007-10-04 09:18:00 Effective managers and leaders know that they can climb greater
heights and achieve remarkable goals only if they delegate work
to the good, able and talented people around them. The logic is
simple – if they are able to rope in more brains and bodies to do
the tasks, they are able to get more things done within the same
time frame. Having these tasks out of the managers' hands will
free up
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