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Where there is struggle there is life
Uncle Bernie grew up on a farm in Canada. When he was four years old his dad woke him up at 3:00 in the morning.
"Cup" his dad said, "get up. We have to go down to the barn." Cup was his father's nickname for Uncle Bernie. In German it means "the head" and in his family it was his father's way of calling Bernie "The Smart One".
When they got to the barn a mare was giving birth to a foal.
"Cup, what do you see?" his father asked.
"I see a momma horse having a baby," Bernie replied.
The mare was in trouble and his father had to reach in and turn the foal.
"Cup, what do you see?" his father asked.
"I see a baby horse coming out."
"Cup what do you see?" he asked again."I see a baby horse shivering on the straw."
"Cup, what do you see now?" his father asked.
"I see the baby horse trying to stand up and the momma horse licking it."
"Cup, what do you see?" his father continued to prod.
"I see the baby horse struggling to stay on its feet."
"Cup, what do you see now?" he asked.
"I see the baby horse standing on weak legs and the mother nuzzling it."
"Cup, what does it mean?" he asked.
"Daddy, I don't know."
"Cup, it means that where there is struggle there is life," he answered.
-Story from Zig Ziglar's Site
Original Article can be seen here http://www.ziglar.com/embrace_the_struggle.php
"Cup" his dad said, "get up. We have to go down to the barn." Cup was his father's nickname for Uncle Bernie. In German it means "the head" and in his family it was his father's way of calling Bernie "The Smart One".
When they got to the barn a mare was giving birth to a foal.
"Cup, what do you see?" his father asked.
"I see a momma horse having a baby," Bernie replied.
The mare was in trouble and his father had to reach in and turn the foal.
"Cup, what do you see?" his father asked.
"I see a baby horse coming out."
"Cup what do you see?" he asked again."I see a baby horse shivering on the straw."
"Cup, what do you see now?" his father asked.
"I see the baby horse trying to stand up and the momma horse licking it."
"Cup, what do you see?" his father continued to prod.
"I see the baby horse struggling to stay on its feet."
"Cup, what do you see now?" he asked.
"I see the baby horse standing on weak legs and the mother nuzzling it."
"Cup, what does it mean?" he asked.
"Daddy, I don't know."
"Cup, it means that where there is struggle there is life," he answered.
-Story from Zig Ziglar's Site
Original Article can be seen here http://www.ziglar.com/embrace_the_struggle.php
Monday, March 17, 2008
Difference between growing older and growing up
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder.
I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?'
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze.
'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked.
She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...'
'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milk shake.
We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.
Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing
me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.'
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, ' We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.
There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.
We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it!
There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.
Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.
The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.'
She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.'
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.
-Original story from internet
I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.
She said, 'Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?'
I laughed and enthusiastically responded, 'Of course you may!' and she gave me a giant squeeze.
'Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?' I asked.
She jokingly replied, 'I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids...'
'No seriously,' I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.
'I always dreamed of having a college education and now I'm getting one!' she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milk shake.
We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this 'time machine' as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.
Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor.
Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, 'I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing
me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.'
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, ' We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing.
There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.
We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it!
There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up.
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.
Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets.
The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.'
She concluded her speech by courageously singing 'The Rose.'
She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago.
One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep.
Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.
-Original story from internet
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Friday, February 29, 2008
Positive Attitude at Home
Life is like riding a bike
Monday, February 11, 2008
Success and installment plan
"Success is one thing you can't pay for. You buy it on the installment plan and make payments every day. "
-Zig Ziglar
-Zig Ziglar
Thursday, January 31, 2008
少與多的管理哲學
開學第一天，教室裡擠滿來選修「領導」課程的學生，這一群兩年後就會變成企業競 相爭取的名校MBA，心中難免興奮地等待教授的出現。
教室門被推開後，走進三個人，教授後面跟著一個年輕的陌生人，還有一位則是大家 都認識的企業名人，年紀與教授相當，大約都在六十歲左右。
教授先介紹這位年輕的陌生人，說他是去年以第一名畢業的MBA學生；另外這位企業名 人則是教授的高中同學，學歷只有高中畢業。教授說明他今天會請這兩位來賓分別用 二十分鐘來說明什麼是「好的領導」，然後要同學寫出這兩人的差異何在。
第一名的畢業生在短短二十分鐘內引用了五位名人的領導經驗，這五人包括奇異的傑 克威爾許，英代爾的安迪葛洛夫，管理泰斗彼得杜拉克，與台灣的郭台銘和張忠謀。 聽來似乎這五人的領導方式便代表著好的領導。
年輕人講完後，很有信心地將麥克風交到這位企業名人手中，企業家微笑說，他本來 可以用六個字就說明完「什麼是好的領導」，他語氣停頓了一下，「但是怕教授和同 學說我在混水摸魚，因此必須把六個字講成二十分鐘，希望大家未來不要學我把領導 複雜化了」。
「在我四十年的職場歲月中，只是不斷地想做到一個境界：那就是如何讓別人在我的 公司上班是出於『心』甘情願，而非出於『薪』甘情願。雖然只差一個字，我卻練習 了四十年。」 「要做到『薪』甘情願比較簡單，有一套健全的管理制度就辦得到，但要做到讓別人 『心』甘情願，就必須要讓員工從心底接受你，所以我才認為，領導沒有什麼大道 理，就是『領導等於做人』這六個字而已」。
「我把職場分成從什麼都不懂、初階主管、中階主管、高階主管、老闆五個階段，為 了把人做好，我不斷在每一階段練習一件事，因此總共要練習五件事，雖然只有五件 事，但它們共花了我四十年的時間」。
在我自己剛畢業，什麼都不會的時候，我練習的第一件事是：
少〈不〉多〈是〉
也就是我從不會去問公司給的任務有多困難，我只問自己要如何去達成而已，練習久 了，就會感覺到自己正快速地成長。
後來自己變成了初階主管，我練習的第二件事是:
少（說）多（聽）
也就是可以聽的時候我絕對不開口，讓自己不斷學習如何掌握重點與分析邏輯。練習 久了，自然學會以後講話只需講重點的智慧。
當自己成為中階主管後，我練習的第三件事是：
少（我）多（你） 也就是多想到別人，少想到自己，凡事以別人的角度來想，練習久了，自然培養出更 大的雅量。
成為高階主管時，我練習的第四件事是：
少（舊）多（新）
也就是我不再重覆做已經成功做過的事，否則不可能有新的突破，練習久了，就會不 斷產生新的創意。
最後當自己變成了老闆，我練習的第五件事是：
少（會）多（讀）
也就是要求自己重新從什麼都不會的階段再開始要求自己，放空自己多閱讀，書讀多 了，自然會看到自己還有很多本該謙虛的地方。
老教授最後向學生解說道，他今天之所以安排一位沒經驗的管理者，與一位有豐富經 驗的管理者來對比，主要目的是想讓學生親身感受一個簡單的事實，若想將自己變成 一位成功的領導者，那就請先要把人做好。「自己都無法把人做好的人，要如何來領 導別人？因為智慧都源自於怎麼做人！」
-ING-安泰人壽 何淑琴
教室門被推開後，走進三個人，教授後面跟著一個年輕的陌生人，還有一位則是大家 都認識的企業名人，年紀與教授相當，大約都在六十歲左右。
教授先介紹這位年輕的陌生人，說他是去年以第一名畢業的MBA學生；另外這位企業名 人則是教授的高中同學，學歷只有高中畢業。教授說明他今天會請這兩位來賓分別用 二十分鐘來說明什麼是「好的領導」，然後要同學寫出這兩人的差異何在。
第一名的畢業生在短短二十分鐘內引用了五位名人的領導經驗，這五人包括奇異的傑 克威爾許，英代爾的安迪葛洛夫，管理泰斗彼得杜拉克，與台灣的郭台銘和張忠謀。 聽來似乎這五人的領導方式便代表著好的領導。
年輕人講完後，很有信心地將麥克風交到這位企業名人手中，企業家微笑說，他本來 可以用六個字就說明完「什麼是好的領導」，他語氣停頓了一下，「但是怕教授和同 學說我在混水摸魚，因此必須把六個字講成二十分鐘，希望大家未來不要學我把領導 複雜化了」。
「在我四十年的職場歲月中，只是不斷地想做到一個境界：那就是如何讓別人在我的 公司上班是出於『心』甘情願，而非出於『薪』甘情願。雖然只差一個字，我卻練習 了四十年。」 「要做到『薪』甘情願比較簡單，有一套健全的管理制度就辦得到，但要做到讓別人 『心』甘情願，就必須要讓員工從心底接受你，所以我才認為，領導沒有什麼大道 理，就是『領導等於做人』這六個字而已」。
「我把職場分成從什麼都不懂、初階主管、中階主管、高階主管、老闆五個階段，為 了把人做好，我不斷在每一階段練習一件事，因此總共要練習五件事，雖然只有五件 事，但它們共花了我四十年的時間」。
在我自己剛畢業，什麼都不會的時候，我練習的第一件事是：
少〈不〉多〈是〉
也就是我從不會去問公司給的任務有多困難，我只問自己要如何去達成而已，練習久 了，就會感覺到自己正快速地成長。
後來自己變成了初階主管，我練習的第二件事是:
少（說）多（聽）
也就是可以聽的時候我絕對不開口，讓自己不斷學習如何掌握重點與分析邏輯。練習 久了，自然學會以後講話只需講重點的智慧。
當自己成為中階主管後，我練習的第三件事是：
少（我）多（你） 也就是多想到別人，少想到自己，凡事以別人的角度來想，練習久了，自然培養出更 大的雅量。
成為高階主管時，我練習的第四件事是：
少（舊）多（新）
也就是我不再重覆做已經成功做過的事，否則不可能有新的突破，練習久了，就會不 斷產生新的創意。
最後當自己變成了老闆，我練習的第五件事是：
少（會）多（讀）
也就是要求自己重新從什麼都不會的階段再開始要求自己，放空自己多閱讀，書讀多 了，自然會看到自己還有很多本該謙虛的地方。
老教授最後向學生解說道，他今天之所以安排一位沒經驗的管理者，與一位有豐富經 驗的管理者來對比，主要目的是想讓學生親身感受一個簡單的事實，若想將自己變成 一位成功的領導者，那就請先要把人做好。「自己都無法把人做好的人，要如何來領 導別人？因為智慧都源自於怎麼做人！」
-ING-安泰人壽 何淑琴
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Cute Advice
在全球股市面臨大跌的現在,理財專家夏韻芬要大家謹記：
1個重心：一切以健康為中心，
2個基本：遇事瀟灑一點、看事糊塗一點，
3個忘記：年齡、過去、恩怨，
4個擁有：真正愛你的人、知心的朋友、向上的事業、溫暖的住所，
5個要：要唱、要跳、要俏、要笑、要苗條!
不能餓了才吃、渴了才喝、睏了才睡、累了才歇、病了才檢查、老了才後悔!
http://www.money365.com.tw/blog.php
1個重心：一切以健康為中心，
2個基本：遇事瀟灑一點、看事糊塗一點，
3個忘記：年齡、過去、恩怨，
4個擁有：真正愛你的人、知心的朋友、向上的事業、溫暖的住所，
5個要：要唱、要跳、要俏、要笑、要苗條!
不能餓了才吃、渴了才喝、睏了才睡、累了才歇、病了才檢查、老了才後悔!
http://www.money365.com.tw/blog.php
It takes hard work to succeed
"I've won two Grand Slams, I've been number one in the world. I didn't do it just by waking up and eating ice cream all day. I've worked for all the things that I have achieved. I know that I'm capable of achieving more."
-Quote from 2008 Australian Open women's singles finalist Maria Sharapova before her final game against Ana Ivanovic
-Quote from 2008 Australian Open women's singles finalist Maria Sharapova before her final game against Ana Ivanovic
Friday, January 11, 2008
Happy for no reason
Friday, December 28, 2007
Enjoy every minute of your life
"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored."
Earl Nightingale1921-1989, Radio Announcer, Author and Speaker
Earl Nightingale1921-1989, Radio Announcer, Author and Speaker
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Do Something!
"You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing. Get interested in something! Get absolutely enthralled in something! Get out of yourself! Be somebody! Do something! The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have."
-Norman Vincent Peale
-Norman Vincent Peale
The Pursuit of Happyness
"Follow your dreams, dont' let anyone discourage you. Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something."
-Chris Gardner
-Chris Gardner
Friday, November 02, 2007
Life without limbs
Nick was born with no arms and no legs. On the day of his birth, his dad left the room to throw up and his mother was in tears. As a child, he was teased and bullied by his friends in school. Instead of CHOOSING to focus on his limitations, what he could not do and making himself feel useless and depressed, he instead chose to focus on what he HAD…his inner strength, his mind and his voice. Instead of blaming God, he chose to create a powerful meaning to his circumstances.
He chose to believe that being born this way happened for a purpose. God was using him as a model to inspiration and heal the world. The meaning we choose to give to our life’s experiences is the meaning we create. We can choose to see our adversities as ‘Problems or opportunities’ as ‘punishments or blessings’.
He chose to live not just an ordinary and normal life, but to live an extraordinary one. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. He is also a motivational speaker and has thus far spoken to over a MILLION People in Indonesia, Sweden, USA, Africa, etc…
His current goals are to become financially independent by the age of 25, through real estate investments, to modify a car for himself to drive and to be interviewed and share his story on the ” Oprah Winfrey Show “! Writing several best-selling books has been one of his dreams and the title of his upcoming book will be called “No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!”
-Original report from Adam Khoo's blog - http://patterns-of-excellence.com/blog/
like to know more about Nick Vujicic ? check this out http://lifewithoutlimbs.org/
Friday, October 19, 2007
Best scene in the movie "Evan Almighty"
Personally reckon this is the best scene in the movie "Evan Almighty"
At one point in the movie, God (Morgan Freeman) appears to Evan’s wife (Lauren Graham) as a restaurant waiter.
She is having trouble coming to grips with her husband’s calling as a modern day Noah and she blames him for humiliating and breaking up the family.
Then the conversation start:
Waiter(God): Excuse me, are you alright?
Wife: Yea…No!…Long Story
Waiter(God): But I like story. And I am very confident I am a story teller myself.
Wife: My Husband…did you heard of the New York Noar
Waiter(God): Hah..The guy building the ark
Wife: That’s him
Waiter(God): I love that story. Noar and the Ark. You know many people miss the point of the story, they think about God rap and anger. but they don’t know why god get angry.
Wife: So what is the story about then…the ark?
Waiter(God): Well…I think It is a Love Story about believing each other. You know the animals showed up in pairs. They stood by each other, side by side. Just like Noah and his family. Everybody entered the ark side by side.
Wife: But my husband told me God told him to do it. What do you do with that?
Waiter(God): "Sounds Like An Opportunity…Let me ask you something,
When you pray for patience, does God just give you patience?
Or does He give you opportunity to be patient?
When you pray for courage,
does He give you courage or opportunity to be courageous?
And, when you pray for your family to become closer,
does God just zap you with warm, fuzzy feelings
or does he give them opportunities to love each other?”
Waiter(God): Ok, i got a lot, a lot of people to serve. Enjoy.
Tot2day:
1. opportunities always come hidden as problems
2. You don't always get what you ask for directly, but the opportunity of how to get it.
3. No Pain, No Gain
4. If you are really so lucky to get what you wish for immediately or easily, it won't last for long. Because you will not cherish what you got.
5. Chinese old proverb - "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime"
6. Love and trust your partner... even he/she has some kind of crazy idea sometime.
At one point in the movie, God (Morgan Freeman) appears to Evan’s wife (Lauren Graham) as a restaurant waiter.
She is having trouble coming to grips with her husband’s calling as a modern day Noah and she blames him for humiliating and breaking up the family.
Then the conversation start:
Waiter(God): Excuse me, are you alright?
Wife: Yea…No!…Long Story
Waiter(God): But I like story. And I am very confident I am a story teller myself.
Wife: My Husband…did you heard of the New York Noar
Waiter(God): Hah..The guy building the ark
Wife: That’s him
Waiter(God): I love that story. Noar and the Ark. You know many people miss the point of the story, they think about God rap and anger. but they don’t know why god get angry.
Wife: So what is the story about then…the ark?
Waiter(God): Well…I think It is a Love Story about believing each other. You know the animals showed up in pairs. They stood by each other, side by side. Just like Noah and his family. Everybody entered the ark side by side.
Wife: But my husband told me God told him to do it. What do you do with that?
Waiter(God): "Sounds Like An Opportunity…Let me ask you something,
When you pray for patience, does God just give you patience?
Or does He give you opportunity to be patient?
When you pray for courage,
does He give you courage or opportunity to be courageous?
And, when you pray for your family to become closer,
does God just zap you with warm, fuzzy feelings
or does he give them opportunities to love each other?”
Waiter(God): Ok, i got a lot, a lot of people to serve. Enjoy.
Tot2day:
1. opportunities always come hidden as problems
2. You don't always get what you ask for directly, but the opportunity of how to get it.
3. No Pain, No Gain
4. If you are really so lucky to get what you wish for immediately or easily, it won't last for long. Because you will not cherish what you got.
5. Chinese old proverb - "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime"
6. Love and trust your partner... even he/she has some kind of crazy idea sometime.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
楊培安-我相信
楊培安-我相信
想飛上天 和太陽肩並肩 世界等著我去改變
想作的夢從不怕別人看見 在這裡我都能實現
大聲歡笑 讓你我肩並肩 何處不能歡樂無限
拋開煩惱勇敢的大步向前 我就站在舞台中間
＊我相信我就是我 我相信明天 我相信青春沒有地平線
在日落的海邊 在熱鬧的大街 都是我心中最美的樂園
＃我相信自由自在 我相信希望 我相信伸手就能碰到天
有你在我身邊 讓生活更新鮮 每一刻都精彩萬分 I do believe
想飛上天 和太陽肩並肩 世界等著我去改變
拋開煩惱勇敢的大步向前 我就站在舞台中間
Repeat ＊,＃
我相信（我就是我）
我相信（自由自在）
我相信（我相信我相信）I believe
Repeat ＊,＃
想飛上天 和太陽肩並肩 世界等著我去改變
想作的夢從不怕別人看見 在這裡我都能實現
大聲歡笑 讓你我肩並肩 何處不能歡樂無限
拋開煩惱勇敢的大步向前 我就站在舞台中間
＊我相信我就是我 我相信明天 我相信青春沒有地平線
在日落的海邊 在熱鬧的大街 都是我心中最美的樂園
＃我相信自由自在 我相信希望 我相信伸手就能碰到天
有你在我身邊 讓生活更新鮮 每一刻都精彩萬分 I do believe
想飛上天 和太陽肩並肩 世界等著我去改變
拋開煩惱勇敢的大步向前 我就站在舞台中間
Repeat ＊,＃
我相信（我就是我）
我相信（自由自在）
我相信（我相信我相信）I believe
Repeat ＊,＃
Great story - Life is all about choices
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator.If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said.
Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.
"Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
-Original article from Internet, Author unknown
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator.If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said.
Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.
"Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry.
"She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I toldthem, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'"
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
-Original article from Internet, Author unknown
Toddler Property Laws
Toddler Property Laws
1. If I like it, it's mine.
2. If it's in my hand, Its mine.
3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.
4. If I had it a little while ago, It's mine.
5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
6. If I am doing or building something,all the pieces are mine.
7. If it looks like mine, it is mine.
8. If I saw it first, it's mine.
9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
10. If it's broken, it's yours.
1. If I like it, it's mine.
2. If it's in my hand, Its mine.
3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.
4. If I had it a little while ago, It's mine.
5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way.
6. If I am doing or building something,all the pieces are mine.
7. If it looks like mine, it is mine.
8. If I saw it first, it's mine.
9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
10. If it's broken, it's yours.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Always complain about your health?
Always complain this and that?
Incapability in certain thing just because of your health problem?
Always self-pity of yourself or always admire someone have better health condition than you?
No! before that, look at below photos and think back.
Compare to her,
We really got no right to complain about our health
Will you smile as happy as her if you have the same problem as her?
Is she unlucky?
maybe.
did she self-pity?
Answer is on her face!
did she inspire you?
I am not sure, but at least she really inspires me.
Next time when I am going to complain about my headache? tiredness? inconvenience? health?
just try to recall her smile and her condition!
That will definitely make me feel better about myself.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Amazing Dancer
Amazing dancer! this is a 2 minute and 12 seconds short video clip but it is worth your time to watch it. Who knows, this two minutes could just change you thinking and attitude to your life
Question to you- "What is your excuse?"
Question to you- "What is your excuse?"
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
What I've Done
What I've done by Linkin Park
In this farewell,
There’s no blood,
There’s no alibi.
Cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousand lies.
So let mercy come,
And wash away…
What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
Put to rest,
What you thought of me.
While I clean this slate,
With the hands,
Of uncertainty.
So let mercy come,
And wash away…
What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
For What I’ve Done
I'll start again,
And whatever pain may come.
Today this ends,
I’m forgiving what I’ve done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
What I’ve done.
Forgiving What I’ve Done.
In this farewell,
There’s no blood,
There’s no alibi.
Cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousand lies.
So let mercy come,
And wash away…
What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
Put to rest,
What you thought of me.
While I clean this slate,
With the hands,
Of uncertainty.
So let mercy come,
And wash away…
What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
For What I’ve Done
I'll start again,
And whatever pain may come.
Today this ends,
I’m forgiving what I’ve done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
What I’ve done.
Forgiving What I’ve Done.
How to avoid criticism?
"To avoid criticism, be nothing, do nothing and say nothing."
- Elbert Hubbard
Critics may say this and that, but in the end, you are the one that has to live your life, not them! Make it one that you lived for what you believe in.
-From his book "The Currency of the future" by Brad DeHaven
- Elbert Hubbard
Critics may say this and that, but in the end, you are the one that has to live your life, not them! Make it one that you lived for what you believe in.
-From his book "The Currency of the future" by Brad DeHaven
The most important days in your life
"The two most important days in someone's life are the day that they are born and the day they discover why."
-John Maxwell
Tot2day: Question time - Do you know why you are living in this world? Do you know why you need to suffer all these pain? what is your life purpose? Who and what is really matters most to you?
-John Maxwell
Tot2day: Question time - Do you know why you are living in this world? Do you know why you need to suffer all these pain? what is your life purpose? Who and what is really matters most to you?
You created your Limit
"We don't have a clue as to what people's limits are. All the tests, stopwatches, and finish lines in the world can't measure human potential.
When someone is pursuing their dream, they will go far beyond what seems to be their limitations. The potential that exists within us is limitless and largely untapped. When you think of limits, you create them."
- Robert Kriegel
When someone is pursuing their dream, they will go far beyond what seems to be their limitations. The potential that exists within us is limitless and largely untapped. When you think of limits, you create them."
- Robert Kriegel
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Until you spread your wings
No one can predict to what heights you can soar you will only know until you spread your wings - Anonymous
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Breakaway
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I just stared out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray (I would pray)
Trying hard to reach out
But when I'd try to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I pray (I would pray)
I could breakaway
[Chorus:]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I loved
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway
[Chorus]
Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway
I'll spread my wings
And I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway
Monday, February 05, 2007
Bonding
Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was kind of scared so her asked his little daughter, "Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river."
The little girl said, "No, Dad. You hold my hand."
"What is the different?" asked the puzzled father.
"There is a big difference", replied the little girl "If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go."
In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So that the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold ours...
The little girl said, "No, Dad. You hold my hand."
"What is the different?" asked the puzzled father.
"There is a big difference", replied the little girl "If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go. But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go."
In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond. So that the hand of the person whom you love rather than expecting them to hold ours...
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