A king in a far-off land had an army of elephants. When his bravest, strongest elephant grew too old to fight, the king let him go free in a forest where he had everything he could eat and drink. One day the elephant was drinking in a pond and got a leg stuck in the
Joe was an ambitious young man who never missed a day of submitting a new idea to his boss, and his boss never missed a day of rejecting Joe’s idea. But one day, Joe submitted a suggestion, and his boss said, “That’s sheer inspiration!” “No,” said Joe, “it’s 99 percent aspiration and one percent inspiration.”
World-renowned ocular surgeon Dr. James Gills is the only person to complete six double ironman triathlons. When asked how he did it, he said, “I’ve learned to talk to myself instead of listening to myself. If I listen to myself, I hear all the doubts, fears and complaints of why I can’t finish the race.
After his first night in the barracks, a new Army recruit was rudely awakened by his drill sergeant who shouted, “Rise and shine. It’s four-thirty.” “Four thirty” the rookie moaned. “Sarge, you’d better go back to bed. We have a big day ahead of us tomorrow.” It’s time to wake up and realize that if
I was fascinated by a CNBC article about Jennifer Hyman, the CEO of Rent the Runway, who attributed her business success to just two words – “Be likable.” Hyman made the statement to a group of students at a Stanford Graduate School business event. Meg Sauer, the article’s author, said, “Hyman’s strategy – being warm,
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