A Russian poet who was visiting a wealthy American in his home noticed a huge, magnificent moose head mounted on the wall. He asked his host how he could shoot such an impressive animal. “It was easy,” said the American. “He didn’t look me in the eye. If he had looked me in the eye,
When Paulo Coehlo’s novel “The Alchemist” was first published in 1988, it went unnoticed. He sold only one copy the first week. Unperturbed, Coelho confidently waited for more sales to come in, but he waited a long time. Six months later a second copy was sold – to the same person who purchased the first
A giant ship’s engine failed, and the vessel’s owners consulted one expert after another, but none of them could fix the engine. They finally brought in an old man who had been fixing ship engines since he was very young. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag of tools and pulled
Suppose you have five birds sitting on a wire and three of them decide to fly. How many birds would you have left on the wire? Five birds remain. Making a decision to fly without acting on the decision gets you nowhere. Thinking about something won’t make it happen. Hoping won’t make something happen either.
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