An anthropologist proposed a game to some children in Africa. He placed a basket of fruit near a tree and told them that whoever got to the tree first could have all the fruit. When he gave the signal to go, all the children held each other’s hands and ran to the tree together. Then
A butcher, who had a particularly good day, proudly flipped his last chicken on a scale and weighed it for a customer. “Almost 6 pounds,” he said. “That’s a little too small,” the woman said. “Don’t you have anything larger?” Hesitating, but thinking fast, the butcher returned the chicken to the refrigerator, paused a moment,
I stumbled across a quote recently by psychologist Angela Duckworth that really caught my eye. She said “Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.” I’ve written a number of columns about the importance of enthusiasm, and I don’t believe it is common or easy. Getting enthusiastic about something and staying enthusiastic are not always the same.
Late one night a young grocery store clerk locked the front door and began to clean up. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. An elderly woman was standing outside tapping on the window. The clerk shouted, “We’re closed!” She said, “I just need a head of lettuce.” The clerk reluctantly let her in,
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