Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Man...I knew you would come!

Horror gripped the heart of a World War-I soldier, as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. The soldier asked his Lieutenant if he could go out to bring his fallen comrade back. "You can go," said the Lieutenant, "but don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably dead and you may throw your life away." The Lieutenant's words didn't matter, and the soldier went anyway. Miraculously, he managed to reach his friend, hoisted him onto his shoulder and brought him back to their company's trench.

The officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend. "I told you it wouldn't be worth it," he said. "Your friend is dead and you are mortally wounded."
"It was worth it, Sir," said the soldier."What do you mean by worth it?" responded the Lieutenant." Your friend is dead."
"Yes Sir," the soldier answered, "but it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say.......
"Man...I knew you would come! "

Friday, April 10, 2009

SUCCESS IS A RESULT OF TEAM WORK & NOT REMAINING IN ISOLATION

Presenting a beautiful story on TEAM SPIRIT.
There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honour and prizes.One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbours'."How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbours when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked."Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbours grow good corn."
The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbour's corn also improves. So it is in the other dimensions! Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbours and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well. The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.
SUCCESS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION. IT IS VERY OFTEN A PARTICIPATIVE AND COLLECTIVE PROCESS.
So share the good practices, ideas, new learning's with your family, team members, neighbours. All the Successes is a Team Work of a family, group, enterprise, corporation... Infect TEAM as an acronym of letters T, E , A, M

T : Together
E : Everyone
A : Achieves
M : More
Share this Simple but meaningful story with all your well wishers

PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY!

Given below is one such, a simple small illustration, with a heavily laden message, to lighten our daily burdens. If read well, understood, and above all, practiced, can make a BIG change in YOU.
A Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see & asked the students "How much do you think this glass weighs?" '50gms!' .... '100gms!' .....'125gms' ...the students answered."I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the professor, "but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"'Nothing' …..the students said.'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor asked.'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the student"You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?""Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis & have to go to hospital for su re!" ….. ventured another student & all the students laughed"Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?" asked the professor.'No'…. Was the answer."Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?"The students were puzzled."What should I do now to come out of pain?" asked professor again."Put the glass down!" said one of the students"Exactly!" said the professor.
Life's problems are something like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK. Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache. Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.
It's important to think of the challenges or problems in your life, But EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to 'PUT THEM DOWN' at the end of every day before You go to sleep.

That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh &strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!
So, when you leave office today, Remember friend to ......... 'PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY! '