A huge truck got stuck under a bridge.It couldn't move backward or forward.Traffic was blocked in all directions.An official from the company arrived and all sorts of attempts were made to get the truck free.
A few school kids were sitting on a wall nearby,looking at all this.One little lad shouted across at the official,"Do you want to know how to get the truck free,mister?" Well,for now, I don't need your advice smart guy,said the official.
The young lad was unabashed as he replied, "Just let the air out of the tires and you're alright."
The man stopped in his tracks,looked at the kid and smiled-and then proceeded to let the air out of the tires! In his heart he felt that the kid had let some air out of him,and brought him down a bit-and he knew that he deserved it.
Moral: Often our biggest drawback, is our unwillingness to ask for help in dealing with a problem,we are stuck with.
Are you living your life to the fullest? Today,so many people have lost that enthusiasm they were once excited about., their future, their dream, all because somewhere along the way, they hit some road blocks. Things didn't work out and so they quit.They lost their purpose. Don't let that be you! You are Unique,Talented and Capable of doing great things in your life. This blog will challenge your thoughts and motivate you,inspire and help you rise up and move on in Life.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
What Can we Learn from the past happenings?
I remember reading the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz, in one of his comic strips Charlie Brown is at the beach building a beautiful castle. As he stands back to admire his work it is suddenly consumed by a huge wave. Looking at the smooth sand mound that had been his creation a moment before, he says,“There must be a lesson here, but I don’t know what it is.”
That’s the way many people approach adversity. They are so consumed by the events that they become bewildered and miss the whole learning experience. But there is always a way to learn from failures and mistakes.Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated,“Adversity is the first path to truth.”
Restaurateur Wolfgang Puck says,“I learned more from the one restaurant that didn’t work than from all the ones that were successes.” He incidentally owns five critically acclaimed restaurants in California and also opened restaurants in Chicago, Las Vegas and Tokyo.
It’s difficult to give general guidelines about how to learn from mistakes because every situation is different. But if you maintain a teachable attitude as you approach the process and try to learn anything you can about what you could do differently, you will improve yourself. When a person has the right mind-set, every obstacle introduces him to himself.
That’s the way many people approach adversity. They are so consumed by the events that they become bewildered and miss the whole learning experience. But there is always a way to learn from failures and mistakes.Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated,“Adversity is the first path to truth.”
Restaurateur Wolfgang Puck says,“I learned more from the one restaurant that didn’t work than from all the ones that were successes.” He incidentally owns five critically acclaimed restaurants in California and also opened restaurants in Chicago, Las Vegas and Tokyo.
It’s difficult to give general guidelines about how to learn from mistakes because every situation is different. But if you maintain a teachable attitude as you approach the process and try to learn anything you can about what you could do differently, you will improve yourself. When a person has the right mind-set, every obstacle introduces him to himself.
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