Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. July 25, 2022 (599) I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a…

Monday Motivation….. July 18, 2022 (597) History speaks Dinosaurs first appeared in the Triassic (231.4 million years ago) and were the most dominant group of vertebrates for more than 165.4 million years until their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous (66 million years ago). Cockroaches – an insect that appeared in the Carboniferous period,…

Monday Motivation….. July 11, 2022 (596)In ancient times there was a queen who ordered her soldiers to maneuver a boulder into the middle of the main road to and from town.The queen then hid, watching to see who would stop to do the right thing and move it out of the way again.Wealthy merchants and…

Monday Motivation….. July 04, 2022 (595) Once upon a time, two lumberjacks of equal skill, experience, and stature work side by side, chopping down trees together every single day. However, one lumberjack works non-stop, without taking a break, whereas the other takes an hour-long lunch break every afternoon. Despite working for less time, both lumberjacks…

Monday Motivation….. June 27, 2022 (594) Once upon a time a man had four young sons. Wanting to teach them about the dangers of judging things too rapidly, he decided to send each of them on a journey, one after the other, to a distant pear tree. Each son when in a different season, the…

Monday Motivation….. June 20, 2022 (593) Once upon a time a son came to his father for an advice: – Dad, I can’t do it, – he said, – those practices only exhaust me, and the result doesn’t change. It must be not destined for me to play football and my dream will never come…

Monday Motivation….. June 13, 2022 (592) In many ancient myths and stories the hero has to go on a long and perilous journey to complete their mission. A classic example? The sleepless dragon that guards its treasure, breathing fire on anyone who so dares to steal it. To get the gold, the knight in shining…

Monday Motivation….. June 06, 2022 (591) Thousands of years ago there was a famous Chinese general with a reputation for being an astute and cunning leader. One day, at the end of a long campaign, this general decided to stop in a stronghold with a small battalion of soldiers, sending his main fighting force ahead…

Monday Motivation….. May 30, 2022 (590) Once upon a time, a hungry ass finds himself between two equally large and delicious-looking bales of hay. He looks from one to the other and back again, unsure which to choose. This goes on for a long while until, unable to make a decision, the poor old donkey…

Monday Motivation….. May 23, 2022 (589)Once upon a time, a group of 100 people was attending a seminar on personal development.In the middle of their talk, the speaker stops and decides to run an impromptu group activity. He hands out a balloon to each attendee and tells them to write their name on it.The balloons…