Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. October 05, 2015 (243) Once upon a time there lived a well behaved 8 year old kid named Krish. His mother never had any problem with Krish except that he did not eat vegetables. Her constant efforts to make Krish eat vegetables were in vain. One evening, when Krish returned from school, Mother…

Monday Motivation….. September 28, 2015 (242) There was a king who ruled his kingdom wisely. He spent his time trying to improve the lives of his subjects. One day the king decided to see for himself how people lived in his kingdom. Early one morning, dressed as an ordinary citizen, he secretly mounted his horse…

Monday Motivation….. September 21, 2015 (241) There was an old farmer, Old MacDonald – who had a good size farm in Utah. Old MacDonald had built up his farm over many years and was proud of his achievement. He lived there with his wife and two young daughters, who were both crazy about horses. Every…

Monday Motivation….. September 14, 2015 (240) Once there was a very rich magician who had a great many sheep. But at the same time this magician was very mean. He did not want to hire shepherds, nor did he want to erect a fence about the pasture where his sheep were grazing. The sheep consequently…

Monday Motivation….. September 07, 2015 (239) Once upon a time an elephant was standing and picking leaves from a tree. A small fly came, flying and buzzing near his ear. The elephant waved it away with his long ears. Then the fly came again, and the elephant waved it away once more.” This was repeated…

Monday Motivation….. August 31, 2015 (238) During Chandragupta Maurya’s rule a Chinese traveler came to meet Kautilya (Chanakya). It was dusk and darkness had just started to set in. When the traveler entered Chanakya’s room, he saw that Chanakya was busy writing some important papers under the lighting of an oil lamp. You know that…

Monday Motivation….. August 24, 2015 (237) Once upon a time, a great flood threatened a city in olden times. The waters were up to the palace doors. The king and the queen in the interest of the prince’s safety put the baby in a basket to prevent it from drowning. Unfortunately, in the confusion that…

Monday Motivation….. August 17, 2015 (236) In my school days I learned that eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up…

Monday Motivation….. August 10, 2015 (235) When war broke out between Spain and the United States, it was necessary to communicate quickly with the leader of the insurgence. Garcia was somewhere in the mountain vastness of Cuba—no one knew where. No mail or telegraph message could reach him. The President must secure his cooperation, and…

Monday Motivation….. August 03, 2015 (234) There is a well-known coffee shop in a neighbouring town of Venice, Italy, the city of lights and water. Let us go visit the shop in imaginary time capsule (CCTV camera footage in today’s age) and witness something very unusual but interesting and inspiring. A man entered the coffee…