Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. December 02, 2013 (147) Once upon a time high on a hilltop overlooking the beautiful city of Venice, Italy, there lived an old man who was a genius. Legend had it as he could answer any question anyone might ask of him. Two of the local boys figured they could fool the old…

Monday Motivation….. November 25, 2013 (146) Once upon a time in California there lived two brothers who sold all they had and went prospecting for gold. They discovered a vein of the shining ore, staked a claim, and proceeded to get down to the serious business of getting the gold ore of the mine. All…

Monday Motivation….. November 18, 2013 (145) Once upon a time a man walking in the night slipped and fell from a rocky path. Afraid he would fall down thousands of feet, because he knew that just at the edge of the path was a very deep valley, he grabbed hold of a branch that was…

Monday Motivation….. November 11, 2013 (144) Once upon a time an old farmer had plowed around a large rock in one of his fields for years. He had broken several plowshares and a cultivator on it and had grown rather morbid about the rock. After breaking another plowshare one day, and remembering all the trouble…

Monday Motivation….. November 04, 2013 (143) One day a mother-crab was sitting on the bank of a river. Her young son was playing nearby. The mother was feeling very happy to see him move about. Suddenly the mother noticed one thing. She saw that her son walked tilting his body side-ways—not straight. She felt worried…

Monday Motivation….. October 28, 2013 (142) There was a young student-archer who reached such proficiency in his art that he could shoot an arrow into a tree and then cleave that arrow into two with the next shot. He began to boast that he was a greater archer than his guru. One day his guru,…

Monday Motivation….. October 21, 2013 (141) Once upon a time Death was walking toward a city in early morning , and a man asked, “What are you going to do?” “I’m going to take 100 people, “Death replied. “That’s horrible!” the man said.”That’s the way it is.” Death said, “That’s what I do.” The man…

Monday Motivation….. October 14, 2013 (140) Once upon a time there was a business executive who was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy. Suddenly…

Monday Motivation….. October 07, 2013 (139) Once upon a time a salesman for a new wheel-balancing machine visited an auto repair store in Sacramento and gave the manager, Ted Stevens, a demonstration. “Isn’t it a great machine?” asked the salesman. “Yes it is,” answered Stevens. “It would be a great investment and a great time-saver,…

Monday Motivation….. September 30, 2013 (138) There was once a newspaper vendor who had a rude customer. Every morning, the Customer would walk by, refuse to return the greeting, grab the paper off the shelf and throw the money at the vendor. The vendor would pick up the money, smile politely and say, ‘Thank you,…