Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. February 27, 2012 (055) One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet and a sign that read: “I am blind, please help”. A creative publicist was walking by him and stopped to observe he only had a few coins in his…

Monday Motivation….. February 20, 2012 (054) Once upon a time there was a king who was so cruel and unjust that his subjects yearned for his death or dethronement. However, one day he surprised them all by announcing that he had decided to turn over a new leaf. “No more cruelty, no more injustice,” he…

Monday Motivation….. February 13, 2012 (053) Once upon a time there was a farmer’s daughter(milkmaid) whose duty was to carry fresh milk to customers in various surrounding villages. One of the lifelong customers was a priest and to reach his house, the milkmaid had to cross a good-sized stream. People crossed it by a sort…

Monday Motivation….. February 06, 2012 (052) Once upon a time a little girl and her father were crossing a bridge. The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter, “Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don’t fall into the river.” The little girl said, “No, Dad. You hold my hand.”…

Monday Motivation….. January 30, 2012 (051) Once upon a time a Scorpion, being a very poor swimmer, asked a Turtle to carry him on his back across a river. “Are you crazy?” exclaimed the Turtle. “You’ll sting me while I’m swimming and I’ll drown.” “My dear Turtle,” laughed the Scorpion, “if I were to sting you,…

Monday Motivation….. January 23, 2012 (050) Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he was very sad and asked for a solution. The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it. “How does it taste?”…

Monday Motivation….. January 16, 2012 (049) Every one probably know the story of King Midas and his golden touch, however history speaks on evidences of a “Touchstone” that could turn any metal object into GOLD. When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable…

Monday Motivation….. January 09, 2012 (048) Once upon a time in ancient America a man was selling Hotdogs by the roadside. He was illiterate, so he never read newspapers. He was hard of hearing, so he never listened to the radio. His eyes were weak, so he never watched television. But enthusiastically, he sold lots…

Monday Motivation….. January 02, 2012 (047) The incident took place back in 1887 in a small neighborhood grocery store when a middle-aged gentleman, Emanuel Nenger, gave the assistant a $20 note to pay for the turnip greens he was purchasing. When the assistant placed the note in the cash drawer she noticed that some of…

Monday Motivation….. December 26, 2011 (046) Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. Clark and his wife worked and saved, making plans for their nine children and themselves to travel to the United States. It had taken years, but they had finally saved enough money and had gotten passports and reservations for…