Category: Monday Motivations

Monday Motivation….. September 18, 2023 (660) At the World Championships in Budapest, USA’s Anita Alvarez sank to the bottom of the pool. Looking across the deck, and noticing she was under way too long, her coach, Andrea Fuentes immediately dove in after her fully clothed, pulling her to safety. Anita was unconscious and didn’t have…

Monday Motivation….. September 11, 2023 (659) Two parrots had built their nest on a banyan tree. The female parrot laid two eggs in the nest. After sometime, the eggs latched. Two chicks came out of them. The parent birds took good care of them. After few weeks, the young birds were able to fly for…

Monday Motivation….. September 04, 2023 (658) Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, a great Teacher, Philosopher and former President of India in whose honor Teachers’ Day is celebrated, was an exceptionally “witty man”! The King of Greece came to India on a State visit. President Radhakrishnan welcomed him at the Palam Airport. “Your Majesty.. You are the first…

Monday Motivation….. August 27, 2023 (657) One hot summer day, a Stag went to a pool to drink water. The pool water was clear. It could see its reflection in the water. It felt proud of its beautiful horns. But when it saw the shadow of its thin legs, it felt sad and hated them.…

Monday Motivation….. August 21, 2023 (656) Once upon a time, a psychology professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management principles to an auditorium filled with students.  As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the typical “glass half empty or glass half full” question.  Instead, with a smile on her face, the…

Monday Motivation….. August 14, 2023 (655) One upon a time, a cat and a fox happened to meet in a forest. The fox said to the cat, “Good morning, where are you off to? Let’s have a chat. It’s all safe here.” The cat stopped and greeted the fox and said, “Mr. Fox, I think…

Monday Motivation….. August 07, 2023 (654) Once upon a time, two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand “Today my best…

Monday Motivation….. July 31, 2023 (653) A hunter had a beautiful hound that always went hunting with him. The faithful dog was a fast friend of the hunter’s only son who loved to play with the dog. The master also loved the hound for its friendship with his young son who was only ten years…

Monday Motivation….. July 24, 2023 (652) During a research experiment, a marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then released several small bait fish into the tank. As you would expect, the shark quickly swam around the tank, attacked, and ate the smaller fish. The marine biologist then inserted a strong piece of…

Monday Motivation….. July 17, 2023 (651)Once, a Chinese traveller came to meet Kautilya (Chanakya). It was dusk and darkness had just started to set in. When the traveller entered Chanakya’s room, he saw that Chanakya was busy writing some important papers under the lighting of an oil lamp. You know that there were no bulbs…