A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude to try to figure out where he was when he spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I appear to be a little off course. I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."The woman below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."Amazed by what she said, the balloonist stated "You must be in Information Technology!" "I am," replied the woman, "How did you know?""Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information and the fact is that I am still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip."The woman below smiled and responded, "You must be in Management.""I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?""Well," said the woman, "you don't know where you are or where you're going. You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."
A tour bus driver is driving with a bus load of seniors down a highway when he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady. She offers him a handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munches up.
After about 15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder again and she hands him another handful of peanuts.
She repeats this gesture about five more times.
When she is about to hand him another batch again he asks the little old lady," why don`t you eat the peanuts yourself?".
"We can't chew them because we've no teeth", she replied.
The puzzled driver asks, "Why do you buy them then?" T he old lady replied, "We just love the chocolate around them."
1. How many roads must a man travel down before he admits he is lost?
2. Eat Well, Stay Fit, Die Anyway.
3. If you lived in your car, you'd be home by now.
4. Never agree to plastic surgery if the doctor's office is full of portraits by Picasso.
5. Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, "Where the heck is the ceiling?!"
6. It has recently been discovered that research causes cancer in rats.
7. It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.
8. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
9. Never knock on Death's door. Ring the doorbell and run (he hates that).
"You don’t get in life what you want. You get what you are." - Les BrownI love this man. He is the one that showed me back in 1999 that what you can achieved comes from within, not from without. So ask yourself: "Who are you?"Better still, ask yourself, "What stuff are you made of?"Years ago, when I was serving in SYFC, someone told me that "Effective ministry flows out of being". You need to be before you can do. Years later, I would certainly agreed no less, but extended this belief to other areas of my life. Remember, achievement flows out of being too.
"When you get to work in the morning, is it where you want to be? And when you go home at night, is that where you feel good and safe?"Being able to answer yes to both questions is the key to happiness, success and wealth. - Connie Podesta
People don't fail because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit. – Les Brown
Still remember zero-ing your M-16 semi-auto rifle during live-firing in army? If you still can't get your rifle zeroed on the third try, you need to "aim-off". A technique that most soldier carried out if he knows where his shot will land despite squaring his foresight tip against the target. You aim a bit higher so that your round will land on the 'canadian bull'. I think in life, calibrating your goals higher is vital. What I mean is stop playing it safe and start creating what's truly possible in life by stretching yourself, taking risks and surrounding yourself with positive, nourishing people. Raise the bar and commit to higher goals. Recognize negative people and detoxify them from your life. Challenge yourself and put your fear of failure to rest. Stay hungry and make "no" your daily vitamin (motivation). Yes, people don't fail because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit. So, let's follow the Eagleboy's philosophy:Aim High, Soaring!
Aim Low, Boring!!
Feeling rejected? Despondent? Bummed?
Bummed even further because you don’t know the exact definition of despondent? It means downhearted. Not to worry. You are not alone. The universe makes a mockery of all of us at some point in our lives.
This is a world of ebb and flow.
Although it sometimes feels more like ebbebbebbflowebbebbebbflow....
Today I’ve got some cheery, uplifting stories of people who made it through bad times, and came out the other side a humongous success.
So…IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, JOIN THIS VERY COOL CLUB:
Theodore Roosevelt ran in 1886 as Republican candidate for mayor of NYC – and lost.
Walt Disney’s first cartoon production company – Laugh-o-Gram -- went bust.
Henry Ford first went bankrupt before Ford cars hit it big.
F.W. Woolworth’s first store – the Great Five Cent Store – proved not so great. It totally failed.
Jane Fonda was kicked out of girlscouts for telling dirty jokes.
Dr. Seuss’s first book -- And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street -- was turned down by 27 publishing houses.
Fred Smith received a C on his term paper at Yale University for his concept for an overnight delivery service. He went on to create FedEx anyway.
Barbara was told in 1957 by a TV executive to “stay out of television.”
Jerry Seinfeld at one point sold lightbulbs over the phone.
George Lucas’ first movie THX-1138 flopped so majorly every major studio turned down his next movie: American Graffitti. Finally Universal agreed to do it because Coppola got involved. Not only did American Graffiti hit it big – so did Lucas’ next film: Star Wars.
So if you feel despondent today - just remember: at least now you know the exact definiton of despondent…and now you know some very wildly successful people have felt that way at some point too.
