It was Friday morning and a young businessman finally decided to ask his boss for a raise. Before leaving for work, he told his wife what he was about to do. All day long he felt nervous and apprehensive. Finally, in the late afternoon, he summoned the courage to approach his employer, and to his …
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A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they each made. Using a process developed by Helice Bridges of Del Mar, California, she called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she told them how the student …
Adding a little more self-discipline to your life can be somewhat painful at first. Yet it can quickly make you feel a lot better about yourself and your situation. Putting a lot more discipline in your life requires vigilance and commitment. And it also guarantees long-term success. What area of your life could benefit from …
Take on a difficult challenge and bring yourself fully to life. Whatever the challenge demands from you, it also gives in even greater measure. For when you step forward to meet a challenge, you connect with the best you have. As you work through the challenge, whatever strength and ability you possess grows even stronger. …
Greatness most often results not from extraordinary ability, but rather from ordinary ability followed through with extraordinary devotion. Commitment, depth of passion and clarity of purpose will elevate even the most ordinary, mundane efforts into the realm of truly great achievement. Exceptional ability is a wonderful gift, though by itself it won’t get you very …
Commitment means acting not just when it is convenient or comfortable, but whenever it is necessary. Commitment means setting priorities and following them without fail. Commitment is more than words, much more than just saying you will. Commitment is doing whatever it takes to make it happen. Commitment is available to anyone who understands and …
Once upon a time two brothers who lived on adjoining farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery, and trading labor and goods as needed without a hitch. Then the long collaboration fell apart. It began with a small misunderstanding and it grew …
* GIVE UP grumbling! Instead, “In everything give thanks.” Constructive criticism is OK, but “moaning, groaning, and complaining” are not Christian disciplines. * GIVE UP 10 to 15 minutes in bed! Instead, use that time in prayer. * GIVE UP looking at either people’s worst points. Instead, concentrate on their BEST points for a change. …
While Indians celebrate the Cricket World Cup win with a wild nightlong party, the sporting fraternity wished captain cool M S Dhoni and his team for their phenomenon achievement in the cricketing field . “MSD has been a remarkable Captain for India. He has performed consistently. Wish him all the best,” former IPL chairman Lalit …
Procrastination is, in simple terms, putting off the things that we know we should be doing. Everyone procrastinates one time or other in their lives, and it is quite natural to do so. But it becomes a problem when we cannot make ourselves take up tasks that need completion, and constantly find ourselves with long-overdue …