Look for Gold

Andrew Carnegie started his career by doing some odd job but with his continued efforts, he established the largest steel plant in the USA. During the process of establishing and managing his steel plant, he mobilized highly dedicated people around him to work for the steel plant. He was so confident about his people he used to say, “Take my factory away, take my all assets away, but leave my people with me and I will re-established my self within a short rime.” One day, one of his acquaintances asked him, “How do you deal with your people?” Carnegie replied, “Dealing with people is like digging gold. When you go digging for an ounce of gold, you have to move tons of dirt to get an ounce of gold. But when you go digging, you don’t go looking for the dirt, you go looking for the gold.”
So try to look for gold and not for the dirt you have to dig for finding the gold. In the same way, if you try to find the positive things from the environment, there are plenty of such things. The only thing that you have to do is to develop an attitude that positive things exist in the environment and you try to find out such positive thing.

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Living with Honor

There was a young executive who came home one day with a bag full of work. His five year old son wanted to play with him but the father said, " Son I've got a lot of work to do, I'm behind in my office." The son said, " Dad, when I am behind in school they put in a slower group. Why don't they put you in a slower group?" The father replied, No Son, it desn't work that way in the corporate world." But the chlid didn't undertsand. He still wanted to play.The father finally thought of a way to keep the child occupied so that he could get on with his work. He had a magzine with a picture of the world on the cover. He pulled out the page and tore it into a number of small pieces, called his son and said, " Son, go put this picture of the world together and when you are done I'll come and play." He knew that it would take several hours. But within five minutes his son came back and said, " Dad, I am done." The man could,nt believe it till he saw it was all done. He asked, " Son, How did you do it? I need to learn from you." The son replied, " Dad, it was easy. On the other side of the picture of the world, was the picture of a man. All I did was to put the man together and turn it the other way round and the world came together."
You too can put the man together and the world will come together.

Keep on Knocking, Keep on Asking, Keep on Seeking

When Colonel Harland Sanders retired at the age of 65, he had little to show for himself, except an old Caddie roadster, a $105 monthly pension check, and a recipe for chicken.
Knowing he couldn't live on his pension, he took his chicken recipe in hand, got behind the wheel of his van, and set out to make his fortune. His first plan was to sell his chicken recipe to restaurant owners, who would in turn give him a residual for every piece of chicken they sold--5 cents per chicken. The first restaurateur he called on turned him down.
So did the second.
So did the third.
In fact, the first 1008 sales calls Colonel Sanders made ended in rejection. Still, he continued to call on owners as he traveled across the USA, sleeping in his car to save money. Prospect number 1009 gave him his first "yes."
After two years of making daily sales he had signed up a total of five restaurants. Still the Colonel pressed on, knowing that he had a great chicken recipe and that someday the idea would catch on.
Of course, you know how the story ends. The idea DID catch on. By 1963 the Colonel had 600 restaurants across the country selling his secret recipe of Kentucky Fried Chicken (with 11 herbs and spices).
In 1964 he was bought out by future Kentucky governor John Brown. Even though the sale made him a multi-millionaire, he continued to represent and promote KFC until his death in 1990.
Colonel Sanders' story teaches an important lesson: its never too late to decide to never give up.
Earlier in his life the Colonel was involved in other business ventures--but they weren't successful. He had a gas station in the 30's, a restaurant in the 40's, and he gave up on both of them. At the age of 65, however, Harland Sanders decided his chicken idea was the right idea, and he refused to give up, even in spite of repeated rejection.
He knew that if he kept on knocking on doors, eventually someone would say "yes." This is how Jesus has commanded to approach life. He said, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (Luke 11:9) This verse follows a story Jesus told emphasizing the importance of a "never-give-up" attitude in prayer. Jesus is saying, "Ask--not just once, but as many times as is necessary. Keep on knocking till the door is opened." If you have made half-hearted attempts at doing God's will in your life...if you have given up too easily in the past...remember: It's never too late to become persistent. It's never too late to decide to never give up. Keep on knocking. Keep on asking. Keep on seeking.

Top Ten Tiger Woods Lessons for Success:

1. Expect to win.

Know in your heart that you are a winner.



2. Let your expectations show.

Express no doubts, let your competitors and your friends know that you have none.



3. Work, practice, work, and practice some more.

At the top of his field, he can still be seen hitting buckets of balls until dark - even if he's just won.



4. Dress and act like a winner.

This is a part of keeping yourself in a winning frame of mind.



5. Have a sense of drama - don't create it but know it when you see it.

You don't have to seek out publicity, but know how to accept and use it when it comes to you.



6. Know that there is always room to grow.

Being the best does not mean you can't be even better.



7. Hang with the winners.

They understand the pressures and situations in which you will find yourself.



8. Put yourself in situations where you are not known as a success.

May be difficult, but this helps you to stay real.



9. Value and protect your free time and do what you enjoy.

The discipline of being a winner needs a safety valve from time to time.



10. Remember those who need help.

Somewhere, someone helped you - be willing to give back.

Success - The Ultimate Thing!!!

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their necks, Socrates took the young man by surprise and dunked him under the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and held him down. When the boy started turning blue, Socrates raised the boy's head out of the water.
The first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked, "What did you want the most when you were under water?"
The boy replied, "Air."
Socrates said, "That is the secret to success. When you want success as intensely as you wanted air underwater, then you will have it."
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
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