Enthusiastic Salesman

A new vacuum cleaner salesman knocked on the door on the first house of the street. A tall lady answered the door.

Before she could speak, the enthusiastic salesman barged into the
living room and opened a big black plastic bag and poured all the cow droppings onto the carpet.

" Madam, if I could not clean this up with the use of this new
powerful vacuum cleaner, I will EAT all this s...!" exclaimed the
eager salesman.

"Do you need chilli sauce or ketchup with that?" asked the lady.

The bewildered salesman asked, " Why, madam?"

"There's no electricity in the house..." said the lady

MORAL: Gather All resources before working on any project...!!

The Moral Lesson

كان لرجل أربع أبناء أراد أن يعلمهم درس رائع فى الحياة الا يحكموا على الامور بسرعة و لا تكن نظرتهم سطحية
things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look
لذلك أرسلهم الى مكان بعيد حيث توجد شجرة كبيرة و طلب من كل منهم أن يصف الشجرة له
at a pear tree that was a great distance away.
فذهب الابن الاكبر فى فصل الشتاء و ذهب الثانى فى الربيع و الثالث فى الصيف و الاصغر فى الخريف
The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in
summer, and the youngest son in the fall.
عندما عادوا من رحلتهم البعيدة جمعهم معا و طلب من كل منهم ان يصف ما رأه
When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe
what they had seen.
فقال الاول ان الشجرة كانت قبيحة و جافة بينما قال الثانى أنها كانت مورقة و خضراء
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.
The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.
و تعجب الابن الثالث قائلا انها مغطاة بورود ذات رائحة جميلة و تبدو غاية فى الروعة و الجمال
The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so
sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.
و أنهى الابن الاصغر الكلام معلقا انها كانت مليئة بالثمار و الحياة
The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping
with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
فشرح الاب مفسرا كلامهم جميعا انه صحيح لان كل منهم ذهب فى موسم مختلف
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they
had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.
لذلك لا يجب ان تحكم على شجرة أو شخص فى موسم او موقف بعينه
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season,
and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come
from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.
لذلك اذا أستسلمت فى وقت الشتاء فستخسر كل جمال الربيع
والاحساس الرائع فى الصيف و الحياة المثمرة التى فى الخريف
If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring,
the beauty of your summer, the fulfillment of your fall.

26 Things in a Perfect Guy

26 Things in a Perfect Guy

1. Know how to make you smile when you are down.

2. Try to secretly smell your hair, but you always notice.

3. Stick up for you, but still respects your

independence.

4. Give you the remote control during the game.

5. Come up behind you and put his arms around you.

6. Play with your hair.

7. His hands always find yours.

8. Be cute when he really wants something.

9. Offer you plenty of massages.

10. Dance with you, even if he feels like a dork.

11. Never run out of love.

12. Be funny, but know how to be serious.

13. Realize he's being funny when he needs to be serious.

14. Be patient when you take forever to get ready.

15. React so cutely when you hit him and it actually hurts.

16. Smile a lot.

17. Plans a romantic date full of cheesy things he wouldn't
normally like to do, just because he knows it means a lot to you.

18. Appreciate you.

19. Help others out.

20. Drive 5 hours just to see you for 1.

21. Always gives you a peck on the cheek when
you depart from each others company, even when his
friends are watching.

22. Sing, even if he can't.

23. Have a creative sense of humor.

24. Stare at you.

25. Call for no reason.

26. Quit smoking, chewing, drinking, or drugs - just because he loves u that much to quit it.

10 Management Secrets That Will Guarantee Failure

10 Management Secrets

That Will Guarantee Failure

1. Make sure you hire from the bottom of the barrel

Bad employees are great! They will all but guarantee you a life full of drama. Why be on easy street when you can have a work force run amuck with thieves, liars and con-artists? Besides, who wants to spend the time and money necessary to do extensive interviews, skill tests, background checks and character assessments?

2. Over promise and under deliver

Tell people what you think they want to hear. It's a lot more expedient than radical honesty. The fun thing is there is absolutely no limit on the amount of promises you can make. If somebody complains about the last promise you made then make him or her a new one. The fact is people want to be lied to. This "walk your talk" stuff is for amateurs only.

3. Keep your business plans to yourself

All this talk about sharing your vision, mission and goals is pure bologna. People like to be kept in the dark. Besides, if mushrooms can thrive in that environment why can't your employees?

4. Control as much as you can

Spending your time trying to empower other people is just so exhausting. Better off engaging in control and manipulation so that they don't dare think for themselves. If they try to revolt, then bring in the heavy artillery.

5. Give them all 2's

Everybody knows that the way to motivate people is to scare the "you know what" out of them. One of the best ways of doing that is to give them poor performance evaluations. They will be fearful for their jobs and be motivated to work like crazy just to survive. In fact, it's probably a good idea to give them disciplinary notices on a regular basis whether they deserve them or not.

6. Create internal competition

Ever see rats climb all over each other in order to get at a piece of cheese? Don't think this doesn't work with your employees too. Make it very clear there can only be one good employee every month. This is a particularly appropriate strategy in the sales area. Make sure only one person in your sales organization gets that trip to Hawaii every year. The less in the way of best practices they share with each other, the better your odds of motivating them out of a scarcity mentality.

7. Bag the meetings

This business about holding team meetings is highly overrated. Besides, it just takes people away from doing their jobs. The last thing you want to do is give people another excuse not to do their work.

8. Work 'em 'til they drop

Squeeze every ounce out of your employees every chance you get. Never mind that you have to pay them overtime or that they may burn out and make tons of mistakes. There's plenty more bodies where they came from.

9. Ignore today's compliance obligations

There are so many personnel law obligations that trying to reach the "Golden Shores of Compliance" is a futile effort at best. Better off letting your exposures run rampant and deal with them in the courtroom. Besides, we just love our lawyers.

10. Train from within

Or, forget training altogether. Better off recycling ignorance than employing profound knowledge - which can only be gathered from outside of a system.

Special Bonus Secret

11. Forget your commitments

This bonus secret is a real powerful one and brings us full circle. Besides, your workforce probably isn't very committed to you. They say they want to work for you for years and then they quit after only a couple of months. What's up with that?

These secrets will all but guarantee your business failure.

One note: just make sure you bleed the company to a point of extinction before you use these powerful secrets.

By: Lucy Doss

90/10 rule - Stephen Covey

Author: Stephen Covey

Discover the 90/10 Principle.

It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations).
What is this principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react.
What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us.
We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane will be late arriving, which throws our whole schedule off. A driver may cut us off in traffic.
We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.
How? ……….By your reaction.
You cannot control a red light. but you can control your reaction. Don't let people fool you; YOU can control how you react.
Let's use an example.
You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just happened.
What happens next will be determined by how you react.
You curse.
You harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticize her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus.
Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit.
After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home.
When you arrive home, you find small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.
Why? …. Because of how you reacted in the morning.
Why did you have a bad day?
A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?
The answer is “D".
You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day.
Here is what could have and should have happened.
Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, "Its ok honey, you just need to be more careful next time". Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come back down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.
Notice the difference?
Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.
Why?
Because of how you REACTED.
You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction.
Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle. If someone says something negative about you, don't be a sponge. Let the attack roll off like water on glass. You don't have to let the negative comment affect you!
React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc.
How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? A friend of mine had the steering wheel fall off) Do you curse? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them?
WHO CARES if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the cars ruin your drive?
Remember the 90/10 principle, and do not worry about it.
You are told you lost your job.
Why lose sleep and get irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying energy and time into finding another job.
The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take outpour frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on.
Use your time to study, get to know the other passenger. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse.
Now you know the 90-10 principle. Apply it and you will be amazed at the results. You will lose nothing if you try it. The 90-10 principle is incredible. Very few know and apply this principle.
The result?
Millions of people are suffering from undeserved stress, trials, problems and heartache. We all must understand and apply the 90/10 principle.
It CAN change your life!!!

Enjoy….