You must hit

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Saturday, 22 Nov '08

“It is not enough to aim; you must hit.”

--Italian Proverb

My Thoughts:
As said in previous quote, you would have lots of things on your target. So do many people would have the same things on their target….then what’s the difference between you and them?

Hitting the target will create the difference. Even if you miss, that doesn’t matter; all it matters is that you gave it a shot.

Greatest glory

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Friday, 21 Nov '08

 “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.”

--Confucius

My Thoughts:
Success is always relative. To you, reading this Blog can be a normal stuff, but for a visually impaired person it could be a great feat.

So to be consistently not failing, in other words, always being a winner can be your regular job and that’s not a real achievement. Your glory is manifested when you actually fail, but don’t loose courage till you achieve success. And this is how you see the contrast.

The Dark Age

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Thursday, 20 Nov '08

“An age is called Dark, not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.”
--James A. Michener

My Thoughts:
I remember a test done by a few scientists and it goes like this……Each person was shown a white paper with a black dot on it. And then they were asked to write what did they seen. I don’t remember the exact figure, but almost 99% of them replied that they saw a black dot. And the remaining ones said they saw a white paper with a dot on it.

99% of people failed to see the white paper…rather they had observed the black, small dot. That also works in life; we concentrate more on the negative, no matter small they may be. And we tent to ignore the good things, no matter how abundant they may be. And such a collective behavior would bring a dark age.

Reputation

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Wednesday, 19 Nov '08

 “The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.”

--Japanese Proverb

My Thoughts:
Here is a real life incident that I had come across during corporate soft skill training – A Software Company was about to struck a Billion Dollar deal with a major Japanese bank. The marketing team of the Software Company was constantly having meetings with the top officials of the Bank. Then came the day where on a dinner meeting both the parties would settle all the deal conditions and the next day would sign the deal.

All was going well during the dinner until the Marketing lead of the Software Company finished his dinner by licking the spoon and making a sound that is considered “Bad Table Manners.” The next day the Japanese bank reported that they would not like to do business with the company whose officials cannot handle their table manners at a dinner.

And that was called as a “Million Dollar Lick.” That’s enough to convince any one of us that you first impression (or for that matter any impression) could be your last impression.

Yours Mission in this world

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Tuesday, 18 Nov '08

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't."

--Richard Bach

My Thoughts:
It’s as simple as that…..you are alive that means you mission is not over. Each one of us on this Earth is sent for a mission, and you have limited time for completing for this mission.

I have nothing much to say on this, I am busy figuring my mission of life. Have you identified your mission of life?

Look ahead

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Monday, 17 Nov '08

“It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.”

--Jackie Joyner

My Thoughts:
A stitch in time saves nine. That is what I was taught when I was in school. I don’t want to confuse by giving one more proverb, but just thought of mentioning it.

It’s of no use to regret and cry over things that have already been over. But it is very much required that we look ahead and prepare for what is coming our way.

A bamboo and an Oak

Quote & Thought for the Day -- Sunday, 16 Nov '08

“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.”
--Japanese Proverb

My Thoughts:
At times it is difficult for us to accept our mistakes. At such occasions most of us think that if we accept our mistakes, then probably others would look upon us as a weak person.

But the reality is that it is the quality of a strong person that he is able to realize and accept his mistakes. So be like a Bamboo that bends at occasion and not like the Oak that resists and break.