The Pregnant Deer - A beautiful Management Story

In a forest, a pregnant deer is about to give birth.

She finds a remote grass field near a strong-flowing river.

This seems a safe place.

Suddenly labor pains begin.

At the same moment, dark clouds gather around above & lightning starts a forest fire.

She looks to her left & sees a hunter with his bow extended pointing at her.

To her right, she spots a hungry lion approaching her.

What can the pregnant deer do?

She is in labor!

What will happen?

Will the deer survive?

Will she give birth to a fawn?

Will the fawn survive?

Or will everything be burnt by the forest fire?

Will she perish to the hunters’ arrow?

Will she die a horrible death at the hands of the hungry lion approaching her?

She is constrained by the fire on the one side & the flowing river on the other & boxed in by her natural predators.

What does she do?

She focuses on giving birth to a new life.

The sequence of events that follows are:

- Lightning strikes & blinds the hunter.

- He releases the arrow which zips past the deer & strikes the hungry lion.

- It starts to rain heavily, & the forest fire is slowly doused by the rain.

- The deer gives birth to a healthy fawn.

In our life / business too, there are moments of choice when we are confronted on αall sides with negative thoughts and possibilities.

Some thoughts are so powerful that they overcome us & overwhelm us.

Maybe we can learn from the deer.

The priority of the deer, in that given moment, was simply to give birth to a baby.

The rest was not in her hands & any action or reaction that changed her focus would have likely resulted in death or disaster.

Ask yourself,

Where is your focus?

Focus should always remain on faith and hope.

Dear Addiction

I'm writing this to you

Telling you we're through

I can't take you anymore

Don't know what I liked you for

All you did was wear me out

Now I know what you're all about

You came to me with promise and joy

Now look at all the things you destroy

Families, lives, bank accounts you see

You ruined it all with one little tease

Look at the way you make me feel

Then you take it all and want me to steal

Why can't you just go and hide

Somewhere far away where I'll never find

Everyone at home doesn't understand

How you rip me apart, then lend me a hand

I keep coming back thinking inside

Maybe this time I'll make you my bride

Then I sit and wonder why

Why do you really want me to die

Thousands and thousands come to you

Hoping and praying you'll help them through

Then they fall for your lending hand

Only to realize you're nothing but a scam

You promised me heaven and sent me to hell

You ruined my life and then wished me well

Watch me now as I go on my way

I'm washing myself of all of your pain

So you and your power can just leave me be

I'm taking my life and setting it free

© Zeb Edington

DREAM BIG AND DARE TO FAIL

Conquer mountains tall and oceans deep,

Overcome every hill and dale,

Reach for the stars in the universe,

Dream big and dare to fail.

You'r neve too old or never to young

To reach places no one else has been,

Do the things that stir your soul,

And keep doing them over again.

Jump off mountains or out of airplanes,

Start living, if you have never fought

To live a life that will stir your heart,

It makes no difference if you succeed or not.

What matters most is the challenge

By doing things that make others pale,

Statt doing the deeds that some dare not.

Dream big and dare to fail.

What does it matter if you don't succeed,

It only matters that you feel the pride

Of putting some excitement into your life

And of knowing that at least you tried.

Don't be afraid to to lose or fail,

Just give it all you've got,

You will find your life more rewarding

If in its enthusiasm you get caught.

Aim for theose stars high in the sky

And never settle for anything less,

Don't even ask how far they are

And don't even try to guess.

Just reach out as far as you can,

For that is all you need to do

To fufill all your wishes and dreams,

And to find the real you.

So try living a life of excitement,

Go on a search for the Holy Grail,

Do things that will stir your soul,

Dream big and dare to fail.

by

William C. Glessing, USA

Its Possible...Get up...Go for it...

Close your eyes and listen to this

Get some air...

Grow Great By Dreams

The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman, "How have you done so much in your lifetime?"

He replied, "I grow great by dreams. I have turned my mind loose to imagine what I wanted to do. Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams. In the night I dreamt about my dreams. And when I awoke in the morning, I saw the way to make my dreams real. While other people were saying, 'You can't do that, it is impossible,' I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted." As Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the U.S., said: "We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers."

They see things in the soft haze of a spring day, or in the red fire on a long winter's evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nourish them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

So please, don not let anyone steal your dreams, or try to tell you they are too impossible.

"Sing your songs, and dream your dreams, hope your hope and pray your prayer."

Goal setting rules

There are several important rules that accompany effective goal setting.

First

Your goals must be in harmony with one another, not contradictory. You cannot have a goal to be financially successful, or to build your own successful business, and simultaneously have a goal to spend half your day at the golf course or at the beach. Your goals have to be mutually supportive and mutually reinforcing.

Second

Your goals must be challenging. They must make you stretch out without being overwhelmed. When you initially set goals, they should have about a 50 percent or better probability of success. This level of probability is ideal for motivation, yet not so difficult that you can become easily discouraged.

Third

You should have both tangible and intangible goals, both quantitative and qualitative. You should have concrete goals that you can measure and evaluate objectively. At the same time, you should have qualitative goals, for your inner life and your relationships.

Fourth

You need both short-term goals and long-term goals. You need goals for today and goals for five, ten, and twenty years from today. The ideal short-term time frame for business, career and personal planning is about ninety days. The ideal long-term period for these same goals is two to three years. These time horizons seem to be the ideal for continuous motivation.

Fifth

The ideal life is focused, purposeful, positive and organised so that you are moving toward goals that are important to you every hour of every day. You always know what you're doing and why. You have a continuous sense of forward motion. You feel like a 'winner' most of the time.

Sixth

The decision to become a goal-setting, goal achieving, future focused person gives you a tremendous sense of control. Your self-esteem increases as you progress toward your goals. You like and respect yourself more and more. Your personality improves and you become a more positive, confident person. You feel happy and exited about life. You open the floodgates of your potential and begin moving faster and faster toward becoming all that you were meant to be.

Action Exercise

Map out your short-term, long-term, qualitative, and quantitative goals for your future in both your personal and professional life.

Written by Brian Tracy

The Victor

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't. 
If you like to win but think you can't, 
It's almost a cinch you won't. 
If you think you'll lose, you're lost. 
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will. 
It's all in the state of mind. 
If you think you are out classed, you are. 
You've got to think high to rise. 
You've got to be sure of your-self before
You can ever win the prize. 
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man. 
But sooner or later, the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

by: C. W. Longenecker

10 Uplifting Quotes About Having Fun With Your Life

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” ― Helen Keller

“I have learned that you can go anywhere you want to go and do anything you want to do and buy all the things that you want to buy and meet all the people that you want to meet and learn all the things that you desire to learn and if you do all these things but are not madly in love: you 

have still not begun to live.” ― C. JoyBell

“Even though you’re growing up, you should never stop having fun.” – Nina Dobrev

“There’s no fear when you’re having fun.” – Will Thomas

“I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.” - Randy Pausch

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.” ― Bill Watterson

“Do anything, but let it produce joy.” ― Walt Whitman

“The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.” ― Leo Babauta

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.” ― Andy Rooney

“Enjoy life. There’s plenty of time to be dead.” ― Hans Christian Andersen

Carry On! by Robert W. Service

It's easy to fight when everything's right,

And you're mad with the thrill and the glory;

It's easy to cheer when victory's near,

And wallow in fields that are gory.

It's a different song when everything's wrong.

When you're feeling infernally mortal;

When it's ten against one, and hope there is none,

Buck up, little soldier, and chortle:

Carry on! Carry on!

There isn't much punch in your blow.

You're glaring and staring and hitting out blind;

You're muddy and bloody, but never mind.

Carry on! Carry on!

You haven't the ghost of a show.

It's looking like death, but while you've a breath,

Carry on, my son! Carry on!

And so in the strife of the battle of life

It's easy to fight when you're winning;

It's easy to slave, and starve and be brave,

When the dawn of success is beginning.

But the man who can meet despair and defeat

With a cheer, there's a man of God's choosing;

The man who can fight to Heaven's own height

Is the man who can fight when he's losing.

Carry on! Carry on!

Things never were looming so black.

But show that you haven't a cowardly streak,

And though you're unlucky you never are weak.

Carry on! Carry on!

Brace up for another attack.

It's looking like hell, but - you never can tell;

Carry on, old man! Carry on!

There are some who drift out in the deserts of doubt,

And some who in brutishness wallow;

There are others, I know, who in piety go

Because of a Heaven to follow.

But to labor with zest, and to give of your best,

For the sweetness and joy of the giving;

To help folks along with a hand and a song;

Why, there's the real sunshine of living.

Carry on! Carry on!

Fight the good fight and true;

Believe in you mission, greet life with a cheer;

There's big work to do, and that's why you are here.

Carry on! Carry on!

Let the world be the better for you;

And at last when you die, let this be your cry:

Carry on, my soul! Carry on!