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This is one of the most inspiring videos that I have ever watched, absolutely FANTASTIC……
This is a story about a guy, a guy like most of us, common, questioning his existences, measuring himself to others, never believing in his abilities or his worth. Then one day, his passion outgrew his fears as he stepped onto a stage, a stage that took him to a place beyond his self imposed prison. Maybe this guy stopped believing in what people told him for so many years and ultimately started listening to his passion.
Watch the faces of the judges as this guy walks out on the stage. You can almost see what they're thinking as they pre-judge this guy based on his looks and the fact that he's a cell phone salesman.
Click on the link and see the clip... excellent stuff. Truly inspiring vocal chords...
http://www.maniacworld.com/Phone-Salesman-Amazes-Crowd.html
A
jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft.
The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.
'You are employed' he said. 'Give me your e-mail address and I'll send you the
application to fill in, as well as date when you may start'.
The man replied 'But I don't have a computer, neither an email.'
'I'm sorry', said the HR manager, 'If you don't have an email, that means you do
not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job.'
The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only $10 in
his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10Kg tomato
crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two
hours, he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three
times, and returned home with $60.
The man realised that he can survive by this way, and started to go everyday
earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled everyday.
Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, then he had his own fleet of delivery
vehicles. 5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US
. He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the
conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email.
The man replied, 'I don't have an email.' The broker answered
curiously, 'You don't have an email, and yet have succeeded to build an empire.
Can you imagine what you could have been if you had an email?!!'
The man thought for a while and replied, ' Yes, I'd be an office boy at
Microsoft!'
This story tells about two friends that were walking through the desert.
At one point during the trip they started arguing and one of the friends hit the other in the face.
The one that had been hit was hurt, but without a further word, wrote down in the sand:
‘TODAY MY BEST FRIEND HIT ME IN THE FACE.'
They carried on walking until they came across an oasis, where they decided to freshen up and bathe.
But the one that had been hit before got caught in the mud and was about to drown, but the friend saved him.
After he had recovered, he wrote down on a stone:
“TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.”
The friend that had hit his best friend and had then saved him asked:
‘After I hit you, you wrote in the sand and now you are writing on stone, why?'
The other friend answered:
‘When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand so that the wind can forgive us by blowing it away.”
But when someone does something nice for us, we should engrave it in stone, where no wind can ever blow it away.”
LEARN TO WRITE DOWN YOUR PAIN IN SAND AND TO ENGRAVE THE GOOD EXPERIENCES IN STONE.
They say it takes a minute to find someone special, an hour to appreciate them, a day to get to like and love them, but it takes a lifetime to forget them.
A Peacock in the Land of Penguins
Adapted from a book by BJ Gallagher Hateley & Warren H. Schmidt
in the Sea of Organisations.
These penguins were not always wise, they were not always popular, but they were always in charge.
The top management wore the same outlook in their distinctive
black and
white
suits.
They believed that uniformity is the way to do things;
Uniformity is Unity.
Birds who aspired to move up
the corporate ladder were encouraged
to adopt the
penguins’
code of conduct
and wear the
penguin
suits.
They learn the
penguin
stride and
follow the example of their leaders.
One day,
Perry
the peacock joined
the Land of Penguins.
He was loud,
colourful
and
full of new ideas.
Although he was different,
the
penguins
were impressed by his new ideas.
They felt that he has real
Penguin
Potential.
The penguins were pleased with their new recruit.
Perry was creative and he brought in good results.
He was too loud, too colourful and had too many new ideas that intruded the penguins’ comfort zone.
Perry
was also unhappy.
The penguins tried to turn him into a
penguin.
He was told to “try to be like the rest of us,
wear a
penguin
suit”.
Both parties were unhappy.
Creativity and innovation are seen to be “a breath of fresh air” in many organisations.
Many “Perrys” are recruited for their creativity. Yet, along the way, their creativity is stifled by the need to conform to the norm.
Other than
penguins
and
peacocks,
there are also
pigeons
who are
peacemakers in the office,
Ostriches
who choose to
bury their heads in the sand.
the penguins must not be ignored.
Penguins,
being the backbone of the organisation,
need to recognise that
diversity can exist in an organisation
if there is acceptance and trust. When we learn to appreciate
one another’s differences,
we become more willing to listen,
more open to new ideas and
more eager to grow.
Birds of different feathers
can work together in harmony.
