When things go wrong

THE MISTAKEN PRODUCT
In the time that it takes you to read this sentence, some 13,000 orders for Coca-Cola are being placed. But believe it or not, the world’s most popular drink — 245 million orders per day, according to company publicists — got its start in life as a tonic, the concoction of Dr John Smith Pemberton of Atlanta. In 1886, Dr Smith was already producing a number of medicines, including something called the French Wine of Coca, a tonic. When he came up with the formula for Coca-Cola, he was trying to put together a remedy for headaches and exhaustion. The existing Coca product was to be the base, the wine was to be eliminated, the sugar content increased and caffeine and acid added.Oils were added, too, because the original was a bitter brew. Still, something was missing when the new product went on sale in an Atlanta pharmacy. A clerk, instructed to mix the syrup with ice and water, provided missing ingredient when he misunderstood the instructions and mixed it with carbonated water.Of such mistake are legends born and fortunes made. Coca-Cola hasn’t missed a dividend since 1893.

Mistakes are going to be made in every endeavour. Expect them — but learn from them too.

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Be Aware before taking harsh conclusion

HASTY CONCLUSION
The train has started moving. It is packed with people of all ages, mostly with the working men and women and young college students. Near the window is seated an old man with his 30-year-old son. As the train moves by, the son is overwhelmed with joy as he was thrilled with the scenery outside.“See dad, the scenery of green trees moving away is very beautiful.”This behaviour from a 30-year-old son made the other people feel strange about him. Everyone started murmuring something or other about this son. “This guy seems to be a crack,” the newly married Tom whispered to his wife. Suddenly it started raining. Rain drops fell on the travellers through the open window. The 30-year-old son, filled with joy, “See dad, how beautiful the rain is!” Tom’s wife got irritated with the rain drops spoiling her new suit. The angry Tom shouted, “Can’t you see it’s raining, you old man? If your son is not feeling well get him soon to a mental asylum, and don’t disturb public henceforth.” The old man hesitated first and then in a low tone replied, “We are on the way back from hospital; my son got discharged today morning. He was blind by birth, last week only he got his vision by a very kind person who wished to donate his eyes after his death. These rain and nature are new to my son’s eyes. Please forgive us for the inconvenience caused.”

The things we see may be right from our perspective until we know the truth. But when we know the truth our reaction to that will hurt even us. So try to understand the problem better before taking a harsh action.

-Courtesy to iquote magazine for above story


A great love? It’s when you shed tears and still you care for him, it’s when he ignores you and still you long for him. It’s when he begins to love another and yet you still smile and say ‘I’m happy for you.’

Thoughts to Discover ourselves

Be Natural and Realistic
A transport company had advertised for the post of assistants. At the job interview the applicants were asked to move a very heavy safe from one place to another. The job applicants struggled to move the safe, thinking that was a test of their brawn, but in vain. Then came Johnny, a well-built muscular man. When he was asked to move the safe, he said, “Are you kidding? I can’t move that safe by myself. I need help.” He got the job.

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Choices

CHOICES
Some people sit, some people try;Some people laugh, some people cry;Some people will, some people won’t;Some people do, some people don’t.Some people believe, and develop a plan;Some people doubt, never think that they can;Some people face hurdles and give it their best;Some people back down when faced with a test.Some people complain of their miserable lot;Some people are thankful for all that they’ve got;And when it’s all over, when it comes to an end;Some people lose out, and some people win.We all have a choice, we all have a say;We are spectators in life, or we get in and play;Whichever we choose, how we handle life’s game;The choices are ours, no one else is to blame.Born to Be GreatOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that frightens us. Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
– Nelson Mandela

" Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
-Epictetus

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Anecdotes of the great

HOW TO MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS

1.Don’t ask others to make decisions for you. Effective decision making is a do-it-yourself project.
2. Surround yourself with the facts. Look for distorted facts, weed them out.
3.Argue the pros and cons. Know what you are getting into. See the consequence of your final decision. Once you’ve made your decision and acted on it, forget about it. Don’t worry about the outcome.
4. Don’t let people become hostile when discusing problems that require an important decision. Clear thinking is the answer, not heated arguments and temper tantrums.
5. Never make important decisions when you are angry, ill or in any way emotionally disturbed.
Put your problems in writing.
6. Turn your problems to your subconscious mind. Repeat ‘solution’ throughout your day. Know that subconscious has the answer and will reveal it to you.
7. Visualize the outcome of your problem. Picture it in your mind’s eye as you want it to be.
8.Never compromise your ideals or allow others to mentally blackmail you into making decisions you know are wrong. Stand up for your right of free thought.
– Brian Adams

The most important question to ask on the job is not “What am I getting?” The most important question to ask is “What am I becoming?”
– Jim Rohn

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Happy Pongal And Sankaranthi Wishes..

Unseen Merits

UNSEEN MERIT
A Churchgoer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. “I’ve gone and done it for 30 long years now,” he wrote, “and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can’t remember a single one of them. So, I think I’m wasting my time and the preachers are wasting theirs too by giving lengthy sermons all.” This started a real controversy in the ‘letters to the editor’ column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: “I’ve been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know that they all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me those meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!”
Every visit to the church or temple does not go in vain, provided you do it with good intention

Courtesy: iquote.in magazine for above article

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of the people who have touched their lives.

Will Power

WILL-POWER
An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted to spade his potato garden, but it was very hard work. His only son, who would have helped him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and mentioned his situation: “Dear Son, I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate to miss doing the garden, because your mother always loved planting them. I’m just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me, if you weren’t in prison.” Shortly, the old man received this telegram: “For Heaven’s sake, Dad, don’t dig up the garden! That’s where I buried the guns!” At 4 am the next morning, a dozen FBI agents and local police officers showed up and dug up the entire garden without finding any guns.Confused, the old man wrote another note to his son telling him what happened, and asked him what to do next. His son’s reply was: “Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It’s the best I could do for you from here.”

No matter where you are in the world, if you have decided to do something deep from your heart, you can do it!

Beyond the ordinary.

THE CREATOR OF THE POLIO VACCINE
Jonas Salk is known best as the developer of the first successful vaccine against polio, but he also made many other contributions in the field of medicine. Though Salk’s family was poor and lacked formal education, they urged their children to work and study hard. Though he wanted to become a lawyer, he eventually entered into a medical school. It was when polio was one of the greatest cripplers and killers in the world. Many died and most were unable to walk because the disease weakened the muscles and the nerves.Salk felt the compelling desire to develop a polio vaccine. He often worked twenty hours a day, seven days a week, trying one serum after another. His colleagues were often astonished by his tireless and painstaking efforts. Salk’s break-through came in 1953 when he discovered a vaccine using dead polio virus cells to help the body’s immune system create antibodies to fight off live virus cells.The question was raised then as to whether the new found vaccine could be injected into humans. To prove his confidence in the vaccine, he injected the same into himself and his children due to the objections from government authorities. The vaccine proved successful as everybody who received the test vaccine started producing anti-bodies against the virus. Thus the vaccine for polio came into existence. All what Salk had to say was, “Hope lies in dreams and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams a reality. "

Our Life is Our Choice

Have You Ever?
Have you ever experienced in your life you felt so empty for no reason? Have you ever felt so down but you can’t tell why?Have you ever felt like the world spins around you and you are caught in the middle going nowhere?Weird isn’t it? But that’s the beauty of being human.
It is knowing that there is a purpose for each existence.Whatever that maybe, it is also the reason why we sleep and still wake up breathing each day to discover the missing pieces that would make us complete.

A fantastic sentence at a Japanese Country bus stop: ‘Only buses will wait here, not your time. So keep walking towards your goal.’

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