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1. GARBAGE TRUCKS
ONE DAY, I HOPPED INTO A TAXI AND TOOK OFF FOR THE AIRPORT . WE WERE DRIVING IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN SUDDENLY, A BLACK CAR, JUMPED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE RIGHT IN
FRONT OF US. MY TAXI DRIVER SLAMMED THE BRAKES, SKIDDED, AND MISSED THE OTHER CAR BY JUST INCHES! THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER CAR WHIPPED HIS HEAD AROUND AND STARTED
YELLING AT US. MY TAXI DRIVER JUST SMILED AND WAVED AT THE GUY. I MEAN, WAS REALLY FRIENDLY. SO I ASKED, "WHY DID YOU JUST DO THAT? THIS GUY ALMOST RUINED YOUR CAR AND
SENT US TO THE HOSPITAL!" THIS IS WHEN MY TAXI DRIVER TAUGHT ME WHAT I NOW CALL, 'THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK'
HE EXPLAINED, "MANY PEOPLE ARE LIKE GARBAGE TRUCKS. THEY RUN AROUND FULL OF GARBAGE, FULL OF FRUSTRATION, FULL OF ANGER, AND FULL OF DISAPPOINTMENT. AS THEIR GARBAGE
PILES UP, THEY NEED A PLACE TO DUMP IT AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL DUMP IT ON YOU. NEVER TAKE IT PERSONALLY. JUST SMILE, WAVE, WISH THEM WELL, AND MOVE ON WITH THE ROUTINE
LIFE." DON'T TAKE THEIR GARBAGE AND SPREAD IT TO OTHER PEOPLE AT WORK, AT HOME OR ON THE STREETS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO NOT LET GARBAGE TRUCKS TAKE OVER THEIR DAY. LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING WITH REGRETS, SO...... 'LOVE THE
PEOPLE WHO TREAT YOU RIGHT.. PRAY FOR THE ONES WHO DON'T.'
A VERY RIGHTLY SAID QUOTE: LIFE IS 10% WHAT YOU MAKE AND 90% HOW YOU TAKE!!!!
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2. RISKY BUSINESS
A TEN CENT IDEA - GREAT BUSINESS STORY
WHEN YOUNG F. W. WOOLWORTH WAS A STORE CLERK, HE TRIED TO CONVINCE HIS BOSS TO HAVE A TEN-CENT SALE TO REDUCE INVENTORY.
THE BOSS AGREED, AND THE IDEA WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS. THIS INSPIRED WOOLWORTH TO OPEN HIS OWN STORE AND PRICE ITEMS AT A NICKEL AND A DIME. HE NEEDED CAPITAL FOR SUCH A
VENTURE, SO HE ASKED HIS BOSS TO SUPPLY THE CAPITAL FOR PART INTEREST IN THE STORE.
HIS BOSS TURNED HIM DOWN FLAT. "THE IDEA IS TOO RISKY," HE TOLD WOOLWORTH. "THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ITEMS TO SELL FOR FIVE AND TEN CENTS." WOOLWORTH WENT AHEAD WITHOUT HIS
BOSS'S BACKING, AND HE NOT ONLY WAS SUCCESSFUL IN HIS FIRST STORE, BUT EVENTUALLY HE OWNED A CHAIN OF F. W. WOOLWORTH STORES ACROSS THE NATION. LATER, HIS FORMER BOSS WAS
HEARD TO REMARK, "AS FAR AS I CAN FIGURE OUT, EVERY WORD I USED TO TURN WOOLWORTH DOWN COST ME ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS."
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3. KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING
CLARK AND MASON WERE SITTING IN THE BREAK ROOM TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR THEIR SMALL COMPANY. MASON, EVER THE WORRIER, WAS EXPRESSING HIS FRUSTRATIONS OVER HOW "QUICK SUCCESS" SEEMED
TO BE ELUDING THEM. MASON SAID TO CLARK, "I CAN'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF OUR HARD WORK. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE HAS BEEN TO NO AVAIL."
CLARK, A MORE SEASONED BUSINESSPERSON, SAT LISTENING TO HIS BUSINESS PARTNER, WHILE PEELING A BIG RED APPLE. HE UNDERSTOOD MASON'S FRUSTRATION. EARLY IN HIS BUSINESS CAREER, CLARK HAD SIMILAR FEELINGS AND
OFTEN GAVE UP ON HIS GOALS PREMATURELY BECAUSE HE DID NOT BELIEVE IN HIMSELF. FORTUNATELY, CLARK GAINED UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR BELIEF AND PATIENCE.
HOLDING UP THE APPLE HE WAS PEELING, CLARK SAID TO MASON, "SEE THIS APPLE, MASON. WHEN I CUT IT IN HALF, WE CAN COUNT THE NUMBER OF SEEDS IN IT." CLARK CUT THE APPLE IN HALF AND NOTED THE NUMBER OF SEEDS IN
THE CORE OF THE APPLE. HE HELD UP ONE SEED FOR MASON TO SEE. "HOWEVER," CLARK CONTINUED, "WE CANNOT COUNT THE NUMBER OF APPLES IN ONE SEED." MASON LOOKED AT CLARK AS HE MOMENTARILY STRUGGLED TO
UNDERSTAND HOW CLARK'S EXAMPLE RELATED TO HIS CONCERNS.
CLARK CONTINUED, "WE CANNOT KNOW HOW MANY “TREES” WILL GROW AND BEAR FRUIT FROM OUR EFFORTS THUS FAR. NOW IS THE TIME TO ASSUME THAT OUR SEED WILL BEAR FRUIT, TO SEE THE ORCHARD FILLED WITH TREES
LOADED WITH APPLES, WHICH HAVE BEEN FERTILIZED WITH BELIEF AND CONFIDENCE, AND WATERED WITH ENTHUSIASM. WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO ALLOW THE WEEDS OF NEGATIVITY AND DOUBT STRANGLE THE NEW PLANTS AS
THEY STRUGGLE TO GROW INTO FRUIT-BEARING TREES."
OFTEN, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO SEE BEYOND WHAT IS PRESENT, OR ABSENT, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AFTER WE HAVE MADE A DECISION AND TAKEN ACTION. THE SILENCE BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE LAUNCH OUR GOAL AND
WHEN WE BEGIN TO SEE THE RESULTS OF OUR EFFORTS CAN BE DEAFENING. IT IS DURING THIS TIME THAT WE MAY LOSE MOMENTUM AND ENTHUSIASM FOR OUR GOALS AND ALSO OUR ABILITY TO SEE THOUSANDS OF APPLES IN
ONE APPLE SEED MAY SEPARATE THE TRULY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE FROM THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE ONLY A MODICUM OF SUCCESS.
WE SHOULD MAINTAIN A VISION OF WHAT WE WANT, NEED OR DESIRE AND BECOME CONFIDENT IN OUR ABILITIES TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS EVEN WHEN WE CANNOT SEE THE RESULTS OF OUR EFFORTS YET.”..
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4. TANSEN THE SINGER
HERE IS AN ANECDOTE FROM THE LIFE OF THE FAMOUS EMPEROR AKBAR WHO WAS VERY FOND OF MUSIC. MUSICIANS AND ARTISANS WERE GIVEN A LOT OF ENCOURAGEMENT AT AKBAR'S COURT. THE
GREAT SINGER TANSEN WAS HIS COURT SINGER. ONE DAY AKBAR SAID, "TANSEN, YOU SING SO BEAUTIFULLY. I AM SURE THAT THERE IS NO ONE IN THE WORLD WHO CAN SING BETTER THAN YOU."
TANSEN REPLIED HUMBLY, "BADSHAH SALAMAT (YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS), I BEG TO DIFFER. THERE IS ONE PERSON WHO SINGS MORE SWEETLY THAN ME."
AKBAR SAID, "THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE. WHO IS HE?" TANSEN SAID, "OH BADSHAH! HE IS MY GURU SHRI HARIDAS. IF YOU WANT TO HEAR HIM SING, YOU SHALL HAVE TO COME WITH ME TO VRINDAVAN."
SO IT WAS SETTLED. AKBAR WENT TO VRINDAVAN ALONG WITH TANSEN. THEY REACHED THERE IN THE LATE EVENING. TANSEN SAID, "MAHARAJ, MY GURU SHOULD BE RESTING NOW. LET US ALSO SLEEP.
WE SHALL GO TO SEE HIM IN THE MORNING."
IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING, AKBAR WOKE UP TO THE SOUND OF SOMEONE SINGING. HE LISTENED INTENTLY. THE SINGER WAS SINGING A DEVOTIONAL SONG, TO WAKE UP THE BABY
KRISHNA SLEEPING IN HIS CRADLE. SO SWEET WERE THE NOTES AND SO HEAVILY WERE THEY DRENCHED IN LOVE AND DEVOTION THAT THE VOICE WAS DIVINE AND SWEET BEYOND WORDS. AKBAR WAS
TOTALLY IMMERSED IN THE SWEET NECTARINE WORDS AND INTOXICATING MUSIC. TANSEN WOKE UP TO FIND AKBAR TOTALLY OVERWHELMED BY THE SWEETNESS OF THE SONG THAT HE WAS
UNCONSCIOUSLY AN AUDIENCE TO. TANSEN WHISPERED INTO THE EAR OF THE EMPEROR, "MY LORD THAT IS MY GURU HARIDAS."
AKBAR SLOWLY OPENED HIS TEAR-FILLED EYES AND ASKED, "YOU TOO SING IN MY COURT TANSEN; BUT WHAT IS THIS? YAH ALLAH! WHAT SWEETNESS! I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE! WHAT IS
THE DIFFERENCE?" TANSEN SAID, "BADSHAH SALAMAT THERE IS ONLY ONE DIFFERENCE. BUT IT IS A GREAT BIG DIFFERENCE."
"WHAT IS THAT?"
"MY LORD, I SING FOR THE BADSHAH OF DELHI. MY GURU HARIDAS SINGS FOR THE BADSHAH OF THE UNIVERSE!"
WHAT AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE! ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR GOD BECOMES SWEET AND BEAUTIFUL. BHAGAWAN BABA TELLS US THAT, DEVOTION IS
NOT A UNIFORM TO BE WORN ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS. DEVOTION IS A WAY OF LIFE!
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