The document tells a story about a blind boy holding a sign asking for money. A man changed the boy's sign to say "Today is a day and I cannot see it", emphasizing the boy's blindness. This new sign was more effective, filling the boy's hat with more money. There are two lessons learned from this story - to be thankful for what you have as others have less, and help where you can, as well as thinking that there is always a better way to communicate and improve situations.

1. There is ALWAYS….a
BETTER way.
Compiled By Madan Mohan Mallajosyula
Scrum Master, Life Skills Trainer, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt,…...madanmohan.pmo@gmail.com

2. A blind boy sat on the steps of a
building with a hat by his feet.
He held up a sign which said:

3. A man was walking by. He took a few
coins from his pocket and dropped them
into the hat.
There were only a few coins in the
hat.

4. He then took the sign, turned it around,
and wrote some words.
He put the sign back so that everyone
who walked by will see the new words.

5. Soon the hat began to fill up.
A lot more people were giving money
to the blind boy.

6. The boy recognized his footsteps and
asked,
”Were you the one who changed my sign
this morning? What did you write?”
That afternoon the man who had changed
the sign came to see how things were.

7. The man said,
“I only wrote the truth.
I said what you said but in a way.”

8. What he had written was:
"Today is a day
and I cannot see it."

9. Do you think the first sign and the
second sign were saying the same
thing?
Of course both signs told people the
boy was blind.

10. But the first sign simply told people to
help by putting some money in the hat.
The second sign told people that they were
able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the
boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

11. Should we be surprised that the
second sign was more effective?

12. There are at least two lessons we
can learn from this simple story.

13. The first is,
“Be thankful for what you have. Someone
else has less.
Help where you can.”

14. The second is,
“Be .
Be .
Think .
THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY!”

15. Thank You
Madan Mallajosyula