Funny Emails, Funny Cell Phone Forwards, Funny SMS, Funny Quotes, Funny Poems
Funny Emails, Funny Cell Phone Forwards, Funny SMS, Funny Quotes, Funny Poems

Each day when you set your personal deadlines and making the most of your schedule, work to race against those set time goals. Work faster, beat the clock, and accomplish your tasks earlier than expected.

Do you want to know how to make the most out of your time? Are you searching for a way to get where you want to be in life faster than the speed you are currently going? The key to succeeding in these areas involves understanding and implementing time management strategies that high achievers use every day of their lives to make more money, increase time spent with family, and achieve all around happiness in life.

Now take a look a few years from now and imagine yourself as being the most productive and successful people in your career field. What would your day be like? What would you look like? How much work would you accomplish each day? These questions are to be written on paper to help you create a vision for yourself.

Keep the mental vision of yourself as a super product individual in your mind at all times. Remember how effective you were at handling those tasks at that time. Consider how efficient you were. You were doing all of the right things and at the right time and at record speed. In addition to accomplishing more, remember how good you felt about yourself and the confidence that properly managing your time did for you.

Once you have created a clear mental picture of the future self, continue to visualize your ideal self as if you already had the time management traits that you desire to have today. Strive to act as if you had the urgency of the “you-of-tomorrow” in everything that you are working for today. Remember that the person that you see in your vision can and will be the person that exists today, so long as you keep that vision regardless of the circumstances. “So starting today, set the same goals, work with the same vigor, and feel as though you were making the most of your time as you are with your future.

Would you have made the same choice?

At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: “When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done with perfection. Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understand things as other children do. Where is the natural order of things in my son?”

The audience was stilled by the query.

The father continued. “I believe  that when a child like Shay, physically and mentally handicapped comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true human nature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.”

Then he told the following story:

Shay and his father had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, “Do you think they’ll let me play?”  Shay’s father knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but the father also understood that if his son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.

Shay’s father approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, “We’re losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning.”

Shay struggled over to the team’s bench and, with a broad smile, put on a team shirt. His Father watched with a small tear in his eye and warmth in his heart. The boys saw the father’s joy at his son being accepted. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field. Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the game and on the field, grinning from ear to ear as his father waved to him from the stands. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay’s team scored again. Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.

At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but impossible because Shay didn’t even know how to hold the bat properly, much less connect with the ball.

However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay’s life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right back to the pitcher.

The game would now be over. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.

Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman’s head, out of reach of all team mates. Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, “Shay, run to first! Run to first!” Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.

Everyone yelled, “Run to second, run to second!” Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and struggling to make it to the base. By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball … the smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for his team. He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but he understood the pitcher’s intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high and far over the third-baseman’s head. Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled the bases toward home.

All were screaming, “Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay”

Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, “Run to third! Shay, run to third!”

As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on their feet screaming, “Shay, run home! Run home!” Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit the grand slam and won the game for his team.

“That day”, said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, “the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world”.

Shay didn’t make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never forgotten being the hero and making his father so happy, and coming home and seeing his Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!

AND NOW A LITTLE FOOTNOTE TO THIS STORY: We all send thousands of jokes through the e-mail without a second thought, but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people hesitate. The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools and workplaces.

If you’re thinking about letting others know about this, chances are that you’re probably sorting out the people in your address book who aren’t the “appropriate” ones to receive this type of message. Well, the person who sent you this believes that we all can make a difference. We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the “natural order of things.” So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with a choice: Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up those opportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?

A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it’s least fortunate amongst them.

You now have two choices:
1. move to the next post without thinking twice or
2. let a couple of other friends know about this post
May your day, be a Shay Day.

The best gift you can give a person is your emotional support. It is at times when we feel down or know we had made a mistake, we look to our loved ones for support, for we need all the assurance that they can give. You need to have a sense of willingness to accept your faults and be of emotional help. Let’s not forget the power of one simple touch, a kind word, a smile.

Even the smallest act of showing love and care, brings about drastic changes. They are assured that they have someone to depend on and are not alone in this world, to face the consequences for their actions. They have a sense of well being and reassured. It also helps in building their emotional sustenance, one of the important factors of character formation.

Criticizing others for their mistakes, not realizing that they are also human and do make mistakes, is not a very polite gesture. Accept the fact that nobody is perfect and give margins for their faults. If you do not follow this regular routine, you are considered to be abnormal. Accept his faults gracefully, giving credit for his honesty. By giving adequate support you create in him senses of well being and feeling of reassurance. Make him feel that you can be depended upon has your compassion, and can cry on your shoulder. Provide ample support so that it changes his life style for the good.

Physical support your presence in their times of need does have an impression but your emotional support is what makes them stand and face things bravely. They will cherish this in their minds for ever, ever grateful to you for being their source of inspiration, moral support.

This has to be one of the most Inspirational messages I’ve come across in a long time …

“The Race Is Not Over Because I Haven’t Won Yet … !!”

[tags]inspirational messages, confidence, success[/tags]

Come New Year eve and none of us are spared from answering the popular question, ‘What is your resolution and goal for this year?’ Most of us invariably end up saying that we don’t set any goals or make resolutions because we never fulfill them. We list down goals that one might have never fancied in one’s wildest of dreams. But only a handful of us take steps to make our aims and ambitions a reality.

If you all agree with me about this ‘goal-setting’ theory, then there is another reality that I want to turn your focus to. However clichéd it may sound, the fact that one can succeed from one’s failures remains a universal truth. The path toward victory is often laid with stones and thorns, it is said. Yet it is the failures that we come across in our endeavors that help us strive and win our spurs.

Failure, indeed, is the stepping stone to success. Do not get discouraged at not being able to succeed at the first attempt. Instead identify where you have gone wrong in order to correct your mistake and go ahead.

Once you have traced the reason for your failure, then you are not far away from realizing your dreams. If you know that a particular element in your strategy is troubling you, then be sure that focusing on that element and rectifying it will help you win.

It is true that continuous failures and setbacks can be difficult to handle and let your confidence level dip. But you must learn to face the situation with an open mind and use your presence of mind to see how the problem can be solved. As long as you don’t chip off the doubts and uncertainties from your mind, you will not be able to progress towards your destination.

Set goals that are realistic, practical and feasible and avoid setting extremely high targets at the start itself and get daunted at failures. See for yourself if you can achieve the goal within the stipulated date and also check if you have the means to achieve it so also your strategies for the same. Then you must begin about your work and get encouraged at slowly succeeding with one step at a time.

Do not look down upon failure as something bad and ensure that you don’t lose your hopes at the first instance of failure.
Never give room to laziness and pessimism at any cost. Even at the slightest inkling of slipping away from your path should not make you waver and set your heart and soul to your goals and enjoy what you do. Last but not the least; do not ever delegate your goals to anybody else. You are your best judge. So it is you who should know what you want to achieve and how and when you want to achieve it. A well-planned goal is the right key to success.

If you take time to Judge people, you won’t have time to LOVE them.

- Mother Theresa

[tags] love people, judge people[/tags]

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[tags]team work, team motivation[/tags]

Be like the moon -

So simple, yet so attractive… so enlightening, yet so cool… so moving, yet so still… so quite, yet so popular… so romantic, yet so single .

[tags]moon, attractive, enlightening, cool, romantic, popular[/tags]

When your commitment is deeper than the ocean and your ambition is taller than a mountain, then definitely your future will be brighter than the Sun

[tags]funny emails, funny cell phone forwards, commitment, ambition[/tags]

Sooner or later, everyone you know will disappoint you in some way.

They’ll say something or fail to say something that will hurt you.

And they’ll do something or fail to do something that will anger you.

It’s inevitable.

Unfortunately, you make things worse when you stew over someone’s words and deeds. When you dwell on a rude remark or an insensitive action made by another person, you’re headed for deeper problems.

In fact, the more you dwell on these things, the more bitter you’ll get. You’ll find your joy, peace and happiness slipping away. And you’ll find your productivity slowing down as you spend more and more time thinking about the slight or telling others about it.

Eventually, if you don’t stop doing it, you’ll even get sick.

So what should you do the next time someone betrays you?

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR FEELINGS.

Even though the other person may be at fault, even though the other person wronged you, you are still responsible for your own feelings.

In other words, other people do not “cause” your feelings. You choose them.

For example, two different people could be told that their suggestions made at the staff meeting were “stupid and idiotic.” One person may “choose” to feel so hurt that he never speaks up at any other meeting again. The other person may “choose” to feel sorry for the critic, sorry that the critic couldn’t see the wisdom and necessity of her suggestions.

As long as you blame other people for your feelings, as long as you believe other people caused your feelings, you’re stuck. You’re a helpless victim. But if you recognize the fact that you choose your feelings and you are responsible for your feelings, there’s hope. You can take some time to think about your feelings. And you can decide what the best thing to say or do is.

Then, you’ve got to learn to WALK AWAY FROM DISAPPOINTMENT. It’s difficult to do, but it’s possible. The famous 19th century Scottish historian, Thomas Carlyle, proved that.

After working on his multi-volume set of books on “The French Revolution” for six years, Carlyle completed the manuscript and took volume one to his friend John Stuart Mill. He asked Mill to read it.

Five days later, Mill’s maid accidentally threw the manuscript into the fire. In agony, Mill went to Carlyle’s house to tell him that his work had been destroyed. Carlyle did not flinch.

With a smile, he said, “That’s all right, Mill. These things happen.

It is a part of life. I will start over. I can remember most of it, I am sure. Don’t worry. It’s all here in my mind. Go,my friend! Do not feel bad.”

As Mill left, Carlyle watched him from the window. Carlyle turned to his wife and said, “I did not want him to see how crushed I am by this misfortune.” And with a heavy sigh, he added, “Well the manuscript is gone, so I had better start writing again.”

Carlyle finally completed the work, which ranks as one of the great classics of all time. He had learned to walk away from his disappointment.

After all, what could Carlyle have done about his burnt manuscript?

Nothing. Nothing would have resurrected the manuscript. All Carlyle could do was to get bitter or get started. And what can you do about anything once it is over? Not much. You can try to correct it if it is possible, or you can walk away from it if it isn’t. Those are your only two choices.

Sometimes you’ve just got to shake it off and step up. It’s like the farmer who had an old mule who fell into a deep dry well. As he assessed the situation, he knew it would be difficult, if not impossible, to lift the heavy mule out of the deep well.

So the farmer decided to bury the mule in the well.

After all, the mule was old and the well was dry, so he could solve two problems at once. He could put the old mule out of his misery and have his well filled.

The farmer asked his neighbours to help him with the shoveling. To work they went. As they threw shovel-full of dirt after shovel-full of dirt on the mule’s back, the mule became frightened.

Then all of a sudden an idea came to the mule. Each time they would throw a shovel-full of dirt on his back, he would shake it off and step up.

Shovel-full after shovel-full, the mule would shake it off and step up. In not too long a time, the exhausted and dirty mule stepped over the top of the well and through the crowd.

That’s the same approach we all need to take. We need to shake it off and step up.

Finally, you need to FORGIVE. It’s difficult, especially when the other person doesn’t deserve your forgiveness or doesn’t even seek it. It’s difficult when the other person is clearly in the wrong.

Part of the difficulty comes from a common misunderstanding of forgiveness. Forgiveness doesn’t mean that the other person’s behaviour is okay. And forgiveness doesn’t mean that the other person is off the hook. He’s still responsible for his misbehaviour.

Forgiveness is about letting yourself off the emotional hook. It’s about releasing your negative emotions, attitudes, and behaviours.

It’s about letting go of the past so you can go forward to the future.

Everyone in your life, everyone on and off the job is going to disappoint you. If you know how to respond to those situations, you’ll be way ahead of most people. You’ll be able to live above and beyond your circumstances.

Action:

Identify two people that have disappointed, hurt, or angered you. If possible, select two people towards whom you still have some bitterness. Then ask yourself,

“How does my bitterness serve me?
Am I happier holding on to it?
Do I sleep better?
Is my life richer, fuller, and better because of my bitterness?”

If you find that your bitterness is hurting you, make a decision.

Actually decide to let it go.

Walk away from the disappointment — which means you no longer dwell on it or talk about it. Period!

[tags] disappointment, bitterness [/tags]