Posts Tagged ‘motivation’

DETERMINATION

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. Read more…

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Don’t Sink Your Success by Ignoring Relationships

John Paul Jones is regarded as The Father of the American Navy, and rightly so given his heroic courage in battle and his devotion to America’s struggle for independence. Yet sadly, Jones alienated himself from the country he loved, dying penniless and alone in France at the age of 45. Why did the war hero’s story end so dismally? The answer is simple: John Paul Jones never valued relationships.

Talent and Temper

John Paul Jones was born in Scotland under the given name of John Paul. He achieved notoriety as a 21-year old sailor when he safely piloted a ship back to port after its captain and first mate had succumbed to yellow fever. The feat won him the respect of the ship’s owners, who made him the vessel’s captain and gave him a commission on its profits.

John Paul’s success in Scotland was short-lived, though. Soon after being named as captain, he became enraged with a sailor and demanded that the man be whipped. The flogging ordered by John Paul was so severe that the man later died from his wounds. Although he avoided criminal charges and kept his command, John Paul’s reputation never recovered, nor did he learn his lesson.

A few years later, John Paul slaughtered a mutinous shipmate after a dispute over wages. Rather than stand trail for his actions, he fled to America, changing his name to John Paul Jones. Thus began a familiar trend, Jones’ spectacular skill and talent would gain him renown, but then his relational incompetence would undermine the success. Read more…

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Recognizing the drawback Creativity

Creativity is the heart of innovation. Without creativity there will be no innovation. Conversely, the higher the creativity, the way to the increasingly wide innovation as well. Unfortunately, a lot of illusion about creativity. For example, creativity is only owned a few talented people. More kaprah wrong again, creativity is nature since birth. John Kao, author of the book Jamming: The Art and Discipline in Creativity Bussiness, (1996), disprove this opinion. “We all have the creative ability of attention. And the true creativity can be taught and learned,” said Kao. Read more…

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RUN NOW..!!

Glenn Cunningham was eight years old when he got an accident. He and brother Floyd are set off when the school heating stove suddenly explode in fire and killed Floyd.Glenn was on the door so that he survived, but when he realized Floyd was inside, Glenn ran to saved him. He failed, even his two great feet burned.

Both legs became paralyzed and could not feel anything. Doctors recommend that both legs be amputated, but Glen refused it and requested doctor not amputated his leg. His parents did not konow what to do but supprted his decission . In his heart, in a moment He sure that he will be able to run again. Read more…

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Building Your House

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, “This is your house… my gift to you.” Read more…

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Life Is Beautiful

We should believe that everything in life is a lesson. There is an opportunity to learn from everything. And when you’re faced with a hard situation, think about what you can learn from it and how you can benefit from it. Nothing should be totally bad, that’s not the way is supposed to be. No one’s life is perfect and no one turns out exactly the way they wanted or expected, but life shouldn’t be a burden or something that you dread.

You’re only young once, so you should enjoy it, and you shouldn’t be in such a hurry to grow up. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and everything that you do and all of the decisions that you make, the big ones and the small ones, are all important. Read more…

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Praying Hands

Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this mob, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost eighteen hours a day at his trade and any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood. Despite their seemingly hopeless condition, two of Albrecht Durer the Elder’s children had a dream. They both wanted to pursue their talent for art, but they knew full well that their father would never be financially able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.

After many long discussions at night in their crowded bed, the two boys finally worked out a pact. They would toss a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother while he attended the academy. Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academy, either with sales of his artwork or, if necessary, also by laboring in the mines. Read more…

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