Posts Tagged ‘success’

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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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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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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EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL :When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You (part 2)

Emotional blackmail is very common. It is no more than emotional manipulation when someone’s threat is the only reason you end up doing something you didn’t want to do. Here are a few examples of emotional blackmail and what you should do about it.

1. Determine if it is a request or a demand.

A demand is when someone insists that it be done their way and their way only. The task must be done under their conditions or they will either punish themselves or you for it not happening. For example, a husband wants to go fishing. The wife starts crying and screaming that he never wants to spend time with her and that she will pack her things and leave if he goes. The husband feels so bad that he calls off his fishing trip, and stays home. Emotional blackmail. Read more…

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EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL :When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You (part 1)

When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You it means that you are totally in emotional blackmail condition.

Some people overpower us and leave us feeling defeated. Why? How? What can we do about it? These are the central questions Sof Emotional Blackmail all about.

Emotional blackmail is a powerful form of manipulation in which people close to us threaten, either directly or indirectly, to punish us if we don’t do what they want… Our blackmailers make it nearly impossible to see how they’re manipulating us, because they lay down a thick fog that obscures their actions. We’d fight back if we could, but they ensure that we literally can’t see what is happening to us. Read more…

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BILL GATES : success story of a drop out college boy

William H. Gates a.k.a. Bill Gates is chairperson and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.

Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in a family having rich business, political and community service background. His great-grandfather was a state legislator and a mayor, his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his father was a lawyer.

Bill strongly believes in hard work. He believes that if you are intelligent and know how to apply your intelligence, you can achieve anything. From childhood Bill was ambitious, intelligent and competitive. These qualities helped him to attain top position in the profession he chose. In school, he had an excellent record in mathematics and science. Still he was getting very bored in school and his parents knew it, so they always tried to feed him with more information to keep him busy. Bill’s parents came to know their son’s intelligence and decided to enroll him in a private school, known for its intense academic environment. It was a very important decision in Bill Gate’s life where he was first introduced to a computer. Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in computer and formed “Programmers Group” in late 1968. Being in this group, they found a new way to apply their computer skill in university of Washington. In the next year, they got their first opportunity in Information Sciences Inc. in which they were selected as programmers. ISI (Information Sciences Inc.) agreed to give them royalties whenever it made money from any of the group’s program. As a result of the business deal signed with Information Sciences Inc., the group also became a legal business. Read more…

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