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2011
When we're faced with modifying our behavior or that of someone else, it might be a good idea to remember the lesson in this story: A wise old gentleman retired and purchased a modest home near a junior high school. He spent the first few weeks of his retirement in peace and contentment. Then a n...
04/20/2011
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Selling real estate for a living means that you can be subject to large variations in your income. One month you might bring in thousands of dollars and then nothing in the next month. Perhaps this story can help shed some light on this phenomenon. A wealthy old man looked around the table at h...
04/19/2011
Creative thinking knows no bounds. Here's a particularly innovative way to get your kids to do what you want: An elderly man in Florida called his son in New York. The father said to the son, "I hate to tell you, but we've got some troubles here in the house. Your mother and I can't stand each o...
04/18/2011
It often seems like the world is full of rustic philosophers who've spent some time observing life and have a few critical aphorisms they use to impart their wisdom. Here are a few of the less racy ones: Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. Life is sexually transmitted. Healt...
04/17/2011
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Sometimes what is true for us just doesn't seem possible to other people: A clergyman was walking down the street when he came upon a group of about a dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age. The group surrounded a dog. Concerned lest the boys were hurting the dog, he went over and...
04/16/2011
Advancement can come easier for some people than for others: The boss called one of his employees into the office. "Rob," he said, "you've been with the company for a year. You started off in the mail room, one week later you were promoted to a sales position, and one month after that you were pr...
04/15/2011
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I've been thinking about thinking recently. It's funny (as in funny-tragic) how our thoughts are the only reality we can actually know and how they can be so wrong about a situation that we behave inappropriately. Here's an example of how our thinking can impact our physical body: A woman went ...
04/14/2011
It's interesting how our memory works. It can often retrieve critical pieces of information instantly starting from clues that a computer wouldn't be able to isolate, but other times it seems to just stall: Two elderly couples were enjoying a friendly conversation when one of the men asked the o...
04/13/2011
Sometimes it's a good idea to get impartial and unbiased feedback on just how well we're doing: A boy walked into the corner drug store and asked if he could use the phone. The store owner agreed and let him make a call. Curious, the owner lingered nearby to listen in on the conversation. The bo...
04/12/2011
You can fool some of the people part of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. Despite what your public story is about your accomplishments, the truth will eventually come out... While driving through Tennessee a man saw a sign in front of a house: "Talking Dog For Sale....
04/11/2011
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