Someone Bigger

*Amitabh Bacchan* says..."At the peak of my career, I was once travelling by plane. The passenger next to me was elderly gentleman dressed in a simple shirt  and pants.

He appeared to be middle class, and well educated.

Other passengers perhaps recognising who I was, but this gentleman appeared to be unconcerned of my presence... He was reading his paper, looking out of the window, and when tea was served, he sipped it quietly.

Trying to strike a conversation with him I smiled. The man courteously smiled back and said 'Hello'.

We got talking and I brought up the subject of cinema and movies and asked, 'Do you watch films?'

The man replied, 'Oh, very few.

I did see one many years ago.'

I mentioned that I worked in the movie industry.

 The man replied.." oh, that’s nice. What do you do?'

I replied, 'I am an actor '

The man nodded, 'Oh, that's wonderful!' And that was it...

When we landed, I held out my hand and said, " It was good to travel with you. By the way, my name is Amitabh Bacchan !'

The man shook my hand and smiled, "Thank you... nice to have met you..I am *J. R. D. Tata!"*

I learned on that day that no matter how big you think you are, there is always someone *bigger than you*.

*Be humble, it costs nothing.*

Wolf

A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it neither up nor down, and of course, he could not eat a thing. Naturally, that was an awful state of affairs for a greedy Wolf.

So away he hurried to the Crane. He was sure that she, with her long neck and bill, would easily be able to reach the bone and pull it out. “I will reward you very handsomely”, said the Wolf, “if you pull that bone out for me”.

The Crane, as you can imagine, was very uneasy about putting her head in Wolf’s throat. But she was grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do. When the Wolf felt that the bone was gone, he started to walk away.

 

“But what about my reward!” called the Crane anxiously.

“What!” snarled the Wolf, whirling around. “Haven’t you got it? Isn’t it enough that I let you take your head out of my mouth without snapping it off?”

Moral: Expect no reward for serving the one who has no honor. Staying in a company of selfish people will not do anyone any favor.

Mouse trap

A little mouse living on a farm was looking through a crack in the wall one day and saw the farmer and his wife opening a package. The mouse was intrigued by what food the package may contain. He was aghast to discover that it was a mouse trap. The mouse ran to the farmyard warning everyone "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house."

The chicken raised his head and said "Mr. Mouse, I can tell you this trap is a grave concern to you, but it has no consequence to me and I cannot be bothered with it." The mouse turned to the pig "I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse, but the trap is no concern of mine either."

The mouse then turned to the bull, "Sounds like you have a problem Mr. Muse, but not one that concerns me."

The mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected that no one would help him or was concerned about his dilemma. He knew he had to face the trap on his own.

That night the sound of a trap catching its prey was heard throughout the house. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness she could not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer's wife. The wife caught a bad fever and the farmer knew the best way to treat a fever was with chicken soup. The farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard to get the soup's main ingredient.

The wife got sicker and friends and neighbors came by to take turns sitting with her round the clock. The farmer knew he had to feed them, so he butchered the pig. The farmer wife did not get better, in fact she died and so many friends and family came to her funeral that the farmer had to slaughter the bull to feed all of them.

MORAL OF THE STORY: The next time we hear that one of our teammates is facing a problem and think it does not concern or affect us, let us remember that when anyone of us is in trouble, we are all at risk.

Shoe salesman

Many years ago two salesmen were to Africa by a British shoe manufacturer. The goal of their trip was to investigate this new market, and to report their findings back to headquarters on the potential of the market.

The first salesman came back with a rather dismal report, “There’s no potential at all here, because nobody wears shoes.”

The second salesman came back with a rather different reply, “There’s massive potential in Africa, because nobody wears shoes.”

When telling this story put your inflection on the “nobody” as it helps to clarify that in a single situation, there are often many ways to look at the outcome.

It’s your choice as to how you interpret any situation, whether you’re looking at it positively with optimism, or as a challenge full of negativity.

Advice

*Nice line from Ratan Tata's Lecture- in London* (!)👉1. Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be Happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things not the price. (!)👉2. "Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat medicines as your food." (!)👉3. The One who loves you will never leave you because even if there are 100 reasons to give up he/she will find one reason to hold on. (!)👉4. There is a lot of difference between _human being_ and _being human._ A Few understand it. (!)👉5. You are loved when you are born. You will be loved when you die. In between You have to manage...! (!)👉6. If u want to Walk Fast,  Walk Alone..! But  if u want to Walk Far, Walk Together..!! (!)👉7. Six Best Doctors in the World- 1.Sunlight 2.Rest 3.Exercise 4.Diet 5.Self Confidence & 6.Friends Maintain them in all stages of Life and enjoy healthy life (!)👉8. If you see the moon ..... You see the beauty of God ..... If you see the Sun ..... You see the power of God ..... And .... If you see the Mirror ..... You see the best Creation of GOD .... So Believe in YOURSELF..... We all are tourists & God is our travel agent who  already fixed all our Routes Reservations & Destinations. *So Trust him & Enjoy the "Trip" called LIFE...* Send to all people who are important to you..😊 I just did 👍

Fun economics

A little fun economics to lighten up your day...

Wife to her Accountant husband: 

what is inflation?

Husband: 

Earlier you were 36-24-36.

But now you are 48-40-48....

Though you have everything bigger than before, your value has become less than before. 

This is INFLATION.😜

Economics is not that difficult if we have the right examples.

Interviewer: What is Recession? 

Candidate: When "Wine & Women" get replaced by "Water & Wife", that critical phase of life is called Recession!!😜

Accountancy fact:

What is the difference between Liability & Asset?

A drunk friend is liability.

But, 

A drunk Girlfriend is an Asset. 😜😜😜😜

An Economist beautifully explained two reasons for having 2 wives.

A- Monopoly should be broken.

B- Competition improves the quality of service.

If u have 1 wife, She fights with u!

If u have 2 wives, They will fight for you!!

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When you are in love,

Wonders happen.

But once you get married,

You wonder, what happened.

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Philosophy of marriage:

At the beginning,

every wife treats her husband as GOD.

Later, somehow don't know why..

alphabets get reversed..

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Secret formula for married couples...

"Love One Another"

And if it doesn't work, bring the last word in the middle!!!

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Don't laugh alone...

Pass it on!!🌌 😄😄

Ask

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Corporate lesson :

Jack and Max are walking to the church for the Sunday prayer.. 

Jack wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying.

Max replies, “Why don’t you ask the Priest?”

So Jack goes up to the Priest and asks, “Father, may I smoke while I pray?”

The Priest replies, “No, my son, you may not! That’s utter disrespect to our religion.”

Jack goes back to his friend and tells him what the good Priest told him.

Max says, “I’m not surprised. You asked the wrong question. Let me try.”

And so Max goes up to the Priest and asks, “Father, may I pray while I smoke?”

To which the Priest eagerly replies, “By all means, my son. By all means. You can always pray whenever you want to.”

Moral of the story: The approval you want depends on the way u ask for it!!

Dedicated to all professionals !!

From Japan

Masai Story👍

The Taj hotel group had invited Mr. Masai Imai from Japan to hold a workshop

for its staff. 

The staf were very skeptical - the hotel is doing excellent business, this

person from Japan has no exposure to hotel industry - what exactly is he

going to teach? 

But everybody gathered as planned for the workshop in the conference hall

sharp at 9 am.

Mr. Masai was introduced to them - a not so impressive personality, nor the

English all that good; spoke as if he was first formulating each sentence in

Japanese and then translating it into rather clumsy English.

"Good morning! Let's start work. I am told this is a workshop; but I see

neither work nor shop. So let's proceed where work is happening. Let's start

with the first room on the first floor."

Mr. Masai, followed by the senior management, the participants, the video

camera crew trouped out of the conference room and proceeded to the

destination.

That happened to be the laundry room of the hotel.

Mr. Masai entered the room and stood at the window, "beautiful view!" he

said.

The staff knew it; they need not invite a Japanese consultant to tell them

this! 

"A room with such a beautiful view is being wasted as a laundry room. Shift

the laundry to the basement and convert this into a guest room."

Aa Haa! Now nobody had ever thought about that!

The manager said, "Yes, it can be done."

"Then let's do it," Mr. Masai said.

"Yes sir, I will make a note of this and we will include it in the report on

the workshop that will be prepared." Manager

"Excuse me, but there is nothing to note down in this. Let's just do it,

just now." Mr. Masai.

"Just now?" Manager

"Yes, decide on a room on the ground floor/basement and shift the stuff out

of this room right away. It should take a couple of hours, right?" asked Mr.

Masai.

"Yes." Manager.

"Let's come back here just before lunch. By then all this stuff will have

got shifted out and the room must be ready with the carpets, furniture etc.

and from today you can start earning the few thousand that you charge your

customers for a night."

"Ok, Sir." The manager had no option.

The next destination was the pantry. The group entered. At the entrance were

two huge sinks full of plates to be washed. 

Mr. Masai removed his jacket and started washing the plates.

"Sir, Please, what are you doing?" the manager didn't know what to say and

what to do.

"Why, I am washing the plates", Mr. Masai.

"But sir, there is staff here to do that." Manager Mr. Masai continued

washing, "I think sink is for washing plates, there are stands here to keep

the plates and the plates should go into the stands." 

All the officials wondered - did they require a consultant to tell them

this?

After finishing the job, Mr. Masai asked, "How many plates do you have?'

"Plenty, so that there should never be any shortage." answered the Manager.

Mr. Masai said, "We have a word in Japanese -'Muda'. Muda means delay, Muda

means unnecessary spending. One lesson to be learned in this workshop is to

avoid both. If you have plenty of plates, there will be delay in cleaning

them up. The first step to correct this situation is to remove all the

excess plates." 

"Yes, we will say this in the report." Manager.

"No, wasting our time in writing the report is again an instance of 'Muda'.

We must pack the extra plates in a box right away and send these to

whichever other section of Taj requires these. Throughout the workshop now

we will find out where all we find this 'Muda' hidden."

And then at every spot and session, the staff eagerly awaited to find out

Muda and learn how to avoid it. 

On the last day, Mr. Masai told a story.

"A Japanese and an American, both fond of hunting, met in a jungle. They

entered deep jungle and suddenly realized that they had run out of bullets.

Just then they heard a lion roaring. Both started running. But the Japanese

took a short break to put on his sports shoes. 

The American said, "What are you doing? We must first get to the car."

The Japanese responded, "No. I only have to ensure that I remain ahead of

you." 

All the participants engrossed in listening to the story, realized suddenly

that the lion would stop after getting his victim! 

"The lesson is: competition in today's world is so fierce, that it is

important to stay ahead of other, even by just a couple of steps. And you

have such a huge and naturally well endowed country. If you remember to

curtail your production expenditure and give the best quality always, you

will be miles ahead as compared to so many other countries in the world.",

concluded Mr. Masai.

It is never late to learn........

Struggles of Life

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.

Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?” “Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily replied.“Look closer”, he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft.

He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak. The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard. However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

“Which one are you?” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean?”

Moral: In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting and converting all the struggles that we experience into something positive.

Good bye Dady

This is one of the best suspense jokes till date

😜

A Father put his 3year old daughter to bed, told her a story and listened to her prayers which ended by saying, 

"God bless Mommy, God bless Daddy, God bless Grandma and good-bye Grandpa."

The father asked, 'Why did you say good-bye Grandpa?'

The little girl said, "I don't know daddy, it just seemed like the thing to do."

The next day grandpa died. 

The father thought it was a strange coincidence.

A few months later the father put the girl to bed and listened to her prayers which went like this, "God bless Mommy, God Bless Daddy and good-bye Grandma."

The next day the grandmother died.

"Holy crap" thought the father, "this kid is in contact with the other side."

Several weeks later when the girl was going to bed the dad heard her say, "God bless Mommy and good-bye Daddy."

He practically went into shock. He couldn't sleep all night and got up at the crack of dawn to go to his office. 

He was nervous as a cat all day, had lunch and watched the clock.. He figured if he could get by until midnight he would be okay. 

He felt safe in the office, so instead of going home at the end of the day he stayed there, drinking coffee, looking at his watch and jumping at every sound. Finally midnight arrived; he breathed a sigh of relief and went home.

When he got home his wife said, "I've never seen you work so late. What's the matter?"

He said, "I don't want to talk about it, I've just spent the worst day of my life."

She said, "You think you had a bad day, you'll never believe what happened to me. This morning my boss died in the middle of a meeting!"

😜😝😝😂😂

Enjoy fun suspense thriller😄

Indian Doctor

*Laugh at this* :

An Indian Doctor can't find a job in a Hospital in US so he opens a clinic and puts a sign outside 'GET TREATMENT FOR $20 - IF NOT CURED GET BACK $100

A American lawyer thinks this is a great opportunity to earn $100 and goes to the clinic...

*Lawyer* :  "I have lost my sense of taste"

*Indian doctor* :  "Nurse, bring medicine from box no. 22 and put 3 drops in patient's mouth"

*Lawyer* :  "Ugh..this is kerosene"

*Indian doctor* :  "Congrats, your sense of taste is restored. Give me $20"

The annoyed lawyer goes back after a few days to recover his money...

*Lawyer* :  "I have lost my memory. I cannot remember anything"

*Indian doctor* :  "Nurse, bring medicine from box no. 22 and put 3 drops in his mouth"

*Lawyer (annoyed)* :  "This is kerosene. You gave this to me last time for restoring my taste"

*Indian doctor* : "Congrats. You got your memory back. Give me $20"

The fuming lawyer pays him, and then comes back a week later determined to get back $100.

*Lawyer* :  "My eyesight has become very weak I can't see at all "

*Indian doctor* :  "Well, I don't have any medicine for that, so take this $100"

*Lawyer (staring at the note)* : "But this is $20, not $100"

*Indian doctor* :  "Congrats, your eyesight is restored. Give me $20"

*

Don't know who wrote this.. Hats off to him......

Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar

*Ducks Quack, Eagles Soar*

I was waiting in line for a ride at the airport in Dubai. When a cab pulled up, the first thing I noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back passenger door for me.

He handed me a laminated card and said: 'I'm Abdul, your driver. While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd like you to read my mission statement.'

Taken aback, I read the card. It said: Abdul's Mission Statement:

To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment.

This blew me away. Especially when I noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean!

As he slid behind the wheel, Abdul said, 'Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.'

I said jokingly, 'No, I'd prefer a soft drink.'

Abdul smiled and said, 'No problem. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, lassi, water and orange juice.'

Almost stuttering, I said, 'I'll take a Lassi.'

Handing me my drink, Abdul said, 'If you'd like something to read, I have The NST , Star and Sun Today.'

As they were pulling away, Abdul handed me another laminated card, 'These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you'd like to listen to the radio.'

And as if that weren't enough, Abdul told me that he had the air conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for me.

Then he advised me of the best route to my destination for that time of day. He also let me know that he'd be happy to chat and tell me about some of the sights or, if I preferred, to leave me with my own thoughts.

'Tell me, Abdul ,' I was amazed and asked him, 'have you always served customers like this?'

Abdul smiled into the rear view mirror. "No, not always. In fact, it's only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard about POWER OF CHOICE one day."

Power of choice is that you can be a duck or an eagle.

'If you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you'll rarely disappoint yourself. Stop complaining!'

'Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.'

'That hit me. really hard' said Abdul.

'It is about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes, slowly ... a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.'

'I take it that it has paid off for you,' I said.

'It sure has,' Abdul replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I'll probably quadruple it. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on it.'

Abdul made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like a duck and start soaring like an eagle.

Start becoming an eagle today ... one small step every week..next week... And next...And....

A great Thought..

"You don't die if you fall in water, you die only if you don't swim.

Thats the Real Meaning of Life.

Improve yourself and your skills in a different way.

Be an eagle. .Not a Duck.

Old lady

An old lady always gave the bus conductor Cashew nuts, Almonds to eat.

Conductor: "So kind of u that you give me those nuts to eat everyday.

Why don't you eat them yourself?"

Old Lady: "I don't have teeth to munch them.

"Conductor: "Then why did you buy them?"

Old Lady: "I just love the chocolate coating  around them!".......