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Small Problems!

It is true. The trouble most of us face is “dealing with small problems”. The ones – very easy to find and fix. But takes lower priority in the ever growing list of to dos… ABCs, GTDs and the rest of dealing with life!

Small problems grow with time. If I’m driving the wrong way at present, then simply accelerating at every sign post will only give me a long distance to return – when and If, I do eventually turn around!

It is wise to take a quick small step of stopping and reflecting to fix/ eliminate small problems even when we are busy handling really big ones!

Lot of businesses are thriving today due to our habit of letting small problems grow! For example – Dentists who thrive on those ignored scales/cavities when they are small; Credit card companies making money due to small mistakes in complying with due dates by regular paying customers; Automobile Shops, Beauty Clinics, Insurance Companies…. and so on….!

But,

We all know… A Spark Neglected Burns The House!

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Duality is an Illusion!

Return gift for teacher’s day wish from my master!

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The contented man can be happy with what appears to be useless.
He can find worthwhile occupation in forests and mountains.
He stays in a small cottage and associates with the simple.
He would not exchange his work clothes for the imperial robes,
Nor the load on his back for a four-horse carriage.

He leaves the jade in the mountains and the pearls in the sea.
Wherever he goes, whatever he does, he can be happy –
he knows when to stop.
He does not pick the brief-blossoming flower;
he does not travel the dangerous road.

To him, the ten thousand possessions are dust in the wind.
He sings as he travels among the green mountains.

~ Ko Hung

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It is so true – that we all have one life and a complete lifetime for turning this privilege into a remarkable one – only when we are contented…

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Invasion of the office snatchers!

They took his body away, I’m sure. I don’t know where they took it to or what they did but he’s back. When I say ‘he’ I mean someone who looks like him, not Robin Matthews the guy I used to know.

It always happens the same way. The victim gets a phone call or an email telling them to attend a training course. They’re gone for a few days and when they come back they’re not the same. It’s like they have been reprogrammed. Lazy people return obsessed with productivity. Intelligent people come back stupid. Foolish people use complicated words. Selfish people talk about how they want to contribute to the team. A dozen people have been through this program. Soon it will be my turn.

There’s an email in my inbox. It says I’ve been asked to enroll on the Vision training program starting Monday next week.

I return to work on Thursday morning. The guy who works down the corridor gives me a strange look. I ignore him. We used to have a joke on our breaks but now everything he says is pathetic. I don’t want to associate with him.

I sit at my desk and glance through my journal. I can’t believe I’ve written such nonsense.

I draw a line and write:

Plans for facilitating workplace improvements.

1. Cut out unnecessary breaks.

2. Avoid talking to losers.

3. Take job seriously.

~ Small Stories. Feedbooks

True transformation – the best outcome of any training!

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