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Interesting Japanese story

A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training the master had taught him only ONE MOVE. Sensei = Teacher in Japanese The boy then said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?" "This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know," the sensei replied. Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training. Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his ONE MOVE to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This tim...

Law of reciprocity

The Law of Reciprocity demonstrates that when we give something from or of ourselves, the receiving party feels an inclination to give back. And in turn, when someone does something nice for you, you naturally want to return the favor. Reciprocity begins a momentum for mutual caring and sweet reward.- Susan C. Young

The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway. Kent M. Keith

Jio is a disruptor?

With similar or slightly higher use, my airtel bill in the 3 months has reduced by 3 times. Jio might have fetched us great deals, but whether that translates well for the telecom industry and its people, I doubt. 

Trading deities

Yet another trip to Shirdi and a realization as to how we trade our deity in the name of faith, belief and fear. Let alone gaining spirituality, our commercially corrupt minds have also lost the basic tenets of humanity. Sent from my iPhone

Upsetting

Upsetting to see kids making fun of their elders discomfort with escalators. Had our parents mocked our childhood crawls, we would have never learnt to walk. Sad but our generation lacks patience in everything.  Sent from my iPhone

Insightful

I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you. - Charles Munger  Sent from my iPhone

Interesting

People who say, "it is not my fault," continuously fail. People who say, "I've done no wrong," have not done enough right. People who say, "I am done!" are never done repeating the cycle. Even in the privacy of our own thoughts, we can't sow lies and reap truth- Katina Ferguson  Sent from my iPhone

Thoughtful