Ambition Motivation Passion Manuscript (AM-PM)

  VALUE: YOU ARE SPECIAL- DON’T EVER FORGET IT!   A POPULAR SPEAKER STARTED OFF A SEMINAR BY HOLDING UP A 100 RUPEE NOTE. A CROWD OF 200 HAD GATHERED TO HEAR HIM SPEAK. HE SAID, “WHO WOULD LIKE THIS 100 RUPEE NOTE WITH THEM?” 200 HANDS WENT UP. HE SAID, “I AM GOING TO GIVE THIS 100 RUPEE NOTE TO ONE OF YOU BUT FIRST, LET ME DO THIS.” HE CRUMPLED UP THE NOTE. HE THEN ASKED, “WHO STILL WANTS IT?” ALL 200 HANDS WERE STILL RAISED. “WELL,” HE REPLIED, “WHAT IF I DO THIS?” THEN HE DROPPED THE NOTE ON THE GROUND AND STAMPED ON IT WITH HIS SHOES. HE PICKED IT UP AND SHOWED IT TO THE CROWD. THE NOTE WAS ALL CRUMPLED AND DIRTY. “NOW WHO STILL WANTS IT?” ALL THE HANDS STILL WENT UP. “MY FRIENDS, I HAVE JUST SHOWED YOU A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON. NO MATTER WHAT I DID TO THE MONEY, YOU STILL WANTED IT BECAUSE IT DID NOT DECREASE IN VALUE. IT WAS STILL WORTH 100 RUPEES. MANY TIMES IN OUR LIVES, LIFE CRUMPLES UP AND GRINDS US INTO THE DIRT. WE MAKE BAD DECISIONS OR DEAL WITH POOR C

  The Obstacle in our Path: - There once was a very wealthy and curious king. And was curious to know who actually runs or works in his kingdom. So once the King had a plan and without anybody’s knowledge places a large rock in the middle of the ongoing road. Then he hid nearby to see if anyone would try to remove the gigantic rock from the road and clear the route. The first people to pass by were some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers. Rather than moving it, they simply walked around it. A few loudly blamed the King for not maintaining the roads. Not one of them tries to move the rock. Finally, a peasant came along. His arms were full of vegetables. When he got near the Rock, rather than simply walking around it as the others had, the peasant put down his vegetables and tried to move the rock to the side of the road. It took a lot of effort but he finally succeeded. The peasant gathered up his vegetables and was ready to go his way he suddenlyhe noticed a purse

  Thinking Out of the Box (Creative Thinking) : In a small town, hundreds of years ago, a small business owner owed a large sum of money to a loan-shark. The loan-shark was a very old, unattractive looking guy that just so happened to fancy the business owner’s daughter. He decided to offer the businessman a deal that would completely wipe out the debt he owed him. However, the catch was that we would only wipe out the debt if he could marry the businessman’s daughter.  Needless to say, this proposal was met with a look of disgust. The loan-shark said that he would place two pebbles into a bag, one white and one black. The daughter would then have to reach into the bag and pick out a pebble. If it was black, the debt would be wiped, but the loan-shark would then marry her. If it was white, the debt would also be wiped, but the daughter wouldn’t have to marry the loan-shark. Standing on a pebble-strewn path in the businessman’s garden, the loan-shark bent over and picked up two pebble