Give a closure look before say "No"

There was a wealthy man who wanted to give away $1,000,000 to a stranger who was willing to receive it.

He asked his assistant to carry a brief case containing $1,000,000 cash and to go out one night to knock at doors to offer the money to anyone who was willing to open their door and listen to him.

The assistant did exactly as his employer instructed.

But to his surprise he received almost the same respond from all the people whose doors he knocked. All of them turn him away without giving him a chance to explain about his mission.

Some of them said, “Sorry, I am not interested in anything that you are offering.”

While others said, “I am not interested in buying what you are selling.”

Some said, “The owner is not home”.

Whatever their reasons they all missed out on the opportunity to have the $1 million.

Most of us miss our big break or opportunity because we have a “closed mind” and do not give ourselves a chance to have a closer look at what is being presented to us. If it does not look good, and it does not fit with our present belief, we never give it another look. We turn it down and say, “This will never work, or this is not for me as I can't take that much risk and pay the price or it's just like another boring work”. Opportunity is as scarce as oxygen, we fairly breathe it and do not know it. And remember, opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.

In 1936, India was playing a cricket match against England. The English team was fielding. Alf Gower was the bowler.

In his third ball Gower came running and instead of throwing the ball towards the batsman, he kept on running. He passed the umpire, pitch and the spectators and went straight into the pavilion with the ball still clutched in his hand.

Later, it was found that the poor bowler had suddenly felt the urge to go to the toilet so badly that he had no time even to hand the ball over to anyone else.

Its YOU who can change YOU

One day all the employees reached office and saw a big notice on the door :"The person who had been hindering your growth passed away yesterday.You are requested to join the funeral & prayers which have been organized in the gym".

At the start, all were sad for the death of one of their colleague, but after a while they started getting curious to know who it was that hindered their growth.

The curiosity in the gym grew such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room.

More the people reached the coffin, more the excitement heated up.

Everyone thought: "Who could this be? Who was hindering my progress?".

One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.There was also a sign next to the mirror that said: "There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU."

You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your partner changes, when your environment changes, when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.

A Different Approach

Three bus drivers were applying for a job in a hilly region. After their references had been checked, this question was put to each one: "How safely could you drive a bus around a sharp hill curve over a deep precipice?"

The first man said he could drive within a foot of the outer edge and do so with complete assurance.

The second man stated firmly that he could do better than that. He could drive the rim of the wheel half over the edge with ease. He could gauge, he said, the width of the bus down to the smallest fraction.

The third man used a different approach: "I don't know how close I could come to the edge," he said hesitantly, "but I'd keep as far away from it as I could!"

The third man got the job!

If you want to do great things, make sure to distinguish between what is daring and what is reckless.