Motivational Stories- Meaningless Goals? or Smart Goals...

MEANINGLESS GOALS

 

 

 

A farmer had a dog who used to sit by the roadside waiting for vehicles to come around. As soon as one came he would run down the road, barking and trying to overtake it. One day a neighbor asked the farmer "Do you think your dog is ever going to catch a car?" The farmer replied, "That is not what bothers me. What bothers me is what he would do if he ever caught one." Many people in life behave like that dog who is pursuing meaningless goals.

Life is hard by the yard,

but by the inch,

it's a cinch.

 

--Gean Gordon

SMART Goals

 

 

 

If you ask most people what is their one major objective in life, they would probably give you a vague answer, such as, "I want to be successful, be happy, make a good living," and that is it. They are all wishes and none of them are clear goals.

Goals must be SMART:

1. S--specific. For example, "I want to lose weight." This is wishful thinking. It becomes a goal when I pin myself down to "I will lose 10 pounds in 90 days."

2. M--must be measurable. If we cannot measure it, we cannot accomplish it. Measurement is a way of monitoring our progress.

3. A--must be achievable. Achievable means that it should be out of reach enough to be challenging but it should not be out of sight, otherwise it becomes disheartening.

4. R--realistic. A person who wants to lose 50 pounds in~30 days is being unrealistic.

5. T--time-bound. There should be a starting date and a finishing date.

 

Motivational Stories-Why are Goals important?...Keep Your Eyes...

Why are Goals Important? - Must read

 

‎On the best sunny day, the most powerful magnifying glass will not light paper if you keep moving the glass. But if you focus and hold it, the paper will light up. That is the power of concentration.

A man was traveling and stopped at an intersection. He asked an elderly man, "Where does this road take me?" The elderly person asked, "Where do you want to go?" The man replied, "I don't know." The elderly person said, "Then take any road. What difference does it make?"

How true. When we don't know where we are going, any road will take us there.

Suppose you have all the football eleven players, enthusiastically ready to play the game, all charged up, and then someone took the goal post away. What would happen to the game? There is nothing left. How do you keep score? How do you know you have arrived?

Enthusiasm without direction is like wildfire and leads to frustration. Goals give a sense of direction. Would you sit in a train or a plane without knowing where it was going? The obvious answer is no. Then why do people go through life without having any goals?

KEEP YOUR EYES UPON THE GOAL

 

‎On July 4, 1952, Florence Chadwick was on her way to becoming the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel. She had already conquered the English Channel. The world was watching. Chadwick fought the dense fog, bone-chilling cold and many times, the sharks. She was striving to reach the shore but every time she looked through her goggles, all she could see was the dense fog. Unable to see the shore, she gave up. Chadwick was disappointed when she found out that she was only half a mile from the coast. She quit, not because she was a quitter but because her goal was not in sight anywhere. The elements didn't stop her. She said, "I'm not making excuses. If only I had seen the land, I could have made it." Two months later, she went back and swam the Catalina Channel. This time, in spite of the bad weather, she had her goal in mind and not only accomplished it but beat the men's record by two hours.

Motivational Story-THE MIDAS TOUCH

 

 

We all know the story of the greedy king named Midas. He had a lot of gold and the more he had the more he wanted. He stored all the gold in his vaults and used to spend time every day counting it.

One day while he was counting a stranger came from nowhere and said he would grant him a wish. The king was delighted and said, "I would like everything I touch to turn to gold." The stranger asked the king, Are you sure?" The king replied, "Yes." So the stranger said, "Starting tomorrow morning with the sun rays you will get the golden touch." The king thought he must be dreaming, this couldn't be true. But the next day when he woke up, he touched the bed, his clothes, and everything turned to gold. He looked out of the window and saw his daughter playing in the garden. He decided to give her a surprise and thought she would be happy. But before he went to the garden he decided to read a book. The moment he touched it, it turned into gold and he couldn't read it. Then he sat to have breakfast and the moment he touched the fruit and the glass of water, they turned to gold. He was getting hungry and he said to himself, "I can't eat and drink gold." Just about that time his daughter came running and he hugged her and she turned into a gold statue. There were no more smiles left.

 

The king bowed his head and started crying. The stranger who gave the wish came again and asked the king if he was happy with his golden touch. The king said he was the most miserable man. The stranger asked, "What would you rather have, your food and loving daughter or lumps of gold and her golden statue?" The king cried and asked for forgiveness. He said, "I will give up all my gold. Please give me my daughter back because without her I have lost everything wo rth having." The stranger said to the king, "You have become wiser than before" and he reversed the spell. He got his daughter back in his arms and the king learned a lesson that he never forget for the rest of his life.

What is the moral of the story?

1. Distorted values lead to tragedy.

2. Sometimes getting what you want may be a bigger tragedy than not getting what you want.

3. Unlike the game of soccer where players can be substituted, the game of life allows no substitutions or replays. We may not get a second chance to reverse our tragedies, as the king did.

More Motivational Stories For Everyone!!!

Practice Humility!!!!

 

 

Many years ago, a rider came across some soldiers who were trying to move a heavy log without success. The corporal was standing by as the men struggled. The rider asked the corporal why he wasn't helping. The corporal replied, "I am the corporal; i give orders." The rider dismounted, went up and stood by the soldiers and as they were lifting the log, he helped them. With his help, the log got moved. The rider quietly mounted his horse and went to the corporal and said, "The next time your men need help, send for the Commander-in-Chief." After he left, the corporal and his men found out that the rider was George Washington.

 

The message is pretty clear. Success and humility go hand in hand. When others blow your horn, the sound goes further. Just think about it? Simplicity and humility are two hallmarks of greatness. Humility does not mean self-demeaning behavior.

* In The Book of Virtues, edited by William J. Bennett, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1993, p. 204

 

 

 

Credibility

 

 

 

We all know the story of the shepherd boy who cried wolf. The boy decided to have some fun at the expense of the villagers. He shouted, "Help, help, the wolf is here." The villagers heard him and came to his rescue. But when they got there, they saw no wolf and the boy laughed at them. They went away. The next day, the boy played the same trick and the same thing happened. Then one day, while the boy was taking care of his sheep he actually saw a wolf and shouted for help. The people in the village heard him but this time nobody came to his rescue. They thought it was another trick and didn't trust him anymore. He lost his sheep to the wolf.

The moral of the story is -

When people tell lies, they lose credibility. Once they have lost credibility, even when they tell the truth, no one believes them.

Make yourself an honest man and then you may be sure there is one rascal less in the world. --Thomas Carlyle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Motivational Stories For Everyone!!!

IT IS THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

There was a man taking a morning walk at the beach. He saw that along with the morning tide came hundreds of starfish and when the tide receded, they were left behind and with the morning sun rays, they would die. The tide was fresh and the starfish were alive. The man took a few steps, picked one and threw it into the water. He did that repeatedly. Right behind him there was another person who couldn't understand what this man was doing. He caught up with him and asked, "What are you doing? There are hundreds of starfish. How many can you help? What difference does it make?" This man did not reply, took two more steps, picked up another one, threw it into the water, and said, "It makes a difference to this one."

What difference are we making? Big or small, it does not matter. If everyone made a small difference, we'd end up with a big difference, wouldn't we?

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED?

About a hundred years ago, a man looked at the morning newspaper and to his surprise and horror, read his name in the obituary column. The news papers had reported the death of the wrong person by mistake. His first response was shock. Am I here or there? When he regained his composure, his second thought was to find out what people had said about him. The obituary read, "Dynamite King Dies." And also "He was the merchant of death." This man was the inventor of dynamite and when he read the words "merchant of death," he asked himself a question, "Is this how I am going to be remembered?" He got in touch with his feelings and decided that this was not the way he wanted to be remembered. From that day on, he started working toward peace. His name was Alfred Nobel and he is remembered today by the great Nobel Prize.

Just as Alfred Nobel got in touch with his feelings and redefined his values, we should step back and do the same.

What is your legacy?

How would you like to be remembered?

Will you be spoken well of?

Will you be remembered with love and respect?

Will you be missed?

INSPIRATION STORY TO LIFT YOU-BILL GATES

Bill gates success story

Bill Gates

William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, computer programmer and philanthropist

Early life

Gates began to show an interest in computer programming at the age of 13. He maintained  a very close relationship with his mother, Mary.
Bill was known to be   a voracious reader as a child, spending many hours pouring over  books.

Challenge He seemed bored and withdrawn, His parents worried he might become a loner.

supports
His  Mother used proceeds from the school'srummage sale to purchase a teletype terminal for students to use to support him

Rejection!!!
Do you know that his idea of creating a computer that has a graphical interface and a mouse was rejected when he first submitted it to another company?
some people even say that the papers of the project were thrown in his face!! Now he became bill gates!!

His quotes"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
"Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."

The most precious lessons you should come up with from these inspirational success story are:

1. Rejection should never stop you!
2. People who reject you know nothing!!
3. Believing in yourself is the key to success in life!!!

INSPIRATIONAL STORY TO LIFT YOU- Operah Winfrey

Operah winfrey's success story:

She is a Director, producer, actress, and was and currently is a talk show host.

EARLY DAYS

In 1983, Oprah took over AM Chicago, a low-rated morning talk show. Her first episode aired on January 2, 1984 and the show became the highest rated talk show in Chicago. it was then renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and broadcast nationally on September 8, 1986.Somewhere

HER CHALLENGES

Winfrey was raped at age 9 and at 14-years-old gave birth to a son, who died in infancy.

She doesn't have any kids. she does not have a brother or a sister.

Operah was fired from her job and was told that she was not fit for TV earlier in her life?

Operah is one of the most popular TV icons nowadays and she is also one of the richest women on our planet!

One of her good deeds is helping peoples dreams come true.

Her Word: Never fail without trying.


MORALS

Your Past cannot stop you  from being successul!!!
Help People fulfil their dreams and yours will equally be fulfilled.
You only fail when you stop trying.

Oral interview: Having Confidence before the Panel-By Ogunbiyi A.A

If your knees always  shaky, or you are always nervous or you always lose your voice right before you're about to start being interview by the panel then its time for change. Speaking with confidence before panel comes from practice, improvement of speech patterns and having passion for your subject matter. You can gain confidence by following a few simple techniques that you can practice to improve your comportment .
Tips

Interviewee before the Panel

                
 

INSPIRING STORY TO LIFT YOU-Mark Zuckerberg by Ogunbiyi Abiola.A

Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook, which he started in his college dorm room in 2004 with roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Zuckerberg is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for facebook. He leads the design of Facebook’s service and development of its core technology and infrastructure.

Mark Zuckerberg (Founder & CEO of Facebook)

Earlier in life, Zuckerberg developed a music recommendation system called synapse and a peer-to-peer client called Wirehog.  However, he abandoned both to pursue new projects.
Zuckerberg attended Harvard University and studied computer science before founding facebook.

While at Harvard Zuckerberg created Facemash, a website that compared students’dorm photos side-by-side in a fashion similar to HOT or NOT. Havard Administration was not amused, and Zuckerberg faced subsequent disciplinary action.

Less than three months later, he launched Facebook!!!!!!!!!.

Summary: keep trying, keeping moving,never be discouraged and you will get there!