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Stories with Meaning

Stories with Meaning
7 May 20190Comments

Can you sleep when the wind blows?

A farmer owned some land along the coast. He was constantly advertising for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms near the sea. They feared the powerful storms that raged

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Emotional Intelligence
29 April 20190Comments

How a few common courtesies can save your life

It's true, a few common courtesies can save your life! Let me tell you a story about what happened to Angus. Angus worked at facility manufacturing medicines. One day, towards the end

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Emotional Intelligence
22 April 20190Comments

The little things in life matter

Little things can have huge impacts on the bigger things. This is beautifully illustrated in a story originally told by American Pastor, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick. It goes something like this... On the

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Stories with Meaning
16 April 20190Comments

Life is nothing but one giant ECHO!

I bumped into a business acquaintance recently. I greeted him warmly and asked how he was. BIG mistake! He spent the next few minutes telling me about his woes - he

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Stories with Meaning
9 April 20190Comments

How heavy is your glass of water?

A psychology professor was teaching stress management principles to a lecture hall filled with students. As she raised a glass of water, everyone expected they’d be asked the typical ‘glass half

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Stories with Meaning
25 March 20190Comments

Good people, bad people

There's a folk tale about a wise old man who sat outside the walls of a great city. When travelers approached, they would ask the old man, "What kind of people

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Stories with Meaning
12 March 20190Comments

A story about a Barracuda and the bait fish

Here's a story attributed to Michael Hyatt but I have seen several versions of it elsewhere. A marine biologist once placed a Barracuda into a small tank and then added some

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Stories with Meaning
4 March 20190Comments

No one wears shoes here

How well do you sense opportunities? A shoe factory sent two marketing scouts to a remote region of the country to study the prospects for business expansion. One sent back a message

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Stories with Meaning
25 February 20190Comments

Give it all you’ve got

Fred had been building houses for nearly 45 years. He was ready to retire.  Bill was Fred's boss at work. Fred told Bill of his plan to leave the house building

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