by Janelle | May 17, 2018 | Tips & Ideas
THE VALUE OF A SMILE One day a big department store posted this sign: ‘The Value of a Smile: it costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive it, without impoverishing those who give it. It happens in a flash, and the memory of it sometimes...
by Janelle | May 16, 2018 | Tips & Ideas
FEAR OF FAILURE Until I overcome the fear of failure, I’ll be immobilised at the prospect of taking on risk. If I fail, don’t quit. History shows us that failure can actually be a bridge to success. Napoleon was 42 in a class of 43. Washington lost 2/3...
by Janelle | May 15, 2018 | Tips & Ideas
LISTENING TO INSTRUCTIONS When you give someone instructions, check to be sure they’ve made a note of them. If not, you should be concerned. The unlearned and uncommitted tend to trust their memory, but the shortest pencil is still better than the longest...
by Janelle | May 14, 2018 | Tips & Ideas
THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS AS THEY SEEM Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold...
by Janelle | May 9, 2018 | Tips & Ideas
GUARD YOUR TONGUE On a windy day in March 1997, a father and son visited Valley Forge National Historic Park, where George Washington stationed the Revolutionary Army during the difficult winter of 1777-1778. The man and his son had something much less historic in...
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