Once, a group of 50 people was attending a seminar. Suddenly, the speaker stopped and started giving each participant a balloon and asked them to write his/her name on it using a…
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People
Once, an old man was sitting on the outskirts of a hamlet. A traveller passing by approached him and asked, “Sir, how are the people in this village? I am planning to…
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Two seeds
Two seeds lay side by side in fertile soil. The first seed says, “I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil beneath me, and push my…
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Abraham Lincoln: Never say die
We rarely find examples of insistent persistence for success, like those of Abraham Lincoln. Born in poverty, brought up in a log cabin, he had to face defeat throughout his life. He…
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One set of footprints
A man died and went to Heaven and met God. God showed him his past life and his complete journey on Earth. The man observed all the scenes from his life and…
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Making a difference
This is a story about some students of literature in a university. They were all very talented. There were would-be poets, novelists and essayists among them. There were two groups among these…
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The triple-filter test
One day, an acquaintance came to meet Chanakya and said to him excitedly, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend?” “Just wait a while”, Chanakya replied. “Before you tell…
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Giving & receiving
There was a Korean firm, which was exporting fabric to an Indonesian firm at the rate of 17 cents per yard. All of a sudden, due to certain policy initiatives of the…
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A pound of butter
Once there was a farmer, who regularly sold a pound of butter to a baker. One day, the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was actually getting a…
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Strength of character
Once, a Chinese minister came to meet Chanakya, one of the Indian masters of statecraft, at his house in the evening, saying that he had heard of his greatness even in faraway…
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Learn and earn
Chuan and Jing joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. Both worked very hard. After several years, Jing was promoted as sales executive but Chuan remained a sales rep. One day,…
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Kindness pays!
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one dime left, and he was hungry. He decided…