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About Wellsprings
This site is a cluster of wellsprings. Wellsprings of heartwarming anecdotes, stirring stories, age-old fables, epic tales, mythical musings, good deeds, life's lessons, inspiring insights, and much more. None of these are our own but they have something for all of us. That's why we have taken the liberty of putting them together, acknowledging the source or the author wherever we could.
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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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The thief and the zen master
One evening, Zen master Shichiri Kojun was reciting the sutras when a thief entered his house with a sharp sword, demanding “Your money or your life.” Without any fear, Shichiri said, “Don’t…
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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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Solutions, not problems
One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that…
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Market for shoes
A shoe company wanted to expand its business. The top management decided to send a team of marketing professionals to assess market feasibility in a remote, small and poor region. After a…
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Slow down to speed up
Look at the keyboard of any standard typewriter or computer. Q,W,E,R,T and Y are the first six letters, followed by other alphabets in what appears to be a random order. Who decided…
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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…
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Geese facts
The next time we see geese flying along in a “V” formation, heading south for the winter, we might stop for a moment to reflect on what science has discovered as to…
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From Guru Nanak’s life
Once Guru Nanak was on a visit to Banaras with his disciples. As the night approached, he reached a village and decided to spend the night there. The people of the village…