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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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A 10-cent idea
Here is an interesting anecdote about an entrepreneur who built his fortunes by boldly pursuing an innovative idea. When young FW Woolworth was a store clerk, he tried to convince his boss…
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Time to think
Henry Ford hired an efficiency expert to go through his plant. He said, “Find the non-productive people. Tell me who they are, and I will fire them!” The expert made the rounds…
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You’ll get exactly what you expect
I remember a young lady who went to work for a company immediately after graduating from college. She seemed extremely talented but unbelievably timid. She was assigned to a division-level marketing department…
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A teacher’s influence
A woman attended her 20-year high school reunion. There she encountered her freshman year art teacher. She told him that she decided to go to college as a result of his inspiration,…
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The farmer’s horse
There is a (Taoist) story of a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, the neighbours gathered to commiserate with him since this was such bad luck. He said, “May be.” The…
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Unpolished diamond
How a person reacts to criticism often means the difference between success and failure. Take the case of Ole Bull, the famous Norwegian violinist of the past century. His practical father, a…
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Sitting on your talent
There was a man who played piano in a bar. He was a good piano player. People came out just to hear him play. But one night, a patron told him he…
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The chicken that could not soar
Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nest had four large eggs. One day, an earthquake rocked the mountain causing one of the…
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Sharpen your axe
Once upon a time, a well-built woodcutter asked for a job in a timber depot, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the work conditions. For that…