Think outside the box. What’s your choice?

Imagine this scenario……………

You are driving along in your two seater car on a wild stormy night. It’s raining heavily and when you suddenly pass by a bus stop, you see three people waiting for the bus:

1. An old lady who looks as if she is just about to die.
2. An old friend who once saved your life.
3. The perfect soul-mate you have been dreaming about all your life.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?

Think before you continue reading…
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This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job interview.
* You could pick up the old lady and take her to the hospital to save her life since this is the humane thing to do.
* Or you could choose the old friend because he once saved your life and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back.
* However, you may never be able to find your perfect soulmate ever again.
The candidate who was hired {out of 200 applicants} had no trouble coming up with his answer. Guess what his answer was?
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He simply answered:
“I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the old lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the perfect soul-mate of my dreams.”

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn egocentric thoughts . Always remember to “Think Outside The Box.”

So, what was your answer?

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Use Open Courseware and Take Classes at MIT, Stanford, or Harvard for Free

By Jennifer Williamson

The year was 1999.  The online education industry was still in its infancy, but MIT was ahead of the times.  The school’s provost, Robert Brown, had just given the school an assignment: figure out how to position itself for the coming trend in online learning. 

Many colleges at the time wanted to figure out how to make money with online education—and MIT was no different.  But then a group of professors suggested a revolutionary idea: why not just post all class materials online, available to everyone? And why not make it free?

MIT attracted funding and publicity, and the rest was history.  Their success sparked an OpenCourseWare movement among top universities all over the world.  Today, you can pull up a virtual chair and sit in on classes at Carnegie Mellon, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Utah State, the University of Notre Dame, and other top-tier universities—all without paying a dime.

The Limits of OpenCourseWare: What You Can’t Get From It

OpenCourseWare is a phenomenal information-sharing trend, but it’s not a magic bullet. There are a few things it can’t give you, and these include:

A degree.  You can download the OpenCourseWare materials for all the required classes for a four-year degree at Harvard Medical School.  You can read the books and articles, watch all the lectures, and take all the quizzes and tests.  You can even grade yourself.  But you can’t get a degree from Harvard—not unless you’re paying tuition.

Money.  One of the problems with OpenCourseWare that schools are trying to address is the possibility of exploitation.  Some entrepreneurs have seen an opportunity to offer “MIT degrees” and other fraudulent college degrees based on free OpenCourseWare materials, for a fee.  But OpenCourseWare wasn’t created with individual profit in mind, and anyone who does this is likely to face legal challenges. 

Attention from professors.  You can download lectures, read lecture notes, and do all the assignments with OpenCourseWare that paying students do.  But the professor won’t grade your test, answer your questions, or give you feedback.  It’s a major reason universities justify the fact that OpenCourseWare won’t give you a degree.  Teacher attention does make a difference.

The Benefits of Open Courseware: What’s In It For You

However, OpenCourseWare does bring you valuable knowledge.  If you’re not looking for a degree and have strong independent learning skills, you can get a great deal out of a good OpenCourseWare program. 

A supplement to your other classes.  OpenCourseWare comes into its own when you want to go more in-depth in a subject than your current classes allow.  You can browse OpenCourseWare offerings to get a different perspective on the same topic, peek in at more advanced classes, and increase the depth of your learning.

Practical knowledge.  You may not get a degree studying engineering at MIT through OpenCourseWare.  But you’ll learn a lot more about it—probably enough to apply it to your own projects.  If you’re in it more for the knowledge than the credential, OpenCourseWare is an excellent way to get the know-how you need.  You get access to the knowledge base of an expensive college, all for free.

More than reading lists.  It’s a common misconception that OpenCourseWare simply provides a list of reading materials, and leaves it at that.  But it’s much more in-depth.  Many programs provide video lectures, tests and quizzes, multimedia presentations, audio recordings, and more—in addition to reading lists and lecture notes.  With OpenCourseWare, you get everything but the student-teacher interaction. 

OpenCourseWare is becoming more and more common at the nation’s top schools: even Stanford and Yale are planning to make their course materials available online in the near future. 

OpenCourseWare can bring you much of the knowledge enrolled students pay thousands of dollars for.  True, it’s no replacement for an actual degree; but it’s a valuable free resource every online student should know about.

How to Be a Successful Entrepreneur – The Essential Ingredients to Being on Top

Look at any of the most successful businessmen in the world – Richard Branson, Donald Trump, Bill Gates. They are all very different personalities, are not they? Some are flamboyant, and others embodies the fat cat, and some modest, even nerdy.

However, if you scratch the surface, and look a little deeper, you’ll find that they are all common features meet. In fact, the success of an employer a little bit like a recipe, and if you had to write it down, it does look a bit like this.

Take one part vision
Entrepreneurs have a vision all. They are able to cut through the minutiae, directly to the big picture. They see the final result, even if it is ten or twenty years away, instead of focusing on their core a little bit, in the garage drafty.

Add a dash of thick skin
Thick skin, in business, and it is often the difference between success and failure. Successful entrepreneurs do not let failure or refusal ride down. When they fall, choosing themselves, dust themselves off, and get back out there. If you really believe in your idea, no matter what, no one will be able to influence this belief, and ultimately, you will succeed!

Mix one part opportunism
How many times have you been presented with a great deal, only to spend a lot of time is more painful than that, miss? Entrepreneurs have a real appetite for risk, and allowed to be their guide appetite. They grab every opportunity that comes their way with both hands, mold it to their own desires.

Sprinkle with optimism
Who says you should not think big? Who says you’re not a millionaire for a moment next time? Businessmen are optimistic. They see a positive, rather than negative, in any situation, no matter how negative it may seem. They learn from their mistakes, but always remember that someday soon, they’re going to find exactly the right combination of skill and luck.

Season with determination
Report, that the ability to work long hours, for little money, in order to take a great idea from the drawing board to the board room, is the last element to be a successful businessman. If you do not want to give a hundred and ten percent to your project, to live, eat, and breathe relations, sleep, and the risk of more than one, it may not be a roaring success you were hoping for.
Report is what gives you the ability to get up in the morning when everything seems hopeless, the drive to keep pushing forward, and the search for new alternatives, and the patience to deal with the headaches that come with starting a business.

As you can see, the recipe for success as an entrepreneur is actually less about this idea, and more about you. Do you have what it takes? Are you up for the challenge? If you can really say that meets all of these requirements, then what are you waiting for? Your idea may not be the best thing since sliced ​​bread yet, but it will not be!

Source: http://www.entrepreneurspro.com

90/10 Principle

What is this 90/10 principle? 10% is made up of what happens to you in your daily life.
 
90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean?
 
We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We cannot stop the car from breaking down. The plane arriving late throwing off our schedule. A driver may cut us off in traffic. Ending in a ditch because of icy roads in winter. We have no control over this 10%. The other 90% is different. You determine the other 90%.

How? By your reaction. You cannot control a red light., but you can control your reaction. Let’s use an example.

You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just what happened. What happens next will be determined how you react. You swear. Your scream disaster! You get distressed and harshly scold your daughter for knocking the cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your spouse and criticise her for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A short verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs to change your shirt. Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school.
 
Because you are late, you drive 50 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed limit. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 (traffic fine) away, you arrive at school. Your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye. After arriving at the office 30 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terribly. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, When you arrive home, you find a small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter. Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning. Why did you have a bad day?

A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?

The answer is D. You had no control over what happened with the coffee.

How you reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day.
 
Here is what could have and should have happened.

Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently tell her, “It’s ok, you just need to be more careful next time”.

Grabbing a towel you dash upstairs and change into a new shirt, grab your briefcase, and you come back downstairs in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns around smiling and waves. You say goodbye to your spouse before you go to work. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet your colleagues and staff. Your boss comments on how good the day you are having.

Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended differently.
 
Why? Because of how you reacted. You really do not have any control over 10% of what happens. The other 90% was determined by your reaction. Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 principle.

If someone says something negative about you, don’t be a sponge. Let the comments roll like water off a duck’s back . You don’t have to let the negative comment affect you! React properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend, being fired, getting stressed out etc. How do you react if someone cuts you off in traffic? Do you lose your temper? Pound on the steering wheel? Does your blood pressure skyrocket? Do you try and bump them? Why stress yourself out if you arrive ten seconds later at work? Why let the other bad drivers ruin your day?

You are told you lost your job. Why lose sleep, get stressed, cranky and irritated? It will work out. Use your worrying; energy and time into finding another job. The plane is late – it is going to mangle your schedule for the day. Why take out your frustration on the flight attendant? She has no control over what is going on. Why get stressed out? It will just make things worse. Now you know the 90/10 principle apply it and you will find that you have nothing to lose.

Bad days follow bad days. Terrible things seem to be constantly happening. There is constant stress, lack of joy, and broken relationships. Worry consumes time. Anger breaks friendships and life seems dreary and is not enjoyed to the fullest. Friends are lost. Life is a trial and often seems cruel. Does this describe you? If so, do not be discouraged. You can be different! Understand and apply the 90/10 principle. It will change your life.

(Source: Dr. Mark R. Crapo, OMD, DAc, BS, LAc, CA http://www.go-symmetry.com/dr-crapo/dr-secret.htm  )

Today’s Quote

“An amazing thing, the human brain. Capable of understanding incredibly complex and intricate concepts. Yet at times unable to recognize the obvious and simple.”
— Jay Abraham, Marketing Expert

Examine Yourself, Watch Yourself

One day all the employees reached the office and they saw a big advice on the door on which it was written:

“Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been prepared in the gym”.

In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues, but after a while they started getting curious to know who was that man who hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.

The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd within the room.

The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up. Everyone thought: “Who is this guy who was hindering my progress? Well, at least he died!”.

One by one the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood nearby the coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it could see himself.

There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:

“There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is YOU.

You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your success. You are the only person who can help yourself.

Your life does not change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your partner changes, when your company changes. Your life changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one responsible for your life.

“The most important relationship you can have, is the one you have with yourself”

Examine yourself, watch yourself.

Kerosene could freeze if…

Have you ever thought if Kerosene will never freeze? Yes, it will!
All liquids have freezing points and so does kerosene. Kerosene freezes at -48 degrees Celsius.
So if you put Kerosene in your freezer for 28 days, it will freeze!

Snippet Stories| ANSWERS

By ENIOLA COLE

Hi dear!
You can’t help but read this! Its snippets, I decided to bring up this again because it’s something you have to take in hook, line and sinker. Let’s see what we missed out the other time we read it and for those of us that didn’t, Let’s roll people!

Tade was alone in the room, reminicing and searching his heart for that one thing he knew he was missing; that one thing he still couldn’t comprehend. It simmered through his head every night when he sits in his world alone and every time he opens his mouth to pray. And just when he feels he is loosing, he finally got a grip of definition to his problem. Answers! His problem was that he wanted answers to so many questions – some of which he can’t even tell – and it bothers him a lot to think he hadn’t crossed that line.

Answers! Its the same thing he asks himself every night. Yes answers! But answers to what? Who is he? Where is he going? What is he supposed to do and how his he supposed to do them, who should he relate with, what is what and who is who..? Why is this so and why is that like that..there’s also the question of when… When will I be what I want… When is the right time for this and that? Is this wrong or right? Tade really needed answers and he begged God for it every night.

Now.. Some of us may be in Tade’s shoes wondering when the call will sound on us, when we would be on that one desired spot. Life is like a race to which all the participants are running feverishly to reach a destination. This race begins in the womb!

Layered below the tragedies and adversities that happen in life, there lies a hopeful dreamer who wants to find ANSWERS to life before the questions are screamed in our ears. Life does have a way of screaming questions that demand answers immediately, and it seems as though it will punish us for not knowing the right answers. Almost every regret that you have now evolved when life presented the question and you lacked the ANSWER!

That is the real race to life: to know the answers before life asks you the questions. It feels that the art of life is to know your purpose and anchor into it b4 the bell rings or the night closes.

So how do you find those answers? There are just three ways to this which can birth other personalized ways…
1. Know yoursef– How can I discover what I truly want when I do not know mysef? Thus, you must know yourself..
2. Know your source- your creator: , How can you know the product if you have no relationship with the producer? For when you are in danger, you can find comfort in your creator who can redesign you if need be.
3. Know your neighbour– Those that surround you, to enable you function well in your environment and relate as when due.

The above mentioned steps are sure ways of looking for that which is lost. They are to propel someone forward to get the right answers. It’s high time someone found his/her answers…

Have a great week! Ơ̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴̴͡

Dumbest Laws in some Parts of the World

AREN’T THESE LAWS DUMB?

Oh my God! What kind of laws are these? Don’t you think they sound funny? What do you feel?

It is illegal to go within 100 yards of the queen when not wearing hose, socks or stockings. (United Kingdom)

It is illegal for children to use towels as capes and jump from houses pretending to be superman. (Bromide, Oklahoma)

All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts. (Minnesota)

One may be jailed for wearing a hat while dancing, or even for wearing a hat to a function where dancing is taking place. (Fargo, ND)

A girl must have written permission from her father before she can wear a mini skirt that is more than 4 inch above her knee. (Belgium)

It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep in a cheese factory. (South Dakota)

One may not sniff glue. (Indiana)

In order for a pickle to officially be considered a pickle, it must bounce. (Connecticut)

You may not open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer. (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

It is illegal for women to wear wigs in denmark!

What do you think about these? Add your own!
😀 =D =))

Take a look at these contrary proverbs

Even though the two are correct, they are contradictory. What do you think about these?

Even though the two are correct, they are contradictory. What do you think about these?