Who doesn’t love a good movie? Watching a movie, we can see people fight battles, travel through time, realize they are married to a spy, etc. However, all along, we know they are just stories. We enjoy the emotion they bring for a couple of hours; if they’re really good they get us thinking, we learn something, and then we continue on with our own life.
However, I find it interesting how easy it is to get wrapped up in a story when it is my story. I think back to the parable of the Chinese farmer, watching the ebbs and flows of his life, remaining calm and Read More...
This video highlights five hilarious commercials from Ameriquest. In each commercial, the main charter is in a situation that, at first, appears to be damaging. The viewer though, knows the real story, and what at first appeared to be controversial has a valid explanation.
These commercial are a great reminder to avoid judgments and assumptions in our Read More...
Do you ever judge people? I know for me, there have been many times when I have judged my clients for not buying, my contact for blowing off my call, my colleagues for doing something I didn’t agree with, my spouse for not doing something I wanted, my kids for throwing their food, myself for many things…I have found that it’s not very helpful.
How about you? I get frustrated and negative. And you know what? Sometimes those things that upset or frustrated me were blessings in disguise. This brings me back to the old Chinese proverb about the farmer:
An old farmer had an old horse for tilling his fields. One day the horse escaped into the Read More...
Who doesn’t love a good movie? Watching a movie, we can see people fight battles, travel through time, realize they are married to a spy, etc. However, all along, we know they are just stories. We enjoy the emotion they bring for a couple of hours; if they’re really good they get us thinking, we learn something, and then we continue on with our own life.
