tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69060493824290106222012-02-23T13:12:44.147+05:30Acumen - Insight of the WeekYou may also subscribe to this weekly mailer by sending a mail to insightoftheweek@acumen.co.inAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-35785140307107374672012-02-21T13:00:00.000+05:302012-02-23T13:12:44.168+05:302012-08 - The Acorn Planter...In the 1930s a young traveller was exploring the French Alps. He came upon a vast stretch of barren land. It was desolate. It was forbidding. It was ugly. It was the kind of place you hurry away from.
Then, suddenly, the young traveller stopped dead in his tracks. In the middle of this vast wasteland was a bent-over old man. On his back was a sack of acorns. In his hand was a four-foot length ofAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-80880878709344701862012-02-14T14:42:00.000+05:302012-02-23T13:09:26.013+05:302012-07 - Needing Others...Many living things need each other to survive.
If you have ever seen an aspen tree, you may have noticed that it does not grow alone. Aspens are found in clusters, or groves. The reason is that the aspen sends up new shoots from the roots. In a small grove, all of the trees may actually be connected by their roots!
Giant California redwood trees may tower 300 feet into the sky. It would seem Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-42421519889509453472012-02-07T16:05:00.000+05:302012-02-07T16:05:15.838+05:302012-06 - Are you willing to change...?
Your life right now is the result of the things you have done up until this point in time. If you want your life to be different, you will need to make changes.
Wishing for a better life won't make it so. In order for 'things' to change, you must be willing to change. That means getting out of your comfort zone. It means facing your fears. It means you may need to change your career,Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-39277609448848569332012-01-31T09:53:00.000+05:302012-01-31T09:53:14.262+05:302012-05 - Choose One Chair...The world-renowned opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti recalls...
When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song. He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in my hometown, took me on as a student. I also enrolled in a teacher's college.
As graduation was nearing I asked my father, "Shall I be a teacher or a singer?"
"Luciano," myAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-71689874320066845982012-01-24T14:41:00.000+05:302012-01-24T14:41:25.702+05:302012-04 - Expect the Best...<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-91099249051946430252012-01-24T14:38:00.001+05:302012-01-24T14:39:43.800+05:302012-03 - A Pot of Petunias...
Just like roses, if you want more blooms to occur on your petunias, you need to snap off the dried up buds. So here I was working with this big pot of petunias which are a beautiful deep purple. As I was standing on one side of the pot I picked all the dead ones I could see, and thought I was through. However as I began to move around the pot I began to see more and more of them. For awhile I Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-11420691173714075912012-01-24T14:35:00.000+05:302012-01-24T14:35:02.471+05:302012-02 - 21 Words To Change Your Life...<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-33713617852658386132012-01-03T10:41:00.000+05:302012-01-03T10:41:49.078+05:302012-01 - Time for new beginnings...This is a time for reflection as well as celebration.
As you look back on the past year and all that has taken place in your life,
Remember each experience for the good that has come of it and for the knowledge you have gained.
Remember the efforts you have made and the goals you have reached.
Remember the love you have shared and the happiness you have brought.
Remember the laughter, the Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-71931418209153690302011-12-27T14:25:00.000+05:302011-12-27T14:25:09.712+05:302011-53 - Recipe For A Happy New YearTake twelve whole months,
Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate, and jealousy,
Make them just as fresh and clean as possible.
Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or
thirty-one different parts,
but don't make up the whole batch at once.
Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients.
Mix well into each day one part of faith,
one part of patience, one part of courage,
andAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-9464929835029511322011-12-20T09:54:00.003+05:302011-12-20T16:36:30.802+05:302011-52 - Giving?This is a season of giving.
Christians around the world pause to celebrate the birth of Christ, and the spirit of giving which is so gracefully embodied in that first Christmas almost 2,000 years ago.
It is a simple truth, even self-evident, yet magnificently profound and powerful. For life consists of giving. We are, each of us, unique, with our own contributions to make. At the same time, we Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-28390782610949514282011-12-13T11:46:00.000+05:302011-12-14T11:47:25.736+05:302011-51 - What do you hear?
A Native American and his friend were in downtown New York City, walking near Times Square in Manhattan. It was during the noon lunch hour and the streets were filled with people. Cars were honking their horns, taxicabs were squealing around corners, sirens were wailing, and the sounds of the city were almost deafening. Suddenly, the Native American said, "I hear a cricket."
His friend said, "Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-90474779427887890462011-12-06T12:01:00.001+05:302011-12-14T12:08:44.604+05:302011-50 - Blind Ambition...
Charlie Boswell has always been one of my heroes. He has inspired me and thousands of others to rise above circumstances and live our true passion. Charlie was blinded during World War II while rescuing his friend from a tank that was under fire. He was a great athlete before his accident and in a testimony to his talent and determination he decided to try a brand new sport, a sport he never Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-63618582528313236652011-11-29T08:55:00.001+05:302011-11-29T08:57:36.378+05:302011-49 - Take responsibility...Who or what controls your life? The achievers in this world believe that whatever happens to them, they are responsible for it.
If you don’t believe that you are responsible for your own life, then you are under the control of circumstances. You are just an object in someone else’s world. That is not the way to success.
When you are in control of your life, you succeed at getting where you wantAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-91514697982515170812011-11-22T12:16:00.000+05:302011-12-14T12:17:15.885+05:302011-48 - Filling a sieve with water…
A Teacher had given a discourse on creative thinking. Afterwards his disciples approached him and asked him to set them a problem that required them to think creatively. The sage gave them a sieve and asked them to fill it with water at the sea, nearby. They were gone for a long time. Finally he went down to the beach to see what they were doing, and found them seated morosely around the sieve.
Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-83924150747301746322011-11-15T10:36:00.001+05:302011-11-15T16:10:00.323+05:302011-47 - Just get started…What is the best way to get something done? Just get started and do it! But getting started seems to be the hardest part.
Getting out of bed in the morning is difficult for most people. Once you’re out, though, you can generally make it through the day without having to crawl back under the covers. Momentum is a powerful force. That’s what makes it so hard to get up. The trick is to get momentumAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-13945298062002668892011-11-08T11:14:00.001+05:302011-11-09T07:35:35.638+05:302011-46 - Never stop growing...
When you think you know it all, then you deny yourself the opportunity to learn anything new. When you decide that you’ve seen it all, you cut yourself off from new and enlightening experiences.
Every day is an opportunity to grow. Always take advantage of that opportunity, for it is a big part of what makes you alive.
No matter how much you’ve already accomplished, you can still receive great Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-20554214857683761682011-11-01T15:22:00.001+05:302011-11-09T07:35:55.110+05:302011-45 - Most challenging...
The more excuses you come up with to avoid doing it, the more important it is to get it done. After all, if it didn’t really matter, you wouldn’t bother with all the excuses.
Whatever you feel yourself resisting, is what you must find a way to do. Because when you can get past the resistance, what you’ll be able to create is great and fulfilling value.
It is much, much easier to give in to the Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-9786966543611053242011-10-25T08:08:00.003+05:302011-10-31T08:37:25.702+05:302011-44 - Do Not...Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others.
It is because we are different that each of us is special.
Do not set your goals by what other people deem important.
Only you know what is best for you..
Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past nor for the future.
By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.
Do not give upAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-19526124628569073302011-10-18T08:09:00.002+05:302011-10-18T09:29:47.796+05:302011-43 - The Life We Choose…Here's the premise: We are all, right now, living the life we choose.This choice, of course, is not a single, monumental choice. No one decides, for example, "I'm going to move to L.A., and in five years I will be a waiter in a so-so restaurant, planning to get my 8-by-10's done real soon so that I can find an agent and become a star," or "I'm going to marry a dreadful person and we'll live Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-47973396463294939152011-10-11T08:16:00.000+05:302011-10-12T08:16:57.136+05:302011-42 - Do what you love...
Last year when speaking with Bill Gates at an All Things Digital conference, Jobs responded to a question about how entrepreneurs can hope to have the same success he has with Apple. His response was simple - you need to have a passion for what you do, "otherwise any rational person would give up".
"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition," he said in his famous commencement Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-60607092783827660202011-10-04T08:55:00.002+05:302011-10-04T08:55:57.578+05:302011-41 - Triumph over doubt...
Every action you take, is a triumph of your courage over your doubts. Go ahead and make the effort. Go ahead and see it through. Sure you have doubts. Everyone does. They must not be allowed to stop you.
Idleness gives strength to your doubts, and as doubts grow stronger they immobilize you even more. If you let them, your doubts will quickly become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Yet as soon as youAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-91794066153212164952011-09-27T09:27:00.002+05:302011-09-27T15:07:28.685+05:302011-40 - Just like marriage...Nasrudin spent the entire autumn working his garden. The flowers had blossomed in the spring - and Nasrudin noticed a few dandelions appearing, which he hadn't planted.Nasrudin tore them up. But the pollen had already spread and others began to grow. He tried to find a weed killer which only killed dandelions. A specialist told him any type of poison would end up killing all the other flowers. InAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-17559288208243395792011-09-20T07:39:00.002+05:302011-09-20T07:39:34.284+05:302011-39 - What you can…
When the challenge first comes along, it looks to be
overwhelming. And yet, you know you must get past it, so you do what you can.
Day after day, you do what you can, when you can, as well as you
know how. And something amazing begins to happen. What you can begins to be
more than what you could. You learn, you experience, sometimes you succeed,
sometimes you fail, and most of all you grow.Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-42609188986363027492011-09-13T09:03:00.000+05:302011-09-20T07:57:08.940+05:302011-38 - Make the first time count…
If you only put half the necessary effort into a task, you'll eventually need to do it again, and perhaps again.
Does that make any sense? Of course not. If you really want to save yourself time and effort, make every effort your very best effort. When something must be done, work on it with the objective of getting it right the first time.
You likely won't get it perfect. What's important is Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-57753901159458344532011-09-06T22:19:00.001+05:302011-09-06T22:19:08.024+05:302011-37 - It is hard…To forget
To apologize
To save money
To be unselfish
To avoid mistakes
To keep out of a rut
To begin all over again
To make the best of all things
To keep your temper at all times
To think first and act afterwards
To maintain a high standard
To keep on keeping on
To shoulder blame
To be charitable
To admit error
To take advice
To forgive
But it pays!
~ based on Matthew 7:1-2
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"No Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-17929040416384545522011-08-30T08:26:00.003+05:302011-09-20T07:35:32.985+05:302011-36 - Icon Ambulance...
One Sunday morning, January 6th, 2008 I was attending religious services when my cell phone vibrated. As discreetly as possible, I checked the phone and noticed that my phone said "Caller ID unknown". I choose to ignore.
After services, as I was walking to my car with my family, I checked my cell phone messages. The message left was from Steve Jobs. "Vic, can you call me at home? I have Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-83330870737017805262011-08-23T07:21:00.002+05:302011-08-23T22:19:37.100+05:302011-35 - Practice makes winners...Small things, repeated over and over again, are vastly more powerful and influential than big things done just once.
Truly successful people realize that meaningful, lasting success does not, can not, come overnight. Great accomplishments are not one-time efforts, but rather the culmination of a long line of repeated efforts.
The gold-medal Olympic swimmer does not just show up at the competitionAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-68941505063858697182011-08-16T09:17:00.004+05:302011-08-23T22:20:02.127+05:302011-34 - Make it count...Today is special. When it is over, it will be gone forever. You only have one chance to make today a productive, important one.
Each moment is an golden opportunity for you. Each moment is a chance for you to learn, to grow, to create value, to produce wealth, to make a positive difference in your own life and the lives of other people.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows. What you Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-65859989031719169722011-08-09T07:58:00.001+05:302011-08-23T22:18:17.886+05:302011-33 - Rescue at sea...Years ago, in a small fishing village, a volunteer rescue team was formed to help in cases of emergency. One night the winds raged, the clouds burst and a gale force storm capsized a fishing boat at sea. Stranded and in trouble, the crew sent out an S.O.S. The captain of the rescue rowboat team sounded the alarm and the villagers assembled in the town square overlooking the bay. While the team Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-25165183970324248512011-08-02T09:38:00.000+05:302011-08-04T09:40:54.171+05:302011-32 - Common Ground...Every person has a unique perspective. And yet, the things we all have in common are far more numerous than our differences.
Behind every difference of opinion, behind every disagreement, behind each conflict there is common ground. And that common ground can be the starting point for resolving the conflict.
Finding common ground does not mean giving in or forcing the other person to accept your Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-85784634724593265132011-07-26T12:02:00.001+05:302011-07-26T19:15:24.814+05:302011-31 - Find Success…Mark Twain once said, "The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation." Successful people are on a permanent vacation. Not because they don’t work hard, but because they love what they do.
Bill Gates, in an interview on his book says that "I’ve got the greatest job in the world." And because he feels that way about his work, he has amassed a personal fortune of around $15 billion, Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-64574100491982337652011-07-19T09:41:00.004+05:302011-07-26T19:14:56.629+05:302011-30 - Be here… now!Let go of your thoughts about
what could be, or should be, or
Might have been.
Be here now, fully and lovingly.
Give your attention to the miracle
of what is. See the great
Value and beauty that is
right in front of you,
here and Now.
Let your thoughts arise
and then let them go. There's no
Need to wander away from
the wholeness of this moment.
Don't hurry ahead to whatever
is next. Be Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-29380199533218017202011-07-12T05:05:00.001+05:302011-07-12T17:06:39.200+05:302011-29 - Shooting the bird’s eye...An ancient Indian sage was teaching his disciples the art of archery. He hung a wooden bird from a tree branch as the target and asked them to aim at the eye of the bird.
The first disciple was asked to describe what he saw. He said, "I see the sky, the trees, the branches, the leaves, the bird and its eye." The sage asked this disciple to wait.
Then he asked the second disciple to describe whatAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-85160609954753118662011-07-05T08:56:00.003+05:302011-07-22T11:29:21.294+05:302011-28 - Why do children climb up slides?If you’ve ever spent much time at a playground you’ve seen that small children love to slide down slides, and that they also love to climb up them. Playground slides are not designed to climb. They are steep and slippery, and have no hand holds. And that is precisely the attraction for little ones -- the challenge.
We’re all born with the desire to seek out and overcome challenges. For the betterAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-27562687244185750662011-06-28T09:10:00.000+05:302011-06-28T09:10:10.714+05:302011-27 - Don’t Quit!When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest, if you must, but do not quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-22173796729811564382011-06-21T08:59:00.000+05:302011-06-21T08:59:46.102+05:302011-26 - If you don’t like the weather, then change it…You can do whatever you want today.
You can walk out the door into a cold, dreary day that makes you want to go back to bed. Or you can step out into a crisp, invigorating day that puts a little extra bounce in your step. It doesn’t matter what the weather report says, what matters is you.
You can get stuck in a massive traffic jam, raise your blood pressure and act rudely toward strangers. Or, Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-33330138011299945562011-06-14T12:33:00.002+05:302011-06-14T12:33:55.098+05:302011-25 - You Are Special...In all the world there is nobody like you. Since the beginning of time there has never been another person like you. Nobody has your smile, your eyes, your hands, your hair. Nobody owns your handwriting, your voice. You're Special.
Nobody can paint your brush strokes. Nobody has your taste for food or music or dance or art. Nobody in the universe sees things as you do. You're special.
In all Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-57759523981272146672011-06-07T12:51:00.002+05:302011-06-07T12:51:46.906+05:302011-24 - No easy way to the top...When you choose to drive, you have to accept traffic jams. When you choose to be health conscious, you have to forego being tongue conscious. With income will come income tax.
Anything you choose in life comes along with its own inherent positives and negatives. What folly it is to search for a rose bush without the thorns! When you choose one face of the coin, you have also chosen the other sideAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-13415276123449340742011-05-31T19:13:00.000+05:302011-05-31T19:13:13.739+05:302011-23 - The soldiers and the trench...The story goes that sometime, close to a battlefield over 200 years ago, a man in civilian clothes rode past a small group of exhausted battle-weary soldiers digging an obviously important defensive position. The section leader, making no effort to help, was shouting orders, threatening punishment if the work was not completed within the hour.
"Why are you are not helping?" asked the stranger on Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-80252785567253758542011-05-24T14:17:00.002+05:302011-05-24T14:17:30.429+05:302011-22 - Attitude...He was grinning as I came out of the airport and was holding a board, which had my name. He grinned even farther when he saw my scowl. "Rough flight?" he asked. "You bet," I said as I got into his car. I was there to address a group on the role of the press, but the journey had been anything but comfortable. I looked around at traffic jams and crowded roads and asked surly, "How's this place to Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-45771058258176961762011-05-17T08:47:00.002+05:302011-05-18T08:49:40.374+05:302011-21 - Positioning...Heron stands in the blue estuary, Solitary, white, unmoving for hours. A fish! Quick avian darting; The prey is captured.
People always ask how to follow Tao. It is as easy and natural as the heron standing in the water. The bird moves when it must; it does not move when stillness is appropriate.
The secret of its serenity is a type of vigilance, a contemplative state. The heron is not in mere Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-11317692319949110122011-05-10T10:38:00.002+05:302011-05-10T10:38:28.885+05:302011-20 - So much to do...Do you have so much to do that is seems overwhelming? Then stop thinking about how much there is and start getting it done.
Feeling overwhelmed is merely a state of mind that you choose. And just as easily as you can choose it, you can choose to let it go.
A new day, a new month, a new year dawns and it can make you feel like time is quickly slipping away. But in fact, time comes to you just as Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-82048487389187815832011-05-03T08:10:00.002+05:302011-05-03T08:10:32.054+05:302011-19 - It’s how you say it...What happens to us when we call ourselves names like "failure" or "dummy"? We feel we're no good and never will be. We want to stop trying because we think we'll flub up again.
But what if we begin to use different words to describe the same results? It won't change the results, but it will change us. And it will change the way we see our actions and ourselves.
Just by changing the words we use Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-16832686522592724732011-04-26T06:06:00.000+05:302011-04-27T18:07:24.767+05:302011-18 - Success Depends On Using, Not Opposing...The world is primarily constituted on the basis of harmony. Everything works in cooperation with something else. Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
Put yourself in another's place. Only then will you know why they think and do certain things. Once you understand how quickly people will grant your requests when Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-8853743084727062322011-04-19T09:12:00.002+05:302011-04-19T09:12:38.984+05:302011-17 - Matter of choice...Life is always a matter of choice. Whatever the circumstances may be, you can choose the level at which you live.
You can choose what to think about the various events that play out in front of your eyes. You can choose how to respond to the challenges and opportunities that come into your life.
When you choose to consistently and persistently follow a particular purpose, you will manifest that Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-43226899702297681512011-04-12T13:02:00.003+05:302011-04-19T09:13:01.994+05:302011-16 - Build a future...The more you take action, the more good things you’ll have coming your way. You’ll come across more and better opportunities, learn more things, and become more skilled at getting the results you want.
Yes, you’re going to make mistakes, and you’ll regularly need to adjust your approach. But that’s no reason to avoid action.
In fact, that’s a good reason to get started as soon as possible. If Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-17417062810028117382011-04-05T08:26:00.000+05:302011-04-06T08:27:07.098+05:302011-15 - Why walk when you can fly...?Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons from Arabia. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained.
Months passed and one day the head falconer informed the king that though one of the falcons was flying majestically, soaring high in the sky, the other bird had not moved from its Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-44057703972823151252011-03-29T13:24:00.000+05:302011-03-30T13:24:32.301+05:302011-14 - Your potential…There is no limit to your potential. For there is no limit to what you can imagine, and whatever you can imagine, you can bring into your life.
Yes, there are very real hurdles to whatever you attempt. And in some way or another, you can get yourself over every one of them.
When you imagine limitations, they become real. Instead, focus your imagination on the positive possibilities, and focus Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-71849453622255424072011-03-22T12:26:00.000+05:302011-03-22T12:26:00.145+05:302011-13 - Common Ground…Every person has a unique perspective. And yet, the things we all have in common are far more numerous than our differences. Behind every difference of opinion, behind every disagreement, behind each conflict there is common ground. And that common ground can be the starting point for resolving the conflict.
Finding common ground does not mean giving in or forcing the other person to accept yourAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-65624751898429296022011-03-15T09:33:00.001+05:302011-03-15T09:33:00.964+05:302011-12 - Are You Waiting To Be Called…Back when the telegraph was the fastest method of long-distance communication, a young man applied for a job as a Morse Code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the office address that was listed.
When he arrived, he entered a large, busy office filled with noise and clatter, including the sound of the telegraph in the background. A sign on the receptionist's counter Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-79517971035379623942011-03-08T09:30:00.000+05:302011-03-14T09:30:24.262+05:302011-11 - The Acorn Planter...In the 1930's a young traveller was exploring the French Alps. He came upon a vast stretch of barren land. It was desolate. It was forbidding. It was ugly. It was the kind of place you hurry away from.
Then, suddenly, the young traveller stopped dead in his tracks. In the middle of this vast wasteland was a bent-over old man. On his back was a sack of acorns. In his hand was a four-foot length ofAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-84145079574249332902011-03-01T09:45:00.000+05:302011-03-07T09:45:20.203+05:302011-10 - Strength… and Courage…It takes strength to be firm,
It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to stand guard,
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to conquer,
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain,
It takes courage to have doubt.
It takes strength to fit in,
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend's pain,
It takes courage to feel yourAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-70046422306088560262011-02-22T08:16:00.000+05:302011-02-24T08:16:57.355+05:302011-09 - The house of 1000 Mirrors…Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.
When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-44087533345156377552011-02-15T13:37:00.003+05:302011-02-15T13:37:48.589+05:302011-08 - Expect The Best…A little girl walked daily to and from school. Though the weather this particular morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and lightning.
The child's mother, concerned that her daughter would be frightened and possibly harmed by the storm got into her car and drove along the Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-45945749863801918692011-02-08T13:34:00.000+05:302011-02-15T13:35:24.034+05:302011-07 - Filling a Sieve With Water…A Teacher had given a discourse on creative thinking.
Afterwards his disciples approached him and asked him to set them a problem that required them to think creatively. The sage gave them a sieve and asked them to fill it with water at the sea, nearby. They were gone for a long time. Finally he went down to the beach to see what they were doing, and found them seated morosely around the sieve.
Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-71463888923053021892011-02-01T13:32:00.001+05:302011-02-15T13:35:54.500+05:302011-06 - Bend, But Don't Break…One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream, and listen to the chirps of birds and the rustling of leaves in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees bend under pressure from the wind and watch them return gracefully to their upright or original position after the wind had Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-77156394176813097802011-01-25T13:31:00.000+05:302011-02-15T13:31:24.149+05:302011-05 - I'm still growing…Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts.
He even made American Express card commercials because of it! However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.
You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-81742983005467482022011-01-18T08:25:00.000+05:302011-01-24T08:25:14.570+05:302011-04 - Hope…As I ate breakfast one morning, I overheard two oncologists conversing. One complained bitterly, "You know, Bob, I just don't understand it. We used the same drugs, the same dosage, the same schedule and the same entry criteria. Yet I got a 22 percent response rate and you got a 74 percent. That's unheard of for metastatic cancer. How do you do it?"
His colleague replied, "We're both using Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-29241176222345847582011-01-11T08:21:00.000+05:302011-01-24T08:22:10.489+05:302011-03 - Learning to get back up…Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. A baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother's womb and usually lands on its back. Within seconds it rolls over and tucks its legs under its body. From this position it considers the world for the first time and shakes off the last vestiges of the birthing fluid from its eyes and ears. Then the mother giraffe rudely introduces its offspring to Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-58746683743350747882011-01-04T11:21:00.000+05:302011-01-05T11:21:59.924+05:302011-02 - Why we tell stories…There was once a disciple of a great teacher. Day after day the disciple would sit at the feet of his teacher listening to his instruction. Many people would come to visit and inevitably the teacher would engage them by telling a story.
One day the disciple asked; "Guruji, why do you engage people by means of stories? Why don't you just give them your teaching straight out?"
The guru answered: "Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-694270434347185362010-12-28T12:14:00.000+05:302010-12-28T12:14:37.691+05:302011-01 - What will you take…?"Time, faith and the love of my family and friends," he said. How wonderful. Somehow, from the moment we met, I knew we would connect. His response was perfect. His answer was mine.
It is that time of year when we reflect back on accomplishments and failures. It is a wrapping up and an unfolding all in one. The sentimental fool that I am keeps me deep in thought filling my days with mood swings Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-56935826408956699082010-12-21T14:26:00.001+05:302010-12-22T14:29:19.391+05:302010-52- And He shall sustain thee…I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and splutter and die. I barely managed to coast, cursing, into a gas station, glad only that I would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck.
Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the quickie mart building, and Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-83058736474757088462010-12-14T14:30:00.000+05:302010-12-22T14:30:39.787+05:302010-51 - Wild Flowers…Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work.
There is one particular blue flower that has always caught my eye. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours, the afternoon sun is too warm for it. Every day for approximately two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-80774616222609411392010-12-07T15:23:00.003+05:302010-12-07T15:24:41.429+05:302010-50 - Sandbox Rock…A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox. The lad dug around the rock, managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With no little bit of struggle, he pushed andAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-91798256057216102342010-11-30T08:45:00.000+05:302010-12-01T08:45:41.219+05:302010-49 - Quite a Character…I can remember when I was a child in grade school, my parents would attend the PTA meetings. I stayed at home shaking in my boots, fearful of what my teachers had to say about me. I don't know why. Most of the time when they returned home, my father would say, "I asked how you were doing in class. She said 'Bob's a charmer.'" I'd smile and sigh with relief.
"You're quite a character, Bob," my Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-72399111642934325502010-11-23T09:49:00.003+05:302010-12-01T08:44:14.900+05:302010-48 - Run With Intent…Fred Lebow once complained to his doctor that he lacked energy. His doctor advised him to take up running in order to increase his stamina. He fell in love with it! He was 39 years old when he entered his first race - and did horribly. He beat only one other contestant - a 72-year-old man. But he loved it!
Fred decided what he really wanted to do - and he did it in his spare time. He joined the Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-30222530647816327392010-11-16T19:30:00.000+05:302010-11-16T19:32:30.505+05:302010-47 - From Spark To Flame…When my now 19 year old daughter was in Grade 3, all of Mrs. Mathews' students were given a small pot with a bean seed to plant. Green string beans it seems are pretty hardy and the perfect seed to use when promoting green thumbs in young children. Once the bean plants had sprouted and flowered, their teacher allowed the kids to carefully transfer the precious cargo from school to home. Once Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-25274381026249369242010-11-09T08:27:00.000+05:302010-11-10T08:27:47.119+05:302010-46 - Nothing is long or short, hot or cold, good or bad…One day while working out in the fields the farmer's son fell and broke his leg. The villagers came to the farm and said, 'My, that's a great misfortune. Your son has broken his leg: now he can't help you in the fields.'
The farmer said, 'It is neither a fortune nor a misfortune.'
A day later, the government troops came to the village looking for young men to conscript into the army. They had Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-71485511096263474002010-11-02T08:30:00.000+05:302010-11-04T08:30:32.310+05:302010-45 - Making the Best of You…They say 'make the best of a bad situation.' But I believe the bad situation makes the best of you. Even the irritations of life can be useful. President Abraham Lincoln showed us how this is so.
One of his cabinet appointees, Edwin Stanton, frequently found flaws with the president and criticized him - sometimes in public. Lincoln seemed to show excessive patience with him. The president was Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-25697380777572872152010-10-26T09:42:00.000+05:302010-10-29T09:42:39.015+05:302010-44 - The Secret of an Efficient Secretary…Arnold Bennett, the British novelist, had a publisher who boasted about the extraordinary efficiency of his secretary. One day while visiting the publisher's office, Bennett asked her: "Your boss claims you're extremely efficient. What's your secret?"
"It's not my secret," said the secretary, "it's his." Each time she did something for him, no matter how insignificant, she explained, he never Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-28020383172088373632010-10-19T18:05:00.000+05:302010-10-19T18:05:42.442+05:302010-43 - Rush Trucking…When Andra Rush started her trucking company, all she had was a beat-up van, a pair of used pickup trucks, and the naive certainty of a 23-year-old. She figured it would take her about four years to make her fortune. Then she could use her newfound millions to accomplish her true goal: tackling poverty on Native American reservations across North America. "I thought I could retire by the time I Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-14831557652772705302010-10-12T12:23:00.000+05:302010-10-14T12:24:22.153+05:302010-42 - Eating the Cookie…One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way. Happiness was "having the cookie." If you had the cookie, things were good. If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. Some of the time it was money, sometimes power, sometimes sex. At other times, it was Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-4926804028559321702010-10-05T10:14:00.000+05:302010-10-06T10:15:13.180+05:302010-41 - Listen…“Only connect,” wrote E. M. Forster. How to be connected in a world that seems to be pushing all of us toward disconnection with stress, information overload, long work hours, and the breakdown of community social structures that no longer function? In the past, most new acquaintances would be introduced by a friend or close connection so that you knew something about that person and his or her Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-78125379848588180952010-09-28T06:48:00.000+05:302010-09-28T07:49:00.648+05:302010-40 - May This Encourage You, Always…Don't spend major time with minor people. If there are people in your life who continually disappoint you, break promises, stomp on your dreams, are too judgmental, have different values and don't have your back during difficult times... that is not friendship.
To have a friend, be a friend. Sometimes in life as you grow, your friends will either grow or go. Surround yourself with people who Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-30063291860344645042010-09-21T12:15:00.001+05:302010-09-21T12:57:26.077+05:302010-39 - The Man Who Thinks He Can…If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you would like to win but you think you can’t;
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow’s will;
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you’re outclassed, you are.
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-36951168783600340672010-09-14T06:50:00.000+05:302010-09-14T06:50:00.413+05:302010-38 - Secret of Success…"Sir, what is the secret of your success?" a reporter asked a bank president.
"Two words"
"And, sir, what are they?"
"Right decisions."
"And how do you make right decisions?"
"One word."
"And, sir, what is that?"
"Experience."
"And how do you get experience?"
"Two words"
"And, sir, what are they?"
"Wrong decisions"
~ Author Unknown
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“Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-45065639353100652712010-09-07T09:06:00.000+05:302010-09-07T09:06:37.180+05:302010-37 - The Comfort Zone…I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I wouldn't fail.
The same four walls and busywork were really more like jail.
I longed so much to do the things I'd never done before,
But stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.
I said it didn't matter that I wasn't doing much.
I said I didn't care for things like commission cheques and such.
I claimed to be so busy with things Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-38562543965216523802010-08-31T10:46:00.000+05:302010-09-02T10:47:56.436+05:302010-36 - Accepting Challenges…Soichiro Honda was born in Yamahigashi on November 17 1906. His father, Gihei Honda, was a local blacksmith. His mother, Mika, was a weaver. The family was not wealthy, but Gihei Honda instilled into his children the ethic of hard work, and a love of mechanical things. Honda spent his early childhood helping his father, a blacksmith, with his bicycle repair business. Soichiro soon learned how to Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-77097073685871534812010-08-24T13:44:00.000+05:302010-08-28T13:44:32.108+05:302010-35 - The Piano Principle…Imagine walking into someone's home, and finding the living room dominated by a beautiful grand piano. You ask your hosts for a recital, to which they reply that they don't play. As you run your hand over the sleek exterior of this magnificent instrument, you think to yourself, "What a shame..."
I think human beings are like grand pianos - incredible creations capable of producing wonderful musicAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-11113767643736983302010-08-17T12:06:00.002+05:302010-08-17T12:07:22.140+05:302010-34 - I have a mountain to climb…I was about to climb the mountain today. But I had so many other things to do, so instead of climbing the mountain I took care of much more important tasks. I washed my car, mowed the grass and watched the big game. Today the mountain will just have to wait.
I was going to climb the mountain today. But as I stared at the mountain in its majestic beauty, I knew I stood no chance of making it to Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-83182667100304061802010-08-10T08:32:00.000+05:302010-08-12T08:33:06.792+05:302010-33 - Happiness is NOW, don't wait…We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are.
After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.
We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-30679518395550836612010-08-03T08:35:00.000+05:302010-08-06T08:35:53.661+05:302010-32 - On friendship…Horror gripped the heart of the World War I soldier, as he saw his life-long friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant if he might go out into the "No Man's Land" between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.
"You can go," said the lieutenant, "but I don't think it will be worth it. Your friend is probably Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-68968892346346593322010-07-27T09:39:00.000+05:302010-07-27T09:39:03.339+05:302010-31 - Nothing is Written…My all-time favourite film is "Lawrence Of Arabia" and, if I have a favourite scene from the movie, then I guess it is the one of Lawrence's triumphal return from the Nefud desert, having gone back to rescue the Arab Gasim. The crossing of the Nefud desert is considered impossible, even by the local Arabs, but Lawrence persuades them that, in this way, they can take the Turkish port at Aqaba fromAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-50654150980189377632010-07-20T10:30:00.000+05:302010-07-21T10:31:31.250+05:302010-30 - The Four Way Test…The man was Herbert J. Taylor who surveyed the way the company did its business, which was the sale of aluminium pots and pans. The nature of the industry was fraught with unethical business practices. To bring the business out of bankruptcy Taylor knew that he had to change the way business was conducted. Ultimately he developed a very simple business philosophy that all employees were to followAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-39643937409767859912010-07-13T08:08:00.001+05:302010-07-14T08:10:23.304+05:302010-29 - I Wanted To Change The World…When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-73527130501674314142010-07-06T12:14:00.001+05:302010-07-06T12:15:09.190+05:302010-28 - The Power of Encouragement…Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the famous 19th-century poet and artist, was once approached by an elderly man. The old fellow had some sketches and drawings that he wanted Rossetti to look at and tell him if they were any good, or if they at least showed potential talent. Rossetti looked them over carefully.
After the first few, he knew that they were worthless, showing not the least sign of artistic Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-39646247761984109252010-06-29T05:23:00.000+05:302010-07-03T17:24:25.010+05:302010-27 - Irrelevance…All questions at the public meeting that day were about life beyond the grave.
The Master only laughed and did not give a single answer.
To his disciples, who demanded to know the reason for his evasiveness, he later said, "Have you observed that it is precisely those who do not know what to do with this life, who want another that will last forever?"
"But is there life after death or is there Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-4815086001754165422010-06-22T14:49:00.000+05:302010-06-22T14:49:11.450+05:302010-26 - Be a Believer to be an Achiever…The professor stood before his class of 30 senior molecular biology students, about to pass out the final exam. 'I have been privileged to be your instructor this semester, and I know how hard you have all worked to prepare for this test. I also know most of you are off to medical school or grad school next fall,' he said to them.
'I am well aware of how much pressure you are under to keep your Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-69838070598682055982010-06-15T22:56:00.000+05:302010-06-16T10:56:42.187+05:302010-25 - Lessons from an Oyster…There once was an oyster whose story I tell,
who found that some sand had got into his shell.
It was only a grain, but it gave him great pain,
for oysters have feelings although they're so plain.
Now, did he berate the harsh workings of fate
that had brought him to such a deplorable state?
Did he curse at the government, cry for election,
and claim that the sea should have given him protectionAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-84604718646270650962010-06-08T14:32:00.001+05:302010-06-08T14:32:55.881+05:302010-24 - Acres Of Diamonds…There is a story about a farmer who lived in Africa and through a visitor became tremendously excited about looking for diamonds. Diamonds were already discovered in abundance on the African continent and this farmer got so excited about the idea of millions of dollars worth of diamonds that he sold his farm to head out to the diamond line. He wandered all over the continent, as the years slippedAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-64353067338448193152010-06-01T22:28:00.001+05:302010-06-01T22:28:32.223+05:302010-23 - The Three Brothers…Some years ago, three brothers left the farm to work in the city. They were all hired by the same company at the same pay. Three years later, Jim was being paid $500 a month, Frank was receiving $1,000, but George was now making $1,500.
Their father decided to visit the employer. He listened to the confused father and said, "I will let the boys explain for themselves."
Jim was summoned to the Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-81303347990104394752010-05-25T13:51:00.000+05:302010-05-25T11:51:49.816+05:302010-22 - The Story of Big Jim…I looked out my second storey office window and knew exactly why. I could hear the sounds throughout the morning. This crew of 4 men and 3 bucket trucks stringing power lines along the new poles they had been planting in the front and back yards of my neighbourhood the past few weeks.
Often during this time, I would be working on my laptop on the front porch and watched this professional team Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-57354716606233739302010-05-18T12:57:00.000+05:302010-05-25T11:52:18.987+05:302010-21 - Steps To Happiness…Everybody knows: You can't be all things to all people. You can't do all things at once. You can't do all things equally well. You can't do all things better than everyone else. Your humanity is showing just like everyone else's.
So: You have to find out who you are, and be that. You have to decide what comes first, and do that. You have to discover your strengths, and use them. You have to learnAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-92054919396507004262010-05-11T13:29:00.000+05:302010-05-11T12:30:38.977+05:302010-20 - Hang in There…I remember Navy boot camp like it was yesterday. It was clearly my second day from what I was wearing. I was walking single file with my unit down a hall and a sailor, who was about to graduate, passed us.
He must have noticed my expression. It without a doubt said, 'I am tired, intimidated, scared and hungry.' You can't talk when walking in formation, therefore he whispered out of the side of Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-7460547045093526792010-05-04T12:35:00.000+05:302010-05-04T12:58:44.127+05:302010-19 - Bringing out the best in you…Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom, Ruby Lloyd Wilson, was one of those people.
Most people called her Doll. My father died when I was nine months old, making her a single mother and a widow at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, there were times when we had so little money that we had to live on a few pounds of Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-32746371459233182032010-04-27T14:48:00.001+05:302010-04-27T14:50:16.429+05:302010-18 - The Butterfly Story…The caterpillar’s new cells are called "imaginal cells". They resonate at a different frequency. They are so totally different from the caterpillar cells that his immune system thinks they are enemies... and gobbles them up - Chomp! Gulp! But these new imaginal cells continue to appear. More and more of them!
Pretty soon, the caterpillar's immune system cannot destroy them fast enough. More and Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-35430628414069344842010-04-20T21:25:00.000+05:302010-04-20T09:27:05.778+05:302010-17 - What You Are Is As Important As What You Do…It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in Oklahoma City. My friend and proud father Bobby Lewis was taking his two little boys to play miniature golf. He walked up to the fellow at the ticket counter and said, "How much is it to get in?"
The young man replied, "$3.00 for you and $3.00 for any kid who is older than six. We let them in free if they are six or younger. How old are they?"
Bobby replied, "Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-16546045722749089182010-04-13T14:37:00.001+05:302010-04-13T14:37:56.183+05:302010-16 - The Secret of Happiness…The old man shuffled slowly into the restaurant. With head tilted, and shoulders bent forward, he leaned on his trusty cane with each unhurried step.
His tattered cloth jacket, patched trousers, worn out shoes, and warm personality made him stand out from the usual Saturday morning breakfast crowd. Unforgettable were his pale blue eyes that sparkled like diamonds, large rosy cheeks, and thin lipsAcumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-86488314695147654562010-04-06T16:48:00.000+05:302010-04-06T16:48:38.712+05:302010-15 - Seeing Triumph in Tragedy…In 1914 Thomas Edison’s factory in West Orange, New Jersey, was virtually destroyed by fire. Although the damage exceeded $2 million, the buildings were insured for only $238,000 because they were made of concrete and were thought to be fireproof. Much of Edison’s life work went up in smoke and flames that December night.
At the height of the fire, Edison’s 24-year-old son, Charles, searched Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906049382429010622.post-57766266794359382822010-03-31T12:10:00.000+05:302010-05-25T11:53:32.338+05:302010-14 - Lessons Learned From a Child and Her Dog…"So teach him to close the door", my daughter Emma responded after listening to me complain, again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January cold air.
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? You got to be kidding. That has got to be a really, really hard thing to do, and I do not have any dog credentials following my name.
But then she took it a Acumen - Insight of the Weekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544218420901707024noreply@blogger.com0