Hi all,
I am looking for some short stories that can be used in training sessions to make them more interesting and memorable. I believe that taking something away from a session is very important, and rather than memorizing facts, it's easier to memorize a story.
I am specifically looking for stories related to coaching, mentoring, stress management, leadership, inspiration, and customer service.
Thank you.
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2I am looking for some short stories that can be used in training sessions to make them more interesting and memorable. I believe that taking something away from a session is very important, and rather than memorizing facts, it's easier to memorize a story.
I am specifically looking for stories related to coaching, mentoring, stress management, leadership, inspiration, and customer service.
Thank you.
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Guys, I am in real need and i think we all are here to share the knowledge. Kindly add in your share.
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A few stories to inspire are in [Inspirational Stories and Articles](http://stories2inspire.blogspot.com/).
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Hi Pooja, Im sending different kind of short stories and relate them to your situation while using in trainings. Hope it will meet your requirement. Cheers Kalyan......:icon1:
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Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength.
Take, for example, the story of a 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite losing his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. Despite doing well, he couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move. "Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?" "This is the only move you need to know," the sensei replied. Not fully understanding but trusting his teacher, the boy continued training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprisingly, the boy won his first two matches easily. The third match was tougher, but he used his one move skillfully to win. In the finals, facing a bigger, stronger, and more experienced opponent, the boy seemed overmatched. Concerned for his safety, the referee considered stopping the match. However, the sensei insisted on letting it continue. The opponent made a mistake, and the boy seized the opportunity to win the tournament.
On their way home, the boy asked the sensei how he had won with only one move. The sensei explained that the boy had almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in judo, and the opponent's only defense was to grab his left arm.
The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
mubarak
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Take, for example, the story of a 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite losing his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. Despite doing well, he couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move. "Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?" "This is the only move you need to know," the sensei replied. Not fully understanding but trusting his teacher, the boy continued training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprisingly, the boy won his first two matches easily. The third match was tougher, but he used his one move skillfully to win. In the finals, facing a bigger, stronger, and more experienced opponent, the boy seemed overmatched. Concerned for his safety, the referee considered stopping the match. However, the sensei insisted on letting it continue. The opponent made a mistake, and the boy seized the opportunity to win the tournament.
On their way home, the boy asked the sensei how he had won with only one move. The sensei explained that the boy had almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in judo, and the opponent's only defense was to grab his left arm.
The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
mubarak
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Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside where an eagle's nest rested. The eagle's nest contained four large eagle eggs. One day, an earthquake rocked the mountain, causing one of the eggs to roll down the mountain to a chicken farm located in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must protect and care for the eagle's egg, so an old hen volunteered to nurture and raise the large egg. One day, the egg hatched, and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, but his spirit cried out for more.
While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and noticed a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies. "Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds." The chickens roared with laughter, "You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken, and chickens do not soar."
The eagle continued staring at his real family up above, dreaming that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his dreams be known, he was told it couldn't be done. That is what the eagle learned to believe. The eagle, after time, stopped dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle passed away.
The moral of the story: You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, follow your dreams, not the words of a chicken.
Mubarak Nawaz
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While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and noticed a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies. "Oh," the eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds." The chickens roared with laughter, "You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken, and chickens do not soar."
The eagle continued staring at his real family up above, dreaming that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his dreams be known, he was told it couldn't be done. That is what the eagle learned to believe. The eagle, after time, stopped dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle passed away.
The moral of the story: You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, follow your dreams, not the words of a chicken.
Mubarak Nawaz
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Story Time
"The Touchstone Fable"
When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers. The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the Touchstone! The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.
So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold - throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity. Unless we are vigilant, it's easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.
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"The Touchstone Fable"
When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coppers. The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the Touchstone! The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.
So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold - throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity. Unless we are vigilant, it's easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away.
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Also many thx for your presentation. I also have a good one to share.
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good and very touching stories ,ofcourse very useful in the training sessions to drive to a point and explain clearly and empahasise the point.
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Dear Mubarak, it's always prudent to give sources of stories posted. This will help avoid being accused of plagiarizing others' material.
For example, this story was posted in August 2006 at www.motivateus.com/stories/your-biggest-strength.htm and in 2000 at Story: Weakness or Strength?
The Chicken and Eagle story was at trending123.com - here you can find a different but equally inspiring version.
Lot more stories here at WELCOME TO BANK OF I.D.E.A.S (Search On Cite | Search On Google)
Yoga Fables and More - The Gold Scales
If you search the Web, you will find a lot more.
Have a nice day.
Narasimhan
"Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength.
Take, for example, the story of a 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite losing his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old..."
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For example, this story was posted in August 2006 at www.motivateus.com/stories/your-biggest-strength.htm and in 2000 at Story: Weakness or Strength?
The Chicken and Eagle story was at trending123.com - here you can find a different but equally inspiring version.
Lot more stories here at WELCOME TO BANK OF I.D.E.A.S (Search On Cite | Search On Google)
Yoga Fables and More - The Gold Scales
If you search the Web, you will find a lot more.
Have a nice day.
Narasimhan
"Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength.
Take, for example, the story of a 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite losing his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old..."
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Hi,
Attached are some stories compiled from different sections of this site itself.
Regards, Vipul
Focus on solutions, not on problems.
When NASA began launching astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink wouldn't flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, it took them a decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on practically any surface including crystal, and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.
And what did the Russians do?
They used a pencil!
Simple intelligence:
One of the most memorable case studies I came across 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 a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately, the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department.
For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soapboxes that passed through the line to ensure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast, but they spent a hefty amount to do so.
But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was faced with the same problem, they did not get into complications of X-rays, etc., but instead came up with another solution. They bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. They switched the fan on, and as each soapbox passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.
Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender.
The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning moneylender suggested that they let providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag.
Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife, and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him, and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.
They were standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.
Now, imagine that you were standing in the field.
What would you have done if you were the girl?
If you had to advise her, what would you have told her?
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the moneylender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking. The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.
What would you recommend to the girl to do?
Well, here is what she did...
The girl put her hand into the money bag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't attempt to think.
Japanese thinking - another example:
The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.
The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen, and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price.
So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull but alive.
Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan?
To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged.
As soon as you reach your goals, such as finding a wonderful mate, starting a successful company, paying off your debts, or whatever, you might lose your passion. You don't need to work so hard, so you relax.
Like the Japanese fish problem, the best solution is simple. It was observed by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950s.
"Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment."
The Benefits of a Challenge:
The more intelligent, persistent, and competent you are, the more you enjoy a good problem. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are happy. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun. You are alive!
Recommendations:
Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game.
If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help.
Don't create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills, and abilities to make a difference.
Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can go.
From India, Mumbai
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Attached are some stories compiled from different sections of this site itself.
Regards, Vipul
Focus on solutions, not on problems.
When NASA began launching astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink wouldn't flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, it took them a decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on practically any surface including crystal, and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.
And what did the Russians do?
They used a pencil!
Simple intelligence:
One of the most memorable case studies I came across 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 a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately, the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department.
For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soapboxes that passed through the line to ensure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast, but they spent a hefty amount to do so.
But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was faced with the same problem, they did not get into complications of X-rays, etc., but instead came up with another solution. They bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. They switched the fan on, and as each soapbox passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.
Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender.
The moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he proposed a bargain.
He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the proposal. So the cunning moneylender suggested that they let providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag.
Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife, and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him, and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.
They were standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.
Now, imagine that you were standing in the field.
What would you have done if you were the girl?
If you had to advise her, what would you have told her?
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the moneylender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking. The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers.
What would you recommend to the girl to do?
Well, here is what she did...
The girl put her hand into the money bag and drew out a pebble. Without looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't attempt to think.
Japanese thinking - another example:
The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.
The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen, and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price.
So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull but alive.
Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem? How do they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan?
To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged.
As soon as you reach your goals, such as finding a wonderful mate, starting a successful company, paying off your debts, or whatever, you might lose your passion. You don't need to work so hard, so you relax.
Like the Japanese fish problem, the best solution is simple. It was observed by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1950s.
"Man thrives, oddly enough, only in the presence of a challenging environment."
The Benefits of a Challenge:
The more intelligent, persistent, and competent you are, the more you enjoy a good problem. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are happy. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions. You have fun. You are alive!
Recommendations:
Instead of avoiding challenges, jump into them. Beat the heck out of them. Enjoy the game.
If your challenges are too large or too numerous, do not give up. Failing makes you tired. Instead, reorganize. Find more determination, more knowledge, more help.
Don't create success and lie in it. You have resources, skills, and abilities to make a difference.
Put a shark in your tank and see how far you can go.
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Hi,
The best way to prepare is to follow the PPR model, i.e., Prepare, Present, and Reinforce. To make it simpler, first, get your PPTs, projector, training room, and required stationery ready according to the set plan of action. Start the class with a good attention-grabber related to the topic of the training. Do not let the trainees only look at the slides or the board. A good trainer must not write long statements onto the slides (PPT). Explain more and do not speak on one topic for more than 20 minutes. Have some fun/learning activities prepared to keep your class alive. To make the class more learner-centric, encourage demos and ensure their participation.
I hope this would help you in a good way. All the best!!!
From India, New Delhi
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The best way to prepare is to follow the PPR model, i.e., Prepare, Present, and Reinforce. To make it simpler, first, get your PPTs, projector, training room, and required stationery ready according to the set plan of action. Start the class with a good attention-grabber related to the topic of the training. Do not let the trainees only look at the slides or the board. A good trainer must not write long statements onto the slides (PPT). Explain more and do not speak on one topic for more than 20 minutes. Have some fun/learning activities prepared to keep your class alive. To make the class more learner-centric, encourage demos and ensure their participation.
I hope this would help you in a good way. All the best!!!
From India, New Delhi
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Dear All,
Please find the below story. Let me know your feedback.
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer, a contractor, of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife, enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time, it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.
When the carpenter finished his work, the employer came to inspect the house. He handed the front-door key to the carpenter.
"This is your house," he said, "my gift to you."
The carpenter was shocked! What a shame!
If he had only known he was building his own, he would have done it all so differently.
We often do things with certain thoughts in our minds, only realizing the impact when it comes back to us.
So it is with us. We build our lives, day by day, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house that we have built. If we could do it over, we'd do it much differently. But we cannot go back.
You are the carpenter. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Life is a do-it-yourself project, as someone has said. Your attitudes and the choices you make today build the house you will live in tomorrow. Build wisely!
Regards,
Amruta
From India, Pune
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Please find the below story. Let me know your feedback.
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer, a contractor, of his plans to leave the house-building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife, enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.
The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time, it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career.
When the carpenter finished his work, the employer came to inspect the house. He handed the front-door key to the carpenter.
"This is your house," he said, "my gift to you."
The carpenter was shocked! What a shame!
If he had only known he was building his own, he would have done it all so differently.
We often do things with certain thoughts in our minds, only realizing the impact when it comes back to us.
So it is with us. We build our lives, day by day, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house that we have built. If we could do it over, we'd do it much differently. But we cannot go back.
You are the carpenter. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Life is a do-it-yourself project, as someone has said. Your attitudes and the choices you make today build the house you will live in tomorrow. Build wisely!
Regards,
Amruta
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Hi, Sorry for a delayed reply have these stories. Hope they are helpful. Regards Anupreet
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Dear All,
I'm working as a trainer in the retail industry. I would be very grateful if you all could help me with the PowerPoint presentations or activities related to the following topics:
- Customer Service (PPT and Activities)
- Behavioral Skills (Active Listening and Team Work) (PPT and Activities)
- Business of Retail (PPT and Activities) and Grooming (only activities)
Please guide me...
Thank you,
Varsha
From India, Delhi
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I'm working as a trainer in the retail industry. I would be very grateful if you all could help me with the PowerPoint presentations or activities related to the following topics:
- Customer Service (PPT and Activities)
- Behavioral Skills (Active Listening and Team Work) (PPT and Activities)
- Business of Retail (PPT and Activities) and Grooming (only activities)
Please guide me...
Thank you,
Varsha
From India, Delhi
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Dear Amruta,
In addition to the story, you should give the source of the story too; this will avoid being accused of plagiarizing. Recently, a UK medical consultant was dismissed and barred from practicing for plagiarizing passages from another author in his book. I found the story at The Carpenter's Story (link updated to site home) (Search On Cite | Search On Google). Have a nice day.
Narasimhan
Dear All,
Please find the below story, let me know your feedback:
Old Carpenter
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer - a contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business
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In addition to the story, you should give the source of the story too; this will avoid being accused of plagiarizing. Recently, a UK medical consultant was dismissed and barred from practicing for plagiarizing passages from another author in his book. I found the story at The Carpenter's Story (link updated to site home) (Search On Cite | Search On Google). Have a nice day.
Narasimhan
Dear All,
Please find the below story, let me know your feedback:
Old Carpenter
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer - a contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business
From United Kingdom
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Hello Varsha,
Have you tried to find material by searching the web using Google search engine before posting your query? I am sure you can find a lot by spending a few minutes. Here is one URL: [http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/tourism/custservice/presentation/provision1.ppt#4](http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/tourism/custservice/presentation/provision1.ppt#4) found at [Google Search for customer service + ppt](http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=customer+service+%2B+ppt&am p;amp;meta=). Have a nice day.
Narasimhan
Dear All,
I'm working as a trainer in the retail industry. I would be very grateful if you all could help me with the below-mentioned PowerPoint presentations or activities related to these topics. Please guide me on:
- Customer Service (PPT and Activities)
- Behavioral Skills (Active Listening and Teamwork) (PPT and Activities)
- Business of Retail (PPT and Activities) and Grooming (only activities)
Thank you,
Varsha
From United Kingdom
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Have you tried to find material by searching the web using Google search engine before posting your query? I am sure you can find a lot by spending a few minutes. Here is one URL: [http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/tourism/custservice/presentation/provision1.ppt#4](http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/tourism/custservice/presentation/provision1.ppt#4) found at [Google Search for customer service + ppt](http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=customer+service+%2B+ppt&am p;amp;meta=). Have a nice day.
Narasimhan
Dear All,
I'm working as a trainer in the retail industry. I would be very grateful if you all could help me with the below-mentioned PowerPoint presentations or activities related to these topics. Please guide me on:
- Customer Service (PPT and Activities)
- Behavioral Skills (Active Listening and Teamwork) (PPT and Activities)
- Business of Retail (PPT and Activities) and Grooming (only activities)
Thank you,
Varsha
From United Kingdom
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Dear all, I already had sourced many of the stories related, but there were quite a few new ones that I felt were really helpful. Thanks to all of you who contributed the stories and the links! Jeroo
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hope for the best all the best to everyone. thanks & regards, from sumit kumar saxena
From India, Ghaziabad
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