And so you thought other people's problem and dilemma shouldn't be of your concern, think again! Let this mousetrap story tell you why should you bother and give others the attention they deserve ...
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall
to see the farmer and his wife open a package. What food might this contain?
The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard,
the mouse proclaimed the warning:
"There is a mousetrap
in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and
scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave
concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by
it."
The mouse turned to the pig
and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in
the house!"
The pig sympathized, but
said, I am so very sorry, Mr.Mouse , but there is nothing I can do about it but
pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow
and said "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the
house!"
The cow said, "Wow, Mr.
Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose."
So, the mouse returned to
the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap alone.
That very night a sound was
heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The
farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see
it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the
farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home
with a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a
fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard
for the soup's main ingredient.
But his wife's sickness
continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To
feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.
The farmer's wife did not
get well; in fact, she died.
So many people came for her funeral;
the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all
from his crack in the wall with great sadness.
So, the next time you hear
someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, REMEMBER:
This is a summary or list of those lessons. It is my sincere belief that mastering even just 1/4 of these lessons will make a significant impact in your career or way of living. May you find inspiration on them, a single flash of idea that may change your life and those around you forever.
Lesson 1:
Definiteness of Purpose
Definiteness of purpose is
the starting point of all achievement. Without a purpose and a plan, people
drift aimlessly through life.
Lesson 2:
Mastermind Alliance
The Mastermind principle
consists of an alliance of two or more minds working in perfect harmony for the
attainment of a common definite objective. Success does not come without the
cooperation of others.
Lesson 3:
Applied Faith
Faith is a state of mind
through which your aims, desires, plans and purposes may be translated into
their physical or financial equivalent.
Lesson 4:
Going the Extra Mile
Going the extra mile is the
action of rendering more and better service than that for which you are
presently paid. When you go the extra mile, the Law of Compensation comes into
play.
Lesson 5:
Pleasing Personality
Personality is the sum
total of one’s mental, spiritual and physical traits and habits that
distinguish one from all others. It is the factor that determines whether one
is liked or disliked by others.
Lesson 6:
Personal Initiative
Personal initiative is the
power that inspires the completion of that which one begins. It is the power
that starts all action. No person is free until he learns to do his own
thinking and gains the courage to act on his own.
Lesson 7:
Positive Mental Attitude
Positive mental attitude is
the right mental attitude in all circumstances. Success attracts more success
while failure attracts more failure.
Lesson 8:
Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is faith in
action. It is the intense emotion known as burning desire. It comes from
within, although it radiates outwardly in the expression of one’s voice and
countenance.
Lesson 9:
Self-Discipline
Self-discipline begins with
the mastery of thought. If you do not control your thoughts, you cannot control
your needs. Self-discipline calls for a balancing of the emotions of your heart
with the reasoning faculty of your head.
Lesson 10:
Accurate Thinking
The power of thought is the
most dangerous or the most beneficial power available to man, depending on how
it is used.
Lesson 11:
Controlled Attention
Controlled attention leads
to mastery in any type of human endeavor, because it enables one to focus the
powers of his mind upon the attainment of a definite objective and to keep it
so directed at will.
Lesson 12:
Teamwork
Teamwork is harmonious
cooperation that is willing, voluntary and free. Whenever the spirit of
teamwork is the dominating influence in business or industry, success is
inevitable. Harmonious cooperation is a priceless asset that you can acquire in
proportion to your giving.
Lesson 13:
Adversity & Defeat
Individual success usually
is in exact proportion of the scope of the defeat the individual has
experienced and mastered. Many so-called failures represent only a temporary
defeat that may prove to be a blessing in disguise.
Lesson 14:
Creative Vision
Creative vision is
developed by the free and fearless use of one’s imagination. It is not a
miraculous quality with which one is gifted or is not gifted at birth.
Lesson 15:
Health
Sound health begins with a
sound health consciousness, just as financial success begins with a prosperity
consciousness.
Lesson 16:
Budgeting Time & Money
Time and money are precious
resources, and few people striving for success ever believe they possess either
one in excess.
Lesson 17:
Habits
Developing and establishing
positive habits leads to peace of mind, health and financial security. You are
where you are because of your established habits and thoughts and deeds.
You can find the answer on these passages from the bible. I received this text message from a friend asking me to look for this verse..that was last Sunday. It was only now Tuesday night that I was able to look for it and found what it says. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I hope you will enjoy reading and reflecting on it as well ...Read on
Joshua Installed as Leader
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide: 2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. 5No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. 6Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.
7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Now, be the leader you are called for! Just don't forget JOSHUA 1:8 and Prosperity and Success will be Yours!
by Jim Rohn from the 2004 Jim Rohn Weekend Leadership Event . In life, this is one of my important realization, we are designed to pursue dreams and face challenges along the way. It is a never ending dream, attainment, new dreams, new goals, achievements and yet breeds to new more desires and dreams. Let us all enjoy the journey and I know you - The Smart Pinoy is up to it =)
1. Review Your
Performance. Whether it’s
communication, whether it’s activity, whether it’s a CEO, whether it’s on the
job. Here’s what my father said: “Always do more than you are paid for to make
an investment in your future.” Now some unions would argue with that. My father
was so unique. Review your performance—your language with your children. Say,
“Have I been too harsh, too strong, too stubborn? Should I have learned to be
easier and mixed more compassion with the tough stuff I have to deal with?” And
yes, prayer will help. Ask for help to say the right thing, not to ruin it all
by poor communication.
2. Face Your Fears. That’s how you conquer them. Don’t dismiss
them; face them. Say, “Here’s what I’m afraid of. I wonder what I could do to
change that.”
3. Exercise Your
Willpower to Change Direction. You don’t have to keep doing what you’ve been doing the last six
years if it’s not yielding the benefits you want. My mentor helped me review
the last six years so I wouldn’t repeat those errors the next six. Pick a new
destination and go that way. Use your willpower to start the process. You don’t
have to repeat last year. Clean up the errors. Invest it now in the next year.
Watch it make the difference.
4. Admit Your Mistakes. Sometimes you have to admit them to others.
Parents have to do it. We ask our kids to do it. We have to do it. Here is one
of the best phrases in the English language: “I’m sorry.” The reason those are
good words is because they could start a whole new relationship. It could start
two people going in a whole new direction. Simple, not easy. You get this done,
the turnaround can be dramatic. The early years can be big in payoff. Here’s
the big one. Admit your mistakes to yourself. You don’t have to babble about
them to everyone in the neighborhood. But it doesn’t hurt to sit down and have
a conversation with yourself and say, “There’s no use kidding myself. Here’s
where I really am. I’ve got pennies in my pocket and I’ve got nothing in the
bank.” That’s what I said after a Girl Scout left my door. I had a conversation
with myself and I said, “I don’t want this to happen anymore.”
5. Refine Your Goals. Start the process. Set some higher goals.
Reach for some higher purpose. Go for something beyond what you thought you
could do.
6. Believe in Yourself. You’ve got to believe in God and you’ve got to
believe in the community. You’ve got to believe in the possibilities. You’ve
got to believe in the economy. You’ve got to believe that tomorrow can be
better than today. Here’s the big one. Believe in yourself. There isn’t a skill
you can’t learn; there isn’t a discipline you can’t try; there isn’t a class
you can’t take; there isn’t a book you couldn’t read.
7. Ask for Wisdom. This is communication of the highest source.
Ask for wisdom that creates answers. Ask for the wisdom that creates faith to
believe things are possible. Ask for wisdom to deal with the challenges for
today and tomorrow, to deal with the challenges your family brings you. Don’t
wish it was easier; wish you were better.
8. Conserve Your Time. Sometimes we get faked out. Bill Bailey says
the average person says, “I’ve got twenty more years.” No, Bill says you’ve got
twenty more times. If you go fishing once a year, you’ve only got twenty more
times to go fishing, not twenty years. That fakes you out.
9. Invest Your Profits. Here’s one of the philosophies that Mr.
Shoaff gave me. Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living, profits
make you a fortune. Could we start earning profits while we make a living? The
answer is yes.
10. Protect Your Family. These are troublesome times. At
school—troublesome times. Protect your family as best you can from the hidden
dangers, the lurking evil one.
11. Live with Intensity. You might as well turn it up a notch or two.
Invest more of you in whatever you do. Be a little stronger; be a little wiser.
Step up your vitality contribution. Put everything you’ve got into everything
you do and then ask for more vitality, more strength and more vigor, more heart
and more soul.
12. Find Your Place. If you just work on a job, find the best place
you can serve well, and sure enough they’ll ask you to occupy a better place.
And if you keep doing a job well, do the very best you can. That’s your best
way out. Here’s a Bible phrase. If you work on your gifts, they’ll make a place
for you.
13 Demand Integrity from
Yourself. Integrity is like
loyalty. You can’t demand it of someone else; you can only demand it of
yourself. Be the best example of loyalty, and you’ll get some loyal followers.
Be the best example of integrity, and you’ll have people around you who have
integrity. Lead the way.
14. Welcome the
Disciplines. Can’t give you much
better advice than that because disciplines create the reality. Disciplines
build cities. A well-disciplined activity creates abundance, creates uniqueness,
productivity.
15. Fight for What’s
Right. It’s a fight we’re in.
The storyteller says “And there was a great war in heaven.” One of the writers
of later Scripture said, “I fought a good fight.” That’s extraordinary to be
able to say. I fought for my kids, and I fought for what was right and I fought
for good health, and I fought to protect my company and I fought for a good
career that would bless my family. I fought a good fight. It’s good to fight
the encroachment. Opposites are in conflict, and you’re in the middle. If you
want something valuable, you’ve got to fight for it. Then this writer also
said, “I fought a good fight and I kept the faith.” See, that’s the deal. Keep
faith with your family. Fight the enemy and keep faith. Fight the illness and
keep faith. Fight the evil and keep faith. I can’t give you much better advice.
I saw this interesting article on a newspaper entitled "Enter the Emulator" referring to Manny Pacquiao and the person it said he is emulating, is the late Bruce Lee ( whose movie hit was " Enter the Dragon " ). I myself was a big fan of Bruce Lee and I do agree on most respect on this particular article. If you were able to watch the "True to Life Story Of Bruce Lee" - The Martial Arts Legend , what he and Manny Pacquaio - The 8 Division Boxing Champion do have in common is their passion for Self- Development and Innovation on their chosen field. Bruce Lee challenges different Masters of different martial arts ( Karate, Jujitsu, Taekwando, etc ) specifically to further improve his skills and come up with a better one ...which he did with his Jeet Kune Do. Manny Pacquaio takes himself and boxing skills to the next level ...here's what the article have to say further about this one Smart Pinoy:
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The boxing genius ofManny Pacquiaoincludes feet that belong in “Riverdance,” calves
the size of grapefruits and deceptive power generated from his core. His
movement is unorthodox, scattered and perpetual, as if designed by a jazz
musician. He creates angles unlike any other fighter, past or present,
appearing, disappearing, shifting, striking; on balance, off balance, even off
one foot.
It is this style — part performance art, part
technical wizardry, unique to Pacquiao— that defines perhaps the best boxer of
his generation. And it started with a videotape of the martial artist who
became his idol. It started with Bruce Lee.
Last month, as Pacquiao molded his style
specific toShane Mosley, his welterweight opponent on Saturday
in Las Vegas, he wrapped his hands inside the dressing room at the Wild Card
boxing gym here. To explain the way he fights, he settled on three words.
“Like Bruce Lee,” he said.
Growing up in the Philippines, Pacquiao studied
Lee, watching his movies on endless loops. He still often views his collector’s
set. “Enter the Dragon” ishis favorite. Hisconditioning coach,
Alex Ariza, says he believes Pacquiao built his baseline movement off Lee’s
template, the continual attacking, the feet drummed in and out.
“Bruce Lee jumped around and kicked his feet and
shook his head and shoulders,” Ariza said. “His feet moved in concert with his
hands. He could be choppy, but he was rhythmic. Manny does the same thing. It
comes from that.”
A stick-thin, one-dimensional left-handerarrived
atWild Card in 2001, his
style still reckless, raw. Pacquiao punched at high volume, seeking knockouts,
but struggled against superior technicians.
By then, Pacquiao possessed the basics of his
skill set. Because he fought with the speed of the boxers he most admired,
Pacquiao cornered opponents, made them feel squeezed. His tempo, thesparring
partnerShawn Porter said, feels
less like 1 ... 2 ... 3 and more like 1-2-3-4-5-6.
If Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, could
place one boxing skill above all others, he said, “speed is the greatest asset
in the world.” Pacquiao’s speed is evident. Atone
workout, even the comedian Don Rickles said Pacquiao reminded him ofSugar Ray Leonard.
The early Pacquiao combined feet that moved like
lightning with uncommon power for a man his size, power that started in those
calves (his adviser Mike Koncz said thick legs ran in the family) and wound
through his torso.
After Erik Moralesdefeated
Pacquiaoin 2005, Roach decided
Pacquiao needed balance, and Roach set about enhancing his right hand. In
practice, Roach instructed Pacquiao to throw jabs, uppercuts and hooks in
three- to four-punch combinations, all right-handed. It took three years, but a
different fighter emerged against David Diaz, and Pacquiao later knocked out
Ricky Hatton with a right.
Roach divides Pacquiao’s career into two
periods: before the Diaz fight and after. His style had started to take shape.
The next epiphany occurred by accident, when,
during training, Pacquiao shifted left, around Roach and tapped his trainer on
his left shoulder. “What are you going to do now?” he asked. Roach was stunned.
Back when Roach fought, boxers mostly engaged
straight on. His work with Pacquiao, the angles they created, changed the way
Roach trained. If Pacquiao shifted left, outside the right foot of his
opponents, their natural instinct was to follow — into his left hand. If
opponents chose not to engage, they had one option, to back away. Roach says
Pacquiao improves his position with each angle created and makes it more
difficult to counterpunch.
Roach and Pacquiao design angles specific to
each opponent. The key, Roach said, is creating space and confusion.
“He still taps me on the shoulder every session,”
Roach said. “I’ll always try to counter with what his next opponent would do. I
always lose.”
Roach and Pacquiao did not invent this approach
to boxing — Roach citedGeorge Foreman’s1990
knockoutof Gerry Cooney as an
earlier example — but they elevated angles into art. Roach sees boxing’s future
in Pacquiao’s fancy footwork.
As Pacquiao kept moving up in weight divisions,
Roach worried less about the weight or power that Pacquiao could add and more
about the speed he could lose. Roach told Ariza, “Do not screw up his speed.”
In all his years, through dozens of world champions, Roach never
saw a fighter who gained so much weight and retained speed and power. As a
result, suspicions have been raised that Pacquiao used performance-enhancing
drugs, a charge his camp denies. (Pacquiao has never failed a test.) Ariza
points to other factors: different diet, isometric exercises for balance,
plyometric exercises for explosiveness.
“He’s also just a freak,” Ariza said. “His resting heart rate in
the morning is 42 beats per minute. If he did half the work he does, he would
still be where he is today.”
In his last fight, Pacquiaocontested
the juniormiddleweight Antonio
Margarito. WhenMargarito’s
trainer, Robert Garcia, watched film of Pacquiao, he saw a somewhat
vulnerable fighter who lunged too often and left himself exposed. At least it
seemed that way.
Garcia instructed Margarito to attack the body,
but he failed to keep up and lost vision in one eye when Pacquiao fractured his
orbital bone.
“Whatever plan you have against Pacquiao, he
just terminates it,” Garcia said. “What seems possible on video is not. Nobody
fights like him — awkward, quick, strong, fast, good reflexes — nobody that
complete.”
In recent years, Pacquiao honed the footwork
that Roach said he deserved more credit for.
“When he moves,” Roach said, “his footwork is so
exact, so perfect, it’s what creates the angles and wins all his fights.” Roach
sees poetry when Pacquiao’s feet pump, but less like ballet and more like what
Ariza calls “the Riverdance.”
The continual movement makes Pacquiao difficult
to time. This disrupts the rhythm of his opponents, forces them to take risks.
“It’s an unpolished but very compelling and
original athleticism,” theveteran trainerJoe Goossen said. “It’s not a continuing flow of
beauty. It can be herky-jerky. It can be harsh, deliberate, unorthodox. But
it’s effective.”
Roach says he wishes Pacquiao would finish
opponents sooner, thinks Pacquiao is too nice. But Pacquiao views his style as
boxing entertainment. He relishes the stage, revels in the attention.
Pacquiao also became a more polished strategist
in recent years. Last month, he and Roach slowed regularly during mitt work,
and Pacquiao made suggestions that they incorporated on the spot. Koncz said
Pacquiao became a “professor of boxing” in his 2008 victory overOscar De La Hoya.
As opposed to “volume of punches,” Koncz said,
Pacquiao “moves sideways, makes angles, with more intent and purpose.” Roach
taught Pacquiao elusive tactics, blocking tactics and sidestepping tactics that
he had never used before. His style has become more nuanced, more advanced, his
results a direct reflection of his evolution.
Pacquiao, 32, attributed that in part to age.
Ariza credited the fighter’s outside interests, all the chess and darts and political
ambition, for heightened brain activity that, rather than distract Pacquiao,
helped him focus.
To beat the improved Pacquiao, Garcia and
Goossen said, would require a superb defensive performance, movement to match
his movement, an offensive assault to force him backward and, simply, luck.
Because of his defensive style and tactical brilliance,Floyd Mayweather Jr.poses the biggest threat.
As Ariza surveys the boxing landscape, he sees
fighters emulating Pacquiao, or trying to. They bounce like him, dance like
him, shift like him. But they are not as efficient, powerful, creative or
balanced. Pacquiao boasts a style that is often imitated, never replicated.
Ariza has long wanted to test Pacquiao for
scientific purposes, for lung capacity, red blood cells, endurance. He could
publish his findings in a scientific journal. But Pacquiao wants none of that.
Part of his genius remains a mystery and always will.
“Bruce Lee,” Ariza said, “was like that.”
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As I write this post, Manny have just defeated Mosley on a lopsided fight. For those who watched the fight, you know very well why it was so. Manny is reaping the benefits of his hardwork and pursuit of excellence in the sports of boxing... if Bruce Lee is alive today, I'm sure he will consider it an honor to be Manny Pacquiao's inspiration and his movies used as training material on his way to become the "Best Pound for Pound Fighter in the World".
Someone once asked me the question: “How can I have more opportunities come into my life?” Good question, but I think my answer surprised them a bit.
I bypassed the obvious (and necessary) points about hard work, persistence and preparation. They actually were very hard workers. And they had the great attribute of being seekers; they were on the outlook. But I felt maybe they were missing this next and most valuable point: attraction.
I always thought opportunities and success were something you went after, but then I found out that I needed to turn it around. Opportunities and success are not something you go after necessarily, but something you attract—by becoming an attractive person.
That’s why I teach development of skills. If you can develop your skills—keep refining all the parts of your character and yourself, your health, your relationships, etc., so that you become an attractive person to the marketplace—you’ll attract opportunity. Opportunity will probably seek you out. Your reputation will probably precede you and someone will want to do business with you. All of the possibilities are there by working on the philosophy that success is something you attract.
The key is to continue making yourself a more attractive person by the skills you have, the disciplines you have, the personality you’ve acquired, the character and reputation you have established, the language and speech you use—all of that refinement makes you more attractive to the marketplace.
Personal development is the never-ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others.
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