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LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 6:21pm On Jul 06, 2016

9. SHARPEN YOUR EDGES

Jo John, a woodcutter, worked for a company for five years but never got a raise. The company hired Bill and within a year he got a raise. This caused resentment in John and went to his boss to talk about it. The boss said, "You are still cutting the same number of trees you were cutting five years ago. We are a result-oriented company and would be happy to give you a raise if your productivity goes up." John went back, started hitting harder and putting longer hours but he still wasn't able to cut more trees. He went back to his boss and told him is dilemma. The boss told John to go and talk to bill. "Maybe there is something Bill knows that you and I don't." John asked Bill how he managed to cut more trees. Bill answered, "After every tree I cut, I take a break for two minutes and sharpen my axe. When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" This question hit home like a bullet and John got his answer.

Just like our bodies need good food everyday, our minds need good thoughts everyday. We need to feed our mind with the pure and positive to stay on track.
LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 6:02pm On Jul 06, 2016

8.
EDUCATION DOES NOT MEAN GOOD JUDGEMENT.

There is a story about a man who sold hot dogs by the roadside, so he never listened to the radio. His eyes were weak, so he never watched television. But enthusiastically, he sold lots of hot dogs. His sales and profit went up. He ordered more meat and got himself a bigger and a better stove. As his business was growing, the son, who had recently graduated from college, joined his father.
Then something strange happened. The son asked, "Dad, aren't you aware of the great recession coming our way?" The father replied, "No, but tell me about it." The son said, "The international situation is terrible. The domestic is even worse. We should be prepared for the coming bad time." The man thought that since his son had been to the college, read the papers and listened to radio, he ought to know and his advice should not to be taken lightly. So the next day, the father cut down his order for the meat and buns, took down the sign and was no longer enthusiastic. Very soon, fewer and fewer people bothered to stop at his hot dog stand. And his sales started coming down rapidly. The father said to his son, "Son, you were right. We are in the middle of recession. I am glad you warned me ahead of time."


The tragedy is that there are many walking encyclopedias who are living creature. I was come across a book: "How to become a millionaire in a month" and the book is sold at $2, Three hundred and fifty naira equivalent.
LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 5:42pm On Jul 06, 2016
7.
SELECTIVE LISTENING

A medical doctor was invited as a guest speaker to address a group of alcoholics. He wanted to make a demonstration that would be powerful enough to make people realize that alcohol was injurious to their health. He had two containers, one with pure distilled water and one with pure alcohol. He put an earthworm into the distilled water and it swam beautifully and came up to the top. He put another earthworm into the alcohol and it disintegrated in front of everyone's eyes. He wanted to prove that this was what alcohol did to the insides of our body. He asked the group what the moral of the story was and one person from behind said, "if you drink alcohol you won't have worms in your stomach."

Was that the message? Of course not. That was selective listening-- some people hear what they want to hear and not what is being said.
LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 5:27pm On Jul 06, 2016

6. SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE NEGATIVE - PART II

[I]There was a hunter who bought a bird dog, the only one of its kind in the world. That could walk on water. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this miracle. At the same time, he was very pleased that he could show off his new acquisition to his friends. He invited a friend to go duck hunting. After some time, they shot a few ducks and the man ordered his dog to run and fetch the birds. All day-long, the dog ran on water and kept fetching the birds. The owner was expecting a comment or a compliment about his amazing dog, but never got one. As they were returning home, he asked his friend if he had noticed anything unusual about his dog. The friend replied, "Yes, in fact, I did notice something unusual. Your dog can't swim."[/i]

Like seriously, why should a dog know how to swim when he can just walk on the water?
LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 5:17pm On Jul 06, 2016
teamplayey:
@ Op: Please continue
Have a sit sir, will you?
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LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 5:16pm On Jul 06, 2016

5. SOME PEOPLE ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE NEGATIVE - Part I
Robert Fulton invented the steamboat. On the banks of the Hudson River he was displaying his new invention. The pessimists and the skeptics were gathered around to observe. They commented that it would never start. Lo and behold, it did. As it made its way down the river, the pessimists who said it would never go, started shouting that it would never stop. What an attitude.
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Someone once said that giving a dam_n to what other people thinks about you is one step to failure, they may be right.
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LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 5:05pm On Jul 06, 2016

4. LOOKING FOR THE GOLD
As a young scots boy, Andrew Carnegie came to America and started doing odd jobs. He ended up as the largest steel manufacturers in the United States.
At one time he had 43 millionaires working for him. Several decades ago, a million dollar used to be a lot of money; even today it is a lot of money. Someone asked Mr. Carnegie how he dealt with people? Andrew replied, "Dealing with people is like digging gold: when you go digging for an ounce of gold, you have to move tons of dirt to get an ounce of gold. But when you go digging, you don't go looking for dirt, you go looking for the gold."

What is your focus? Become a digger for gold. If you are looking for what is wrong with people or with things, you will find many. What are you looking for? Andre Carnegie's reply has a very important message. Now go and look for the gold in your wife.
LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 4:41pm On Jul 06, 2016

3.
DAVID AND GOLIATH REDEFINED
We all know the story of David and Goliath. This is a pre-action of it. There was a giant bullying and harassing the children in the village. One day, a 17-year-old shepherd boy came to visit his brothers and asked, "Why don't you stand up and fight the giant?" The brothers were terrified and they replied, "Don't you see he is too big to hit?" But David said, "No, he is not too big to hit, he is too big to miss." The rest is history. We all know what happened. David killed the giant with a sling. Same giant, different perception.

Our attitude determines how we look at a setback. To a positive thinker, it can be a stepping stone to success. To a negative thinker, it can be a stumbling block.

cc: Obinnau
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LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 4:30pm On Jul 06, 2016
Dear Silent readers, are you not yet to be convinced? Well... Let's continue.
Lalasticlala. Please help me move this topic to front page. I don't think I should be the only one reading this book. Thanks.
LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 4:27pm On Jul 06, 2016
[b]2.
ACRES OF DIAMOND.
There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was content because he was happy. One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The wise man said, "If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you have the diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your country," and then he went away. That night the farmer couldn't sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent because he was unhappy.
The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and went in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and couldn't find any. He looked all through Europe and couldn't find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona River and committed suicide.
Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought he would look good on the mantle piece. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, "is Hafiz back?" The new owner said, "No, why do you ask?" The wise man said, "Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one." The man said, no, that's just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I'll show you. There are many more." They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stone were diamond. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.[/b]
When people don't know how to recognize opportunity, they complain of noise when it knocks.
LiteratureRe: Short Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 4:02pm On Jul 06, 2016
That is the first one, there are still tons of it trust me. God bless you as you follow. Enjoy.
LiteratureShort Stories That Can Shape Your Life In The Book: You Can Win - Shiv Khera by DY20(op): 3:59pm On Jul 06, 2016
I will update the stories as I continue reading the book. The stories were so inspiring and I felt like I shouldn't be reading this alone. Even if I do not get any audience: It is a good thing to keep it in my archive, I will always revert to it.
Please let's share the moral of this stories together. We are all here to learn, aren't we?
Let's go:
1.
Building A Positive Attitude.
There was a man who made a living selling balloons at a fair. He had all colors of balloons, including red, yellow, blue and green. Whenever business was slow, he would release a helium-filled balloon into the air and when the children saw it go up, they all wanted to buy one. They would come to him, buy a balloon and his sales would go up again. He continues the process all day. One day, he felt someone tugging at his jacket. He turned around and saw a little boy who asked, "If you release a black balloon, would that also fly? Moved by the boy's concern, the man replied with empathy. "Son, it is not the colour of the balloon, it is what is inside it that makes it go up."

The same thing applies to our lives. No matter the type of person we are, it is what is inside that counts.
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TravelRe: Trailer Falls Off Apapa-ijora Bridge In Lagos Today by DY20: 7:38pm On Jul 04, 2016
OP.. Why are you lying? I just passed the said bridge and nothing of sort happened today.. And the pics I am seeing up there is something that happened months ago... I am sure coz I see am with my koro koro eyes..
RomanceRe: Romancelanders Guys Will U Think Of Double Dating If U Ve Her As Your Girlfriend by DY20: 10:32pm On Jul 03, 2016
On the sight of the pics.. I'm already thinking of "side chick"
RomanceRe: Who Is The Mother Here? Mother Mistaken For Sister - Photos by DY20: 9:58pm On Jul 03, 2016
Who is fooling who?
PhonesRe: Mistakes People Do When They Have a Phone Conversation with Someone by DY20: 9:53pm On Jul 03, 2016
What I hate most is people to call me... And expecting me to be the one to initiate a conversation...
RomanceRe: "Can I Marry My Step-brother?" by DY20: 9:40pm On Jul 03, 2016
Some countries don't make big deal out of these things... But you are stupid thinking your country, "Nigeria" is "Some country"

Civilization ti take over, chasing common sense away.
PhonesRe: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by DY20: 7:40am On Jun 28, 2016
bobo65:
Experienced dat on my Lumia 920
By messages, do u mean just bbm? Cos That's where i had issues And also wen playing music with bbm, it gets stuck to one music
WhatsApp, and some other social media apps.
PhonesRe: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by DY20: 6:39pm On Jun 24, 2016
RZArecta:
hearing this for the first time.
Have you tried soft resetting ?
Is your os up to date ?
You might have to delete the app and re install it all over again
I have done that bro. Currently running windows 10...
PhonesRe: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by DY20: 5:38am On Jun 24, 2016
Help... WhatsApp on Lumia 535 won't deliver messages until i open the app. Not running battery saver mode. Checked the notification and ib have allowed it to run in the background but nothing seems to work. Even WindowsCentral users are complaining.. are you experiencing same?
RomanceRe: Quotes For Men Expecting Their Wife To Be Like Their Mum by DY20(op): 8:52pm On Jun 19, 2016
"@LekeAlder. #Letr2Jack © Leke Alder talk2me@lekealder.com"

Lalasticlala, i know this is not a snake neither isvitva celeb pics or cleavage but i think this is Front page worthy.
RomanceQuotes For Men Expecting Their Wife To Be Like Their Mum by DY20(op): 8:46pm On Jun 19, 2016
1. Dear Jack, you’re making a similar mistake as that gentleman who posted that funny text about his expectation for his wife

2. “6 months b4 I marry” he wrote, “I’ll tell my fiancée to go study my mum so she can be exactly like her. She’s too perfect!”

3. In other words this young man wants to marry his mother. He forgot he’s not his father.

5. You’re making the same mistake basing expectations of your wife on the template of your mother.

6. For one thing your mother was born in the 20th century, your wife in the 21st century. Born in two different centuries.

7. The factors which shaped your mother are therefore not the factors that shaped your wife.

8. History shapes us whether we like it or not and without our consent.

9. Your wife and your mother don’t have the same parentage. Even if they do they can never be the same.

10. Therefore your mum and your wife are two different individuals with different personalities and temperaments.

11. That’s not saying your wife shouldn’t emulate good qualities in your mum.

12. But to expect your wife to be like your mum… Come on!

13. Now we don’t know whether your late dad shares your sentiments about your mum.

14. A good mother is not necessarily a good wife after all. In some people, the capacities are exclusive.

15. If you want to marry your mum, why don’t you simply clone her and save your wife the trauma.

16. And have you ever thought your wife might also want you to be like her own dad!

17. I mean if you desire for her to be like your mum, surely she has a right to want you to be like her dad too.

20. In which case you didn’t marry the girl in front of you. You married a desire for her upgraded version.

22. You’ve set yourself up for disappointment in this marriage. Your wife can never match your standard

23. To please you your wife will have to go through major personality reconfiguration.

25. In other words you don’t really want her; you want another person, aka your mum incarnate.

26. And you’re going to “kill” your wife. That woman that attracted your attention you want to “kill.”

27. Though you ought to be careful what you wish for. You may not like being married to someone like your mum.

28. You’re assuming a lot in imagining your mum is perfect. Which human is perfect!

29. The mum you’re seeing now is a processed woman – a woman tempered by life’s experiences

30. You don’t know what mistakes your mum has made, the undisclosed mistakes your father knew about.

31. In other words you’re dealing with an edited version of your original mum. Your mum wasn’t always like this.

32. Why don’t you just allow your wife to be? Why don’t you let her be her!

33. As it is now, you’re seeking matrimonial plastic surgery. You’re now a plastic surgeon.

34. You’re like all those people who want to look exactly like the stars even when they have dissimilar bone structure.

35. You can do a lot to look like Michael Jackson but the fact remains you’re not Michael Jackson.

36. You CAN copy the mannerisms of Michael Jackson but the essential Michael will keep eluding you

37. And that’s for the simple reason that all the things that shaped Michael Jackson are lacking in your history.

38. Banish this thought of your wife becoming like your mum. She can’t be even if she tried.

40. Given these circumstances there’s no way your wife can ever please you. You want to eat your mum’s cooking no doubt.

41. But why would she want to be like your mum? She’s someone else’s daughter. She already looks like HER mother!

42. The challenge of false expectations is one of the critical issues affecting marriages

43. When we set up false expectations, we set our marriages on a Titanic course.

39. She’ll be a realistic piece of fakery, and you’ll keep tinkering with her personality until you destroy “her.”

44. If you don’t alter this dysmorphic course, your marriage is going to be dashed on the rocks.

45. But if you want to be a serial divorcee, plod on with trying to turn your wife into your mum.

46. Even if you break up with this woman, you’ll still never be able to marry someone like your mum.

47. And when your mum dies she will rule your home from the grave through your imagination

48. Your wife is not some pastiche. Stop treating her like one.

49. She’s her own history, her own parentage, her own upbringing… Why are you insisting she should be like your mum?

50. Would you for example have been attracted to her without who she is, her academic achievements?

51. You forget your mum didn’t have your wife’s educational opportunities.

52. In which case you’d never have wanted to date your mum for this inadequacy.

53. At some point life will force you to choose between this your mum and your wife. Hint: It’s a false choice!

54. Your mum’s values need to be emulated, yes! Your mum needs to be reproduced in your wife, no!

55. Don’t set up yourself with false expectations in marriage.

56. Stop seeking to marry your mum by demanding your wife becomes your mum. It’s conceptual incest

57. If you do continue to insist on this ruinous course, why you’re mummy’s boy!

58. And I wish you the best with your marriage.
RomanceRe: When A Guy Can No Longer Take It From His Gilfriend Anymore (pics) by DY20(op): 7:47pm On Jun 19, 2016
BornnAgainChild:
Same way the bae would let the cheating hubby fly away without too
Hmmm... abi no be girls... Girls that i know that would rather fight to keep the man they love than to set him free for other girls to enjoy his d**ck....

i don't think so.

RomanceWhen A Guy Can No Longer Take It From His Gilfriend Anymore (pics) by DY20(op): 7:34pm On Jun 19, 2016
I find this pics Hilarious...
Almost all guys who loves his promiscuous girlfriend can relate to this...

CultureYoruba Is The Simplest But Yet Most Difficult Language In Nigeria. See This! by DY20(op): 9:37am On May 26, 2016
The word ''Ogun'' can mean 10 different things in Yoruba, depending on context and intonation. See below:
Ogun:- (medicine)
Ogun:- (charm)
Ogun:- (war)
Ogun:- (state)
Ogun:- (god of iron)
Ogun:- (stab)
Ogun:- (twenty)
Ogun:- (sweat)
Ogun:- (property)
Ogun:- (climb)
Ogun:- (long)
hmm! Yoruba dun ka

add yours
LiteratureRe: Why I Want To Be Bad - A Story by DY20: 9:15pm On May 20, 2016
Me and my siblings are glued to your story.. The matured ones though.. keep it coming chistar.
LiteratureRe: Why I Want To Be Bad - A Story by DY20: 6:55pm On May 18, 2016
How i arrived here, i do not know. But i do know one thing, the journey here has been interesting.

I have been a silent reader, and this is my first comment: if i had been those big men son, i would have vex ask for your account number and dash you 100k. Well done chistar
PhonesRe: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by DY20: 6:13pm On May 17, 2016
eesdee:
Hello people, please i need help, i just updated my lumia 930 and is not coming up, its still hanging at the windows logo for the past 5 hours, please what can i do? i have done hard reset it will not pass the windows logo, please help oo
Hmmm... Start getting ready to use Windows Device Recovery Tool.
PhonesRe: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by DY20: 2:58pm On May 12, 2016
Brite100:
It's been very fluid and stable so far, battery life is normal. I didn't take note of the mb.. Buh, it didn't take long, so I suspect its not very large
Thanks Boss
PhonesRe: Windows Mobile Naija Forum by DY20: 8:29pm On May 11, 2016
How is the build in terms of battery life, speed and how much data is needed for the update?
RomanceRe: When He Says "Its Over" by DY20: 8:56pm On May 07, 2016
Toks2008:
Every love affair is a potential hit or miss and no matter how careful a lady may be,she has no control over the type of feelings a man has for her but she can only try to be the best she can.

But one fact many ladies have failed to understand is that most guys see every lady they meet as a task they must unravel and once a man takes you to bed,he has fully unraveled you and he has made a conquest meaning you become part of his sexual conquest hence an addition to the statistics.

In 8 out o 10 cases,the moment a man takes you to bed,you lose your sexual value and even if it happened once,it is enough for him to write down your name as part of the ladies he has taken down and will not hesitate to talk about this to his friends.

When your man says it is over after he has slept with you,he is actually telling you that he is tired of you and he needs to concentrate on the next task of bringing the next lady down.

Any lady going into a new relationship must try to be sexually disciplined and and not hurriedly serve herself as a sex dish or if possible go into a sexless affair(very very possible) to prevent callous men from taking undue advantage of them....you don't have to give sex for love and a man who will be with you will always be with you even if you insist on no sex before marriage irrespective of your status as a virgin or not.

I know that many young unmarried ladies can't just withstand the pressure from many sweet tongued guys who will not mind begging to bed you just to turn vampires after they succeed but then as a lady,just understand that when a guy says its over but has not taken you to bed,you have nothing to lose and you simply walk away with your shoulders high but when he says its over after he has then simply bow out,accept your loss and move on to the next potential explorer.

One of the major reasons many ladies remain single for long is because of sexual recklessness.As i wrote in the previous piece,no matter how uncaring you may think you are as a lady,the truth remains that for every one man that sleeps with you,about 10 men have done same because that guy will tell a very close friend who will tell another 3 and this 3 will surely tell another 5 and on and on until the news come back to hunt you when that man who is about to take you to the alter gets to know and even if it was in the past,no sane man loves to hear ugly stories about the woman he wants to marry so the more guys you go to bed with,the more you lose your value...

Hope this makes sense.
Guy... God will continue to bless your sense of writting as you have just lectures me and my girlfriend tonight. More grease to your elbow. You deserve more than mere likes.
HealthRe: Baby Born Without Anus In Jos (photos) by DY20: 8:08pm On May 07, 2016
Maybe the whole world will collapse if the boy sh!ts... so God blocked it.

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