“Thinking, Wishing and Hoping Doesn’t Make It So.“
Anonymous
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.“
Richard L. Evans
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.“
Morris West
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
“Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.“
Benjamin Disraeli
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
There are times you will find in the struggle with self
that the trials of life take the day.
When nothing you do seems to come out just right
and puts the world in even more disarray.
Where the loneliness hangs like a cloud of despair
leaving you speechless with nothing to say.
And the darkness may be like an unwanted guest
whose lingering continues to stay.
During those times you should lift your head up
and slowly step back from the fray.
For there in the shadows I am sure you will find
someone to help you from going astray.
Our existence and life was not created by chance
to be left all alone to decay.
Oh, this plan was complete with Angels Divine
to ensure that we all find our way.
Thomas H. Fairbanks
(Dedicated to Ennis K. Anderson – My Mentor/Angel 1964-1972)
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
A Confused Mind Is Suspicious
And Always Says “No!”
We often confuse people by:
Overwhelming them with too much information
Presenting them with way too many options
Speaking with jargon or in the abstract
Asking for a decision prematurely
Saying far too much
Boring them
“If you want people’s cooperation – if you want them to say yes – you need to make them understand what you want them to do and how it affects them. Being clear won’t always win people’s hearts and minds. It may actually galvanize people’s resistance, but it gives you the best chance for winning them over.
When you confuse people, you lose all hope of gaining their cooperation.”
Dr. Chris Witt
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
It was once the custom for native chiefs to be inaugurated on wooden thrones. After the inauguration, the thrones would then be discarded. However, a certain tribesman, who had been elected chief several times, decided to keep all his old thrones in the top part of his grass hut. One year, the weight of the thrones caused the hut to collapse, killing him. The moral of this story: ‘He who lives in grass houses shouldn’t stow thrones.’
“The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder [grudge] is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.”
John Hannah
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
“Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it!”
Bill Gates
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
“Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as long as you live.”
Earl Nightingale
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
“The cleanliness of theory is no match for the mess of reality.”
“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel
awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”
Brian Tracy
Another Life Lesson From The School of Hard Knocks
