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Minggu, 16 Oktober 2011
How reacting to words as if they are a reality can affect a business ?
For the past several months, all of us have read/watched/heard an enormous amount of talk about a recession. The media seems to be obsessed with the topic. Are we in one? Are we headed for one? If we are in one, how bad is it and how long will it last? What can we do about it? And on, and on, and on.
Which brought a question to mind: Are we talking ourselves into a recession? Put another way, have we become a nation of economic hypochondriacs intent on talking ourselves into real/imaginary hard times?
The question reminded me of the following fable. It appeared in the February 24, 1958, issue of Newsweek in an advertisement for Quaker State Metals Company. It provides an excellent example of how reacting to words as if they are a reality can affect a business and an individual.
A Man Lived by the Side of the Road ...
... and sold hot dogs.
He ... had no radio.
He had trouble with his eyes, so he had no newspaper.
But he sold good hot dogs.
He put up a sign on the highway, telling how good they were.
He stood by the side of the road and cried: "Buy a hot dog, mister,"
and people bought.
He increased his meat and bun orders, and he bought a bigger
store to take care of his trade.
He got his son home from college to help him. But then something
happened.
His son said: "Father, haven't you been listening to the radio?
There's a big depression on. The international situation is terrible,
and the domestic situation is even worse."
Whereupon his father thought: "Well, my son has been to college.
He listens to the radio and reads the papers, so he ought to
know."
So, the father cut down his bun order, took down his advertising
sign, and no longer bothered to stand on the highway to sell hot
dogs.
His hot-dog sales fell almost overnight.
"You were right, son," the father said to the boy. "We are certainly
in the middle of a great depression."
Moral: Tune out the noise. You can't control the economy but you can control your economy. And that's where the battle for financial freedom is won.
Which brought a question to mind: Are we talking ourselves into a recession? Put another way, have we become a nation of economic hypochondriacs intent on talking ourselves into real/imaginary hard times?
The question reminded me of the following fable. It appeared in the February 24, 1958, issue of Newsweek in an advertisement for Quaker State Metals Company. It provides an excellent example of how reacting to words as if they are a reality can affect a business and an individual.
A Man Lived by the Side of the Road ...
... and sold hot dogs.
He ... had no radio.
He had trouble with his eyes, so he had no newspaper.
But he sold good hot dogs.
He put up a sign on the highway, telling how good they were.
He stood by the side of the road and cried: "Buy a hot dog, mister,"
and people bought.
He increased his meat and bun orders, and he bought a bigger
store to take care of his trade.
He got his son home from college to help him. But then something
happened.
His son said: "Father, haven't you been listening to the radio?
There's a big depression on. The international situation is terrible,
and the domestic situation is even worse."
Whereupon his father thought: "Well, my son has been to college.
He listens to the radio and reads the papers, so he ought to
know."
So, the father cut down his bun order, took down his advertising
sign, and no longer bothered to stand on the highway to sell hot
dogs.
His hot-dog sales fell almost overnight.
"You were right, son," the father said to the boy. "We are certainly
in the middle of a great depression."
Moral: Tune out the noise. You can't control the economy but you can control your economy. And that's where the battle for financial freedom is won.
Sabtu, 17 September 2011
Inspiration sentence
Remember, religion is only the tools to get enlightment.
Get the enlightment by using the tools, dont only hold it tight.
Get the enlightment by using the tools, dont only hold it tight.
Pertanyaan yang salah / Pernyataan siapa yang salah ?
Pertanyaan yang salah / Pernyataan siapa yang salah ?
Tiga orang, Andi, Budi, dan Chica hendak berpatungan membelikan sebuah kado untuk Erni. Masing masing menyerahkan uang Rp. 25 ribu kepada Danu. Total uang terkumpul Rp 75 ribu.
Danu membeli barang, harganya 70 ribu. Kembalinya 5 ribu, Danu mengembalikan kepada Andi seribu, Budi seribu, dan Chica seribu. Sisanya dua ribu untuk si Danu sebagai ongkos bensin.
Kemudian Andi menghitung, jika kita kumpulkan kembali uang kita bertiga, saya 24 ribu, Budi 24 ribu, dan Chica 24 ribu totalnya 72 ribu, JIKA DITAMBAH UANG YANG KITA BERIKAN KEPADA SI Danu, 2 RIBU, total semuanya mengapa cuma 74 ribu. Kemanakah uang kita yang seribu lagi ?
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The wrong question / statement who is wrong?
Three people, Andi, Budi, and Chica joint would buy a present for Erni. Each handed over Rp. 25 thousand to Danu. Total money collected USD 75 thousand.
Danu buy goods, the price is 70 thousand. The return of five thousand, Danu give back Andi a thousand, a thousand to Budi, and a thousand to Chica. The remaining two thousand for the Danu as the cost of gasoline.
Andi then calculate, if we collect the money the three of us, me 24 thousand, Budi 24 thousand, and Chica 24 thousand, totals 72 thousands, PLUS IF WE GIVE MONEY TO Danu, 2 THOUSAND, a total of all why only 74 thousand. Where is our money a thousand more?
Kamis, 01 September 2011
Why Not ?
Some men see things as they are and say, “Why?”
But I dream things that never were and say, “Why Not?”
George Bernard Shaw
Selasa, 09 Agustus 2011
Success and Happiness
"Success is not the key to happiness.
Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
(Albert Schweitzer)
Happiness is the key to success.
If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
(Albert Schweitzer)
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