Attitude

Economy seems to be picking up as my work is also picking up. Good or bad? Personally I think its good lah, at least soon there will be less unemployed people around.

I happen to come across this interesting email from a friend...yah, probably one of those forwarded emails but since its good, I am sharing with all of u.

Here goes (*Credit to dunno whoever wrote this email...but I edited some of the grammar):

"Talk about thinking out of the box...

If your company, Comb manufacturers assigned you to sell combs to monks in the temples? Can you do it?

What is your answer?
a) No Way, Impossible
b) Crazy
c) I will give it a try in order to follow my boss' instruction
d) Well, I will try.
e) Ya, I think I can sell ??? (5pcs? 10pcs? 50pcs? or more...you name it)

Pick an answer above and read below to find out if you are/you are going to be a successful person or not at all .

The Story: SELLING COMB TO THE MONKS =======================================
There was a company manufacturing combs which intends to expand its business and so the management wanted to employ a new Sales Manager. The company ADVERTISED the vacancy in the newspaper. They were so many people turning up for the interview everyday.... and soon it accumulated to almost a hundred people in just a few days...

The Company then have the problem of choosing the right candidate for the position. So, the company interviewer set A Difficult Task to those who want to come for the final interview.

The Task is to : Sell Combs To Monks In Temples

Only 3 Applicants stayed on for this Final Interview challenge - Mr A , Mr B & Mr C. The Chief Interviewer instructed: "Now I want the three of you here to sell these wooden combs to monks in the temples. You only have 10 days to do it and report to me after that ."

After 10 days, they reported back. The Chief Interviewer asked Mr A: How many have you sold? Mr A answered: Only one. The Chief Interviewer asked: How did you manage to sell? Mr A answered: The monks in the temples scolded me when I showed them the combs. But on my way back downhill I met a young monk who bought it to scratch his head due to dandruff".

The Chief Interviewer then asked Mr B: How many did you sell? Mr B replied: 10 pieces.. I went to a shrine and noticed that many devotees' hair were in bad shape due to the strong winds outside the shrine. The monk in there listened to my advice and bought 10 combs for their devotees in showing respect to the Buddha statue.

Then, The Chief Interviewer asked Mr C: How about you? Mr C replied: 1,000 units. The Chief Interviewer and the other 2 interviewees were astounded. The Chief Interviewer asked: How did you do that? Mr C replied: I went to a famous temple. After observing for a few days, I discovered that there were many tourists. I then told the Chief Abbot there. "Sifu, those who come here are much devoted. If you could give them a gift, they will be elated." I told him that I have a bulk of combs and asked him to raft his handwriting on the combs as a present to those visited. He was very delighted and straight away ordered 1,000 pieces .

End of Story.

MORAL OF THE STORY : HARVARD UNIVERSITY had done a research that says :-
1) 85% of success is due to attitude and 15% is due to capability
2) Attitude is more important than intelligence, specials skills and luck. In another word, professional knowledge only constitutes for 15% of success of a person and 85% is due to self-cultivation, public relation and adaptability ability.

Still remember the story on Selling Shoes to Africans? When 2 salesmen were sent to that continent, one of them reported: Cannot do it. No one wears shoes there? The second salesman said: It is good to market. A lot of opportunities. Success and Failure is dependant on how we face problems.

Do you know that eagles live up to about 70 years of age? But when an eagle reaches about 40 years old, its claws start to age and it cannot grab its preys. It is also not able to fly as well. So, it is time for the eagle to make a choice: wait for its death or go through a renewal process. If it chooses to live, it must try its best to fly to the top of a hill. And on the hill top/summit, it will stay for 150 days. It will hit its feathers onto the stone so that they will drop and wait for the new ones to grow. After the feathers have grown out which takes about 150 days, it will continue its balance 30 years life.

Remember, when the economic is good, there are people going bankrupt. When business is bad, there are many new millionaires produced as well. So, apply now the 85% right working attitude fully.

All the best!"

Inspiring? U decide.