My new boss told me to never be afraid to give feedback. The next Monday morning in a meeting, I happily shared my viewpoint on a new policy. Thereafter, I noticed my boss’s disposition towards me changed. He stopped talking to me. I was shunned. I even […]
Read more →There once lived in a village a smart professor of physics. One day, the village president told the professor: “You may be a great professor, but I have to tell you that your son does not know the value of gold or silver, and this is a […]
Read more →A man’s dog used to sit on the side of the road waiting for cars to come around. As soon as one came, he would run down the road, barking and trying to overtake it. One day a neighbor passing by saw the scene, smiled and asked […]
Read more →The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held much fish for decades. So to find more fish, fishermen had to go further. The further they went, the more days they would spend at sea, before bringing the fish to […]
Read more →In the 1930s, there was a boy who liked eating desserts. He had become so addicted to eating sugar, that his mother decided to visit Gandhi. She thought that her child would listen to the leader’s advice and stop his bad habit of eating sugar. After a […]
Read more →A young girl was filling out an application for college when she came across the question: Are you a leader? She thought for a moment and then decided that she had better be totally honest. Her answer was “No.” She was afraid that because of that answer, […]
Read more →A salesman, an account manager and their director were walking to lunch when they found a very old lamp. The manager rubbed the lamp and a genie came out and said, “I will make your wish come true. One wish each. ” The salesman said “Me first! […]
Read more →During my last year in college, our philosophy professor gave us a test. Thirty minutes later, I had finished all questions except one, the last one. This question was totally unexpected. “What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?” Was this some kind […]
Read more →A young unemployed man heard that there was a job opening for the position of “Office Boy” at a big company and he went to their HR department to apply for it. After a very short interview, the HR administrator said: “You are hired! I will send […]
Read more →There was once a pianist who worked in a bar and played there every night. One night, a patron asked him to sing. The man said, “I don’t sing.” But the man was persistent. He told the bar’s owner “I come here almost every night, you know […]
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