This story was emailed by a friend of mine, Evelyn. This is cool and I have read many different versions of the story. I’m glad that it is sent to me to remind me of the important matters in my life, especially in such current economic situation.
Did it remind you too?
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24
hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2
cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items
in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very
large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that
it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them
into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the
open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if
the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the
jar.Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if
the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous ‘yes.’
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the
table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling
the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
‘Now,’ said the professor as the laughter subsided,
‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The
golf balls are the important things—your family, your children, your
health, your friends and your favorite passions—and if
everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still
be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your
house and your car.
The sand is everything else—the small stuff.
‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued,
‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will
never have room for the things that are important to you.c
‘Pay attention to the things that are critical to your
happiness..
Spend time with your children. Spend time with your parents..
Visit with grandparents. Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will
always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
Take care of the golf balls first—the things that really
matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee
represented.The professor smiled and said, ‘I’m glad you asked.’
The coffee just shows you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there’s always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.’
Please share this with someone you care about..
I JUST DID
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I took part in the paywhatyouwant.com.sg campaign launched by Ibis Hotel Singapore. In fact previously I had stayed in Ibis Siam Bangkok and was pretty happy with the level of service and the reasonable rate.
I pay $8 (exclusive of taxes & service charge) for a night stay and I was surprised my booking went through!
It was the same manner as Ibis Siam Bangkok, no swimming pool, no bell-boy. Everything was no frills.
The room was simply clean. It is really awesome. I like the simplicity!
Here are the shoots taken using my E71 (not as sharp as my Nokia Xpressmusic):
Cool chair@reception area greeting the guests.
Taste Restaurant and bar featured in 15 Feb 09 Strait Times
Safe, coffee-tea-station, mini fridge (the black box)
The nice smelling orange body and hair wash.
My overall experience:
I was very pleased with the facilities that came with the hotel room. There is free internet access, very useful for business people. This is the reason I brought along my laptop as well. On top of that, there is cable TV with channels like ESPN, Starsports, AXN. This is unlike other hotels which do not provide those channels. The room is simply decorated with wise usage of color and space management. It looks small but plently of space to move around. Though the fridge was not sufficiently big enough, it was just nice for my water bottle to sit in. Useful feature for topical Singapore. I’m writing this post on the desk, facing Nanyang Academic of Fine Arts School.
Well, there is one thing which is not that well done: the toilet floor. The furnishing wasn’t that friendly in the sense that the tiles give a cutting feet feeling, definitely dangerous for little children. Ouch!
Ibis Hotel Singapore continues to live up to its name, Simply Classy.
I would personally give a 4 out of 5 stars!
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hotel stay
I am in the education industry. In fact, I’m a business owner as well as a trainer.
As we are just a start up, we have to do everything on our own to manage our cost effectively. Luckily me and my co-partner each have our own strengths which make matter easier.
However, I have been a little frustrated recently with a COPYCAT! A company which writes almost the same way as us. Well, some might see it as a form of flattery since we are the one being copied. It shows the quality of our work but still! Who can stand the fact that someone just almost wholesale copy your style, content etc … I know some things are not copyright in fact I think the line is rather grey. Nevertheless I will not expose the identity of the company instead I will do my part more and wish them all the best.
Photo Credit: Mel B.
I was googling on ‘how to deal with copycats’ not too useful it seems. So I decide to come up with my own ways on dealing with business copycats!
- Do not waste energy on copycats!
- Have faith in your own work and trust that it will achieve the objective intended.
- Be even more creative than before.
- Have unique selling point which is not easily copied!
Do you have experience of your work being copied? Or do you copy other work? How do you deal with it? I would love to hear your experiences.
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