Life Lessons
Advice from the Dali Lama
1. Take into account that great love and great
achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others, responsibility for
all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of
luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll
be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation.
Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Management Lessons
Lesson #1 A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit
saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all
day long? The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on
the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped
the rabbit and ate it.
Management Lesson: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very,
very high up.
Lesson #2 A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to
get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got
the energy. "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?"
replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked
at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach
the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, the
reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly
perched at the top of the tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who
shot the turkey out of the tree.
Management Lesson: Bulls*** might get you to the top, but it won't keep you
there.
Lesson #3 A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the
bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a
cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the
pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually
thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for
joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the
sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile
of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him!
Management Lesson:
1) Not everyone who drops s*** on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of s*** is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep s***, keep your mouth shut.
Lesson #4 The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went along,
they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and
the boy was riding. The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so
they changed positions. Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What
a shame, he makes that little boy walk."They decided they both would walk!
Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they
had a decent donkey to ride. So the both rode the donkey! Now they passed some
people that shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey.
The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry the
donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell
into the river and drowned.
Management Lesson: If you try to please everyone, you will eventually lose your
a**.
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