Stories
Early train cars designSometimes previous experience blinds us to new perspectives. Early train cars were designed with no central aisles, and with brakes that had to be operated by a conductor seated outside, on top of the train car. Why such a dangerous practice? Because these early cars were almost exact replicas of what the expert designers were most familiar with – the stagecoach. QWERTY keyboard story"An engineer named Christopher Scholes designed the QWERTY layout in 1873 specifically to slow typists down; the typewriting machines of the day tended to jam if the typist went too fast. But then the Remington Sewing Machine Company mass-produced a typewriter using the QWERTY keyboard, which meant that lots of typists began to learn the system, which meant that other typewriter companies began to offer the QWERTY keyboard, which meant that still more typists began to learn it, et cetera, et...
An Experiment in Socialism...As the late Adrian Rogers said, "you cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on the socialist's plan". All grades would be averaged and everyone would... Sugar Gandhi
Two weeks had passed and she returned with her son again, Gandhi looked at the boy and said "Stop eating sugar".
She looked at him and asked, "Couldn't you just have done that two weeks ago and save me the trip?" Gandhi replied, "Two weeks ago I was still eating sugar". The Tragedy of the CommonsThirty years ago, an ecologist and professor named Garrett Hardin wrote a classic article in the journal Science titled “The Tragedy of the Commons.” His thesis was that individuals, acting in their rational self-interest, may ultimately destroy a limited resource over the long term.
To illustrate, Hardin used the metaphor of an open pasture – “the commons” – to which herdsmen bring their cattle to feed. The herdsmen understandably want to feed as many of their cattle... Zen Story - I Don't UnderstandSomeone asked master Bokuju, "We have to dress and eat every day - how do we get out of all that?" Katha UpanishadMay we light the fire of Nachiketa
That burns out the ego and enables us To pass from fearful fragmentation To fearless fullness in the changeless whole. 3. Know the Self as lord of the chariot, The body as the chariot itself, The discriminating intellect as charioteer, And the mind as reins. 4. The senses, say the wise, are the horses; Selfish desires are the roads they travel. When the Self is confused with the body, Mind, and senses, they point out, he seems To enjoy pleasure and suffer... |
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:52 | 
Written by ExtraCoaching | 
"A woman brought a child to Gandhi and said: "Gandhi, tell my son to stop eating sugar". Gandhi replied: "Bring your son back in two weeks".
