There was a man
who made his living selling balloons at a fair. He had balloons of many
different colors, including red, yellow, blue, and green. Whenever business was
slow, he would release a helium filled balloon into the air. When the children
saw the balloon go up, they all wanted one. They would come up to him, buy a
balloon and his sales would
go up. All day, he continued to release a balloon
whenever the sales slowed down. One day,
the balloon man felt someone tugging at his jacket. He turned around and a
little boy asked, “If you release a black balloon, would that also fly?” Moved
by the boy’s concern, the man replied gently, “Son, it is not the color of the balloon;
it is what’s inside that makes it go up.”
The foundation
of success regardless of our chosen field is attitude. A study attributed to Harvard University
found that when a person gets a job or a promotion, 85% of the time it is
because of his attitude, and only 15% of the time because of intelligence and
knowledge of specific facts and figures. It is however surprising that we spend
almost 100% of our money on learning the facts and figures, which account for
only 15% of success in life!
( From : YOU CAN WIN by Shiv Khera )
( From : YOU CAN WIN by Shiv Khera )