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The CoachingWithResults.com Monthly Newsletter 
Self Improvement Through Stories		Jan 2004
							        
"Where We Achieve Success, Your Success"
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1. Inspirational Quote Of The Month
2. Story Of The Month (with a meaningful lesson)
3. The Road To Success Is Paved With Failure
4. Humor
5. How to recommend our newsletter to a friend
6. About CoachingWithResults.com
7. How to subscribe and unsubscribe to this newsletter	

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THEME OF THE MONTH: The Cracked Pot
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Section 1. Quote of the month

"How you think about a problem is more important than the problem
itself -- so always think positively."
 
Author: Norman Vincent Peale

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Section 2. Story Of The Month (with a meaningful lesson)

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each 
end of a pole which he carried across hls neck. 

  One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was 
perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end 
of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the 
cracked pot arrived only half full.

  For a full 2 years this went on daily, with the bearer 
delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his master's 
house. 

  Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, 
perfect to the end for which it was made. 

  But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, 
and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what 
it had been made to do.

  After 2 years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, 
it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. 
  
  "I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you." 

  "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?" 

  "I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only 
half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak 
out all the way back to your master's house. Because of my flaws, 
you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value 
from your efforts," the pot said. 

  The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his 
compassion he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want 
you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path." 

  Indeed as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took
notice 
of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the 
path and this cheered it some. But at the end of tile trail, it 
still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so 
again it apologized to the bearer for its failure.

  The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were 
flowers only on YOUR side of your path, but not on the other 
pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, 
and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side 
of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, 
you've watered them. 

  For 2 years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers 
to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way 
you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."

  Moral: Each of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked 
pots.
 
  Some of us don't grow old gracefully, some are not so smart, 
some are tall, large & big, some bald, some physically
challenged, 
but it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives 
together so very interesting and rewarding. 

  You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look 
for the good in them. There is a lot of good out there. There is 
a lot of good in you, Zev! 

  Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of
shape.
Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life! 
Or as I like to think of it - If it's not for the crackpots in my 
life, it would be pretty boring. 

  Thank you for being my crackpot friend

(c)2002 www.club-positif.com


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Section 3. The Road To Success Is Paved With Failure

Barbara Walters was told in 1957 by Don Hewitt, (the executive
producer of 60 minutes) to "stay out of television"

Barbara Walters went on to become the host on the Today talk
show, an anchorwoman on The ABC Evening News, and a host of
20/29. She has won six Emmy Awards for her work on television and
was elected in 1990 to the Television Hall of Fame

The Road to Success is Paved with Failure
-Time Warner Trade Publishing 2001 by Joey Green

     
         

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Section 4. Humor

A woman brought an old picture of her dead husband, wearing a
hat, to the photographer.

She asked the photographer if he could remove the hat from the
picture.

He convinced her he could easily do that, and asked her what side
of his head he parted his hair on.

"I forget," she said. "But you can see that for yourself when you
take off his hat."

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