Luck matters ;-)

With a pile of 300 resumes on his desk and a need to pick someone quickly, my boss told me to make calls on the bottom 50 and toss the rest. "Throw away 250 resumes?" I asked, shocked.
"What if the best candidates are in there?"

"You have a point," he said. "But then again, I don't need people with bad luck here."

- Becky Horowitz(Reader's digest)

Performance & Position ;-)

A Priest dies & is awaiting his turn in line at the Heaven's Gates.
Ahead of him is a guy, fashionably dressed, in dark sun glasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket & jeans.
God asks him: Please tell me who are you, so that I may know whether to admit you into the kingdom of Heaven or not?
The guy replies: I am Pandi, Auto driver from Chennai!
God consults his ledger, smiles & says to Pandi: Please take this silken robe & gold scarf & enter the Kingdom of Heaven...
Now it is the priest's turn. He stands erect and speaks out in a booming voice: I am Pope's Assistant so & so, Head Priest of the so & so Church for the last 40 years.
God consults his ledger & says to the Priest: Please take this cotton robe & enter the Kingdom of Heaven...
'Just a minute,' says the agonized Priest. 'How is it that a foul mouth, rash driving Auto Driver is given a Silken robe & a Golden scarf and me, a Priest, who's spent his whole life preaching your Name & goodness has to make do with a Cotton robe?'
'Results my friend, results,' shrugs God.
'While you preach, people sleep; but when he drove his Auto, people PRAYED’ It’s PERFORMANCE & not POSITION that ultimately counts.

Interesting Quotes

I have been fond of reading quotes. So, here is an attempt to start with a few of the quotes in back of my mind and keep updating the blog as and when I add to the list. . .

1. The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension. ~Ezra Pound
2. It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. ~Alfred Adler
3. An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind ~Kahlil Gibran
4. Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain. ~Lily Tomlin
5. The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it isgenerally employed only by small children and large nations. ~David Friedman
6. There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. ~William Shakespeare
7. If you cannot see a brighter side, polish the dull side ~ Unknown
8. Age is an issue of mind over matter, if you don't mind - it doesn't matter ~Mark Twain
9. How can I be substantial if I fail to cast a shadow, I have to have a darker side, if I am to be whole ~Unknown
10. Procrastination is an art of keeping up with yesterday ~Unknown
11. Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice...
12. Furious activity is no substitute for understanding... ~ H. H. Williams

Hope you like it... and stay tuned for more... Cheers... :~)