A change in strategy – I love this
A man was standing outside of a building with a sign written: ‘I am blind, please help’.
A ‘creative publicist’ was walking by him and stopped to observe. He saw that the blind man had only a few coins in his hat. He dropped in a few more coins and, without asking for permission, took the sign, turned it around and wrote another announcement. He placed the sign by the blind man’s feet and left.
That afternoon the creative publicist returned to where the blind man sat and noticed that his hat was full of bills and coins. The blind man recognised his footsteps and asked if it was he who had re-written his sign and he wanted to know what he had written on it. The publicist responded: ‘Nothing that was not true, I just wrote your sign out a little differently.’ He smiled and went on his way.
The new sign read: ‘TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING AND I CANNOT SEE IT.’
Sometimes you need to change your strategy when something does not go your way and you’ll see it may just be for the best. Remember, if you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what
you always got…
Remember that!
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Christopher is the founder of iMod - Most of his time is spent building websites and pushing the limits with Search Engine Optimization. You can follow him on Twitter @ChristopherM
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Aug 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
tooo true
lolz
Aug 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Yes bud, sometimes its our pride that prevents us from thinking ourside of the box. If you cant measure your efforts its impossible to reach your desired future state. Our biggest resource is people. Our biggest weakness is pride. We all need to crawl, then walk before we can run :-) No matter who you are or what your situation may be, in order for you to truly grow you need to be honest with yourself :-)
Aug 27th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Absolutely, figuring out everything is sometimes very overwhelming, however, taking the time to carefully identify what is really important can make decisions a lot easier. There is so much truth to all of this :)
Aug 27th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I really enjoyed the story and its moral that is quite effectually brought upon.
Aug 27th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Ye, it was really inspirational for me :)
Aug 27th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
thats pretty kewl dude!
Aug 27th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Ye man, was awesome to read :)
Aug 27th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
that’s really inspiring Chris, nice post bud :)
Aug 27th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I wish I could claim the writing, but it wasn’t me who wrote it :/
Aug 27th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
So true, Thanks for the words of wisdom :>
Aug 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Hehe, glad to see that everyone is enjoying this :)
Aug 27th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Wow. Thanks. I needed this.
Aug 27th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Very motivational/inspirational isn’t it :)
Aug 27th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
we all need little reminders sometime ;)
Aug 27th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Totally!