REVEALING RESUMES Kenneth Eskey of the Scripps Howard News Service recently interviewed Robert Half of Accountemps of Menlo Park, California. Robert Half has an unusual collection of strange information which […]
SERIOUSLY OR OVER A history teacher would regularly tell his class: “You can take this class one of two ways – SERIOUSLY or OVER.” We had better take life seriously.
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CHEAP DICTIONARY One hindrance to a healthy self-image is the fear of failure – the inability to admit that we are wrong. Such was the case with two men in
THAT’S BUSINESS A business is too big when it takes a week for gossip to go from one end of the office to the other.
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PLUMBERS AND DOCTORS The brain surgeon returned from a European vacation to discover that his basement was filled with water – and rising. He called a plumber who arrived in
KENNEDY’S COMMITTEES A committee is twelve men doing the work of one. By John F. Kennedy
PRIOR EARNINGS It is especially hard to work for money you’ve already spent for something you didn’t need.
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LAW OF DESTINY Glory may be fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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POOR PLANNING In 1957 my two young sons and I traveled by bus from Salt Lake City, Utah to Phoenix. Sitting in front of us were two elderly women who
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NEIGHBORS AND ENEMIES ALL THE SAME G. K. Chesterton: “The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same
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EPISCOPAL LETHARGY IS BEST Two little boys in the neighborhood were talking. One said to the other, “You’ve been trying out all the churches in town. Which one did your
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YOU JUST NEVER KNOW There is a sweet Hasidic story of a rabbi in a small Russian town at the turn of the century who accomplished the “submission to not
STOP THAT VOW! Two shipwrecked sailors had been adrift on a raft for days. Desperate, one knelt and began to pray: “Oh Lord, I know I haven’t lived a good
TEMPER TROUBLE The problem with losing your temper is that no one else wants it either.Source Unknown
CHANGE REQUIRED A young woman finally convinced the famous Polish pianist, Ignace Paderewski, to listen to her audition. After a boring performance, the young woman asked him, “What do I
DYING FOR TREATMENT “Hurry!” the doctor cried to his teenage daughter. “Put my stethoscope and medicine bag in my car. I just received an emergency call from someone who says
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A SPECIAL GLOW Sammy Lilly is an often out-of-work National Football League cornerback. Recently, after being let go by a professional team, Sammy interviewed for a job at a nuclear
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WORSHIP OR WARSHIP A teacher at a Quaker Sunday school gave an assignment to her preschoolers class: “What is worship?” She asked each child to bring in a drawing that
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TAKE CARE OF SELF Groucho Marx: Take care of me. I am the only one I’ve got. From page 59
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POLITICALLY CORRECT HECKLERS Steve Moore has taken a shot at being politically correct at heckling in his cartoon, “In the Bleachers” on January 20, 1993. A fan hollers at the
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