Looking at Things Differently

Thanks Sal Dinolfo for forwarding this piece on to me. How true...


Subject: The Blind Man - great point of view

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One day, there was a blind man sitting on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet and a sign that read: "I am blind, please help."A creative publicist was walking by and stopped to observe. He saw that the blind man had only a few coins in his hat. He dropped in more coins and, without asking for permission, took the sign and rewrote it.He returned the sign to the blind man and left. That afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was full of bills and coins.The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it he was the person who had rewritten his sign and what he had written on it.The publicist responded: "Nothing that was not true. I just wrote the message a little differently." He smiled and went on his way.The new sign read: "Today is Spring and I cannot see it."

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Sometimes we need to change our strategy. If we always do what we have always done, we will always get what we have always gotten. Remember, too, sometimes it is not WHAT we say, it is HOW we say it!

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Chinese Proverb: "When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others."