Because this is a motivational blog...

.. so I thought I would continue the stories. The message below was an email I got from my friend. (Grammatical errors are inherent from source.)

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Question:
If your company , Comb manufacturers assigned you to sell the comb to the
monks in the temples ? Can you do it ?

What is your answer ?
a) No Way , Impossible
b) Crazy
c) I will give it a try in order to follow my boss instruction .
d) Well , I will try .
e) Ya , I think I can sell ??? ( 5pcs ? 10pcs ? , 50pcs ? or more ,,you
name it )


The Story:
Selling Combs to Monks
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There
was one company " manufacturing combs "which intends to expand its
business and so the management wanted to employ a new Sales Manager .

The company advertised the vacancy in the newspaper. There were so many people who turned up for the interview everyday.... It accumulated to almost a hundred people in just few days .

The Company now has the problem to choose the right candidate for this
position . So , the interviewer had set a difficult task to everyone who had come for the final interview.

The Task: Sell combs to monks in temples

Only 3 Applicants were willing to stay on for the challenge of this final interview (Mr A , Mr B , Mr C).

The Chief Interviewer instructed : " Now I want three of you here to sell these wooden combs to the monks in the temples . You only have 10 days
to do it and report to me after that . "

After 10 days , they reported.

The Chief Interviewer asked Mr A : How many have you sold ?
Mr A Answered : Only One .
The Chief Interviewer Asked : How did you manage to sell ?
Mr A Answered : The monks in the temples scolded me when I show them the comb . But on my way back to downhill I met a young monk who bought it to scratch his head due to dandruff. "

The Chief Interviewer then asked Mr B : How many did you sell ?
Mr B replied : 10 pieces . I went to a shrine and noticed many devotees's hair was in bad shape due to strong wind outside the shrine . The monk in there listened to my advice and bought 10 combs for their devotees in showing respect to the Buddha statue.

Then, The Cheif Interview asked Mr C : How about you ?
Mr C replied : 1,000 units .

The Chief Interviewer and the other 2 interviews were astounded.

The Chief Interview Asked : How you did that?
Mr C replied : I went to a famous temple . After observing for few days I discovered that there were many tourists . I then told the Chief Abbot there,

"Sifu , those who come here are much devoted . If you could give them a gift , it will be more elating to them."

I told him that I have a bulk of combs here and ask him to raft his handwriting on the combs as a present to those visit here . He was very delighted and straight away ordered 1,000 pieces.

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MORAL OF THE STORY:
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1) 85% of success is due to attitude and 15% is capability .
2) Attitude is more important than intelligence , specials skills and luck .

In another word , professional knowledge only constitutes for 15% of success of a person and 85% is due to self-cultivation , public relation and adaptability ability .

Still remember the story of selling shoes to Africans? When 2 salesmen were sent to that continent , one of them reported: What?! Are you kidding me? No one wears shoes there?

The second salesman said: It is a good market . A land of boundless opportunities.

Success and Failure is dependent on how we face problems.

My dear friends, do you know that the eagle lives up to about 70 of age? But when it reaches
about 40 yrs old , its claws start to age and cannot grab its prey. It also cannot fly as well as before.

So, it is time for the eagle to make a choice; wait for its death or go through a renewal process . If it chooses to live , it must try its best to fly to the top of the hill. On the hill top/summit, it will stay for 150 days . Over the top , it will hit its features to the stone so that they will drop and wait for the new ones to grow. After the features have grown enough which is about 150 days , it
will continue its remaining 30 years of life.

If you have only had a smooth sailing life , you will be weak. The teething environment helps to shape you up so that you have the guts to resolve problems.

My dear friends, build a better tomorrow.

Remember, When the economy is good , there are people going bankrupt. When business is bad , there are many new millionaires produced as well .

So, apply now the 85% right working attitude fully. All the best!