= How much you need to think about the problem =

Professor took in hand the glass with a small amount of water. He picked it up and asked the students:

— What do you think, how heavy is this glass? ...

Approximately 200 grams! No, 300 grams, perhaps!

— I do not know for sure until it weight. My question is: what will happen if I will keep the glass for a few minutes?

— Nothing!

— Really, nothing terrible will happen, "said the professor. – What will happen if I get to keep the glass of the outstretched arm, for example, two hours?

Is your hand will ache.

— And if all day?

Is your hand is numb, "said one of the students.

— In your opinion, the weight of the glass changes from what I will keep all day?

— No! -bewildered students responded.

— And what to do to fix it?

-Just put the glass on the table! -fun told one student.

— Sure! – happily answered the professor.

And what is with all of life's difficulties. Think of any problem a few minutes and it will be next to you. Think about it a few hours and it will start you suck. If you are going to think the whole day, it paralyzes you.

= О том, сколько нужно думать о проблеме =

    Профессор взял в руку стакан с небольшим количеством воды. Он поднял его и спросил студентов:
— Как вы думаете, сколько весит этот стакан?..
— Примерно 200 грамм! Нет, грамм 300, пожалуй!
— Я не узнаю точно, пока не взвешу его. Мой вопрос: что произойдет, если я буду так держать стакан в течение нескольких минут?
— Ничего!
— Действительно, ничего страшного не случится, – ответил профессор. – А что будет, если я стану держать этот стакан в вытянутой руке, например, часа два?
— Ваша рука начнёт болеть.
— А если целый день?
— Ваша рука онемеет, – сказал один из студентов.
— Как по-вашему, вес стакана изменится от того, что я его целый день буду держать?
— Нет! – растерянно ответили студенты.
— А что нужно делать, чтобы всё это исправить?
— Просто поставьте стакан на стол! – весело сказал один студент.
— Точно! – радостно ответил профессор.
– Так и обстоят дела со всеми жизненными трудностями. Подумайте о какой-нибудь проблеме несколько минут, и она окажется рядом с вами. Подумайте о ней несколько часов, и она начнет вас засасывать. Если будете думать целый день, она вас парализует.

Persistence + Persistence = Success

If I had to choose only one quality, one trait of character, which I think is most associated with success, regardless of the type of activity, I would choose the persistence. It will reach the end; fall over seventy times and get up with the words: "Here shall be seventy-first opportunity!". (c) Richard Devos persistence. And what else?

The most expensive mistake in the world cost 340 million. dollars.

The mishap was the case which occurred in Japan in 2006. One financial company Mizuho Securities Brokers inadvertently sold 610 k. shares of J-Com Co for the price of one yen apiece (less than one cent) instead of having to sell one share of its real price at 610 k. Yen (more than 5 thousand dollars). Penny stocks quickly found a buyer.




Wondering what punishment received employee of the company for such ... typo?

How much do you make attempts before you consider it a completely unsuccessful and retreat?

This famous person crashed in business in 31 year then fail in business in 34 years. He lost local elections in 38 years and congressional elections in 43 years, and elections to the Senate at the age of 55 years. This person has not received the post of Vice-President in 56 years, and lost the election to the Senate at 58. But in the 60 years he was elected President of the United States. His name was Abraham Lincoln.

And great are mistaken!

In December 2009, the Steve Jobs waved away from startup Dropbox as an unprofitable venture. Now the company Dropbox is worth 4 billion. dollars, and there is only a year or so. Even if the developer of this tool, remote data storage, drew Houston, will not receive any new user in the year 2012, its revenues would double by switching users with free accounts on paid. Later, after seeing the apparent success project, Steve Jobs first attempted to buy the company and then created my analogue Icloud and announced "half-hearted attempt to" Dropbox solve the difficult problem of the Internet.

Would Apple benefit if not trying to slander a successful competitor and hide your piercing, and agreed to use technology in their devices Dropbox? Does the error does not admit mistakes serious negative consequences and damages?

Начинаем утро с улыбки!

В машине едут три менеджера разных компаний: General Motors, General Electric и Microsoft. Машина заглохла.

- Надо проверить мотор, - говорит менеджер GM.

- Может, проводка погорела? - высказывает предположение менеджер GE.

- Да ерунда! - говорит менеджер Microsoft. - Давайте закроем все окна, выйдем, потом войдем, откроем окна - и наверняка поедем!