The Master, Apprentice And The Bamboo Story

Written by: Daniel Richard

Bamboo Story
cc Clemson

A Chinese philosopher brought a young apprentice for a walk in his huge garden one afternoon. They were having a discussion regarding the apprentice’s slow progress in his studies.

They walked deeper into the garden and soon settled down for a moment.

The philosopher then said “look around you”, and as the apprentice started to notice his surroundings, he continued with a question “do you see the ferns and the bamboo trees?”

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Emerging Heroes In This Battered Economy

Written by: Daniel Richard

Emerging Heroes In This Battered Economy
Heroes will emerge in times of crisis – cc wolfsavard

No doubt that we are still living in an economic downturn. However, it is also during this period where heroes are made.

It’s not going to be the chief executives or the presidents that would stand tall and become the heroes to emerge in this season. This time, it would be the ones that get their hands dirty, mingling and hustling with confidence that the solutions we provide adds value to people that walk into our lives daily.

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

~ Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741-1801) Swiss theologian and poet

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