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Retiring Farmer
Like GodMy grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you
know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?'' "You're both old," he replied.
A retiring farmer needed to rid his farm of animals in preparation for sell-ing his land. So he went to every house in his town. To the houses where the man is the boss, he gave a horse. To the houses where the woman is the boss, a chicken was given. He got toward the end of the street and saw a couple outside gardening.
“Who’s the boss around here?” he asked.“I am,” said the man.“I have a black horse and a brown horse,” the farmer said. “Which one
would you like?” The man thought for a minute and said, “The black one.”“No, no, no," interrupted the wife. "Get the brown one!” “Here’s your chicken,” smiled the farmer.
Empowering Thoughts
Stacking Up the Statistics
CelebritiesEver wonder what the celebrities love doing in their spare time?• MattDamon - Philanthropy, Politics• BonJovi- Driving Cars, Baseball, Exercise, Football, Family-Time• JenniferLopez- Yoga, Decorating, Tennis, Shopping• BenStiller- Being a Trekkie• NicoleKidman - Playing Nintendo• ReeseWitherspoon - Collecting Antique Linens, Flea Markets, Yoga,
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It Is Ironic
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. ~ DougLarson
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~HerbertHenryAsquith
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. ~WillRogers
It often happens that I lie half awake at night and begin to think about a serious problem. I remind myself that I must consult the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely, and remember, I am the Pope! ~ JXXIII
Why was it ironic that the two nihilists fell in love with each other? They had nothing in common.
Few kids walk or bike to school According to a recent study, “in 1969, about
90% of kids in US who lived within a mile of school walked or rode bikes to get there. In 2004, just 48% did that at least one day a week. ...the numbers have dropped as the population has grown while the number of schools has declined and the distance to get to them has grown for many families”. But still.
Could the above be one of the factor for the high rates of childhood obesity in recent years?
My son, a 6th grader, always take school bus to school, although we live within a mile of school. My husband and I have 2 cars, we both work, and we believe it’s safer and more expedient (especially in the morning) for him to go by bus. Yet, we have been trying hard to encourage him to do other physical activities after school. Maybe, we should just have him walk to the school.
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Writing Things DownCouple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things.
During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they’re physically okay, but they might want to start writing things down to help them remember.
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. “Want anything while I’m in the kitchen?” he asks. “Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?” “Sure.” “Don’t you think you should write it down?” she asks. “No, I can remember it .” “Well, I’d like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it
down, so’s not to forget it?” He says, “I can remember that. You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries.”
“I’d also like whipped cream. I’m certain you’ll forget that, write it down.” she instructs. Irritated, he says, “I don’t need to write it down! Ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream, I got it!”
After about 20 minutes, the old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. She stares at the plate for a moment.
“I knew you’d forget something!" she remonstrates. "Where’s my toast ?”
Rejection Letter
Music Education
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Answer Me This?
What is so fragile that it breaks even if you whisper its name?
Answer:. To whisper even its name breaks the silence.
What has four legs, is big, green, fuzzy, and if it fell out of a tree would kill you? ~ A pool table.
Know why a room full of married people looks so empty? ~ There's not a Single person in it.
If you ever get a rejection letter from a hoped-for employer or publisher, here is a sample response to send them, if you are brave (silly) enough.
Dear [name of the person who signed the rejection letter], Thank you for your letter of [date of the rejection letter]. After careful
consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me [employment with your firm/a contract to publish my book].
This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals. Despite [name of the company or agency that sent you this letter]’s outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting [applicants/manuscripts], I find that your rejection does not meet with my needs at this time.
Therefore, I will initiate [employment/publishing] with your firm im-mediately following [graduation/job change, etc. - get creative here]. I look forward to working with you.
Best of luck in rejecting future [candidates/manuscripts]. Sincerely,[your name]
Spanish guitar strings used to be made out of the small intestines of dead sheep. This material was changed to nylon, not because using sheep guts to make music is disgust-ing! … but because all available sheep guts were needed during the second world war to make surgical thread for injured soldiers!
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2. Do fish get thirsty? 3. Do hummingbirds hum because
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appetites?
the awkward moment when you come out of the store and you feel the eyes of a charity collector burning into you as you try to get to your car, even if you did want to donate, because all you have is a credit card. You don't dare make eye contact, or it’s all over and you will have to explain.
The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released, and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded. The bird must be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an el-evated cell, so he is safe.
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• It is illegal for hens to lay eggs before 8 am and after 4 pm in Norfolk, Virginia.
• Ducks quacking after 10 pm in Essex Falls, New Jersey are break-ing the law.
• In Quitman, Georgia, it is against the law for a chicken to cross any road within the city limits.
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Getting OldOLD BANKERS ... never die, they just lose interest.
I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
Which day of the week do fish hate?....... ~ Fry-Day
• The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
• The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a sea-soned veteran.
• In democracy it’s your vote that counts. In feudalism it’s your count that votes.
A 72-year-old Nepalese man is only the size of a toddler and has recently earned the title of the world’s shortest person ever recorded. A doctor and the Guinness World Records officials measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi and confirmed his height of 21.5 inches.
“I am very happy. Now I want to travel across Nepal and to foreign coun-tries,” Dangi told reporters afterward.
He stated that he hopes to meed to the minister of Nepal soon, but has no desires for marriage or kids. Dangi lives in a remote mountain village in Rhimkholi, about 250 miles west of his nearest relative in Katmandu. All his siblings are average weight and size.
Due to his size he doesn’t leave his house much, he also works from his house. This is the reason he is only now being noticed at the age of 72.
He is taking the title away from Junrey Balawing from the Philippines, he is 23.5 inches tall and used to hold the record in the Guinness books.
Two Hats
Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hall-way. One hat said to the other, “You stay here; I’ll
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Wedding CupTo keep your marriage brimming with love in the wedding cup ...Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;Whenever you’re right, shut up. ~ Ogden Nash
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Ending the Blame Begins with ... Me! by Kristin Lindeen The QBQ! Daughter
Have you ever made a mistake? Dropped the ball? Caused a problem? I have. And I hate it when that happens.
Before joining QBQ, Inc., I served as a university academic advisor helping incoming students pick their classes. Jessica, a co-worker, and I counseled one new student, a single mom with two little ones who was hesitant about attending college. The three of us worked closely to set a schedule that worked for her. But on the first day of school, it turned out that she'd been put in the wrong class—wrong subject, wrong time, wrong location. Bad news for an incoming student. Especially, a busy mom.
Well, we all huddled and after some creative scheduling, the problem was solved. The student—our customer, my customer—was happy.
So, feeling personally accountable, I did a postmortem to see what went wrong and what I could learn from it. I tried to ask all the right questions of myself—I mean, after all, I was raised on QBQ! “What could I have done to clarify?” “How could I have made sure to follow up?” “What can I do to be more careful in the future?” Later, I wandered into Jes-sica's office and started sharing about the whole mess. But while I talked, Jessica was only ... nodding! My frustration began to build. You see, to be truthful, I was accepting my responsibility for the problem, and rightly so. Yet, what I really, really wanted my co-worker to say was, “Well, Kristin, I could have done more, too.” When it got right down to it, I would've happily agreed to take, say, 70% of the blame, but she could and should take 30%. In fact, I would've negotiated to 80/20 if she'd wanted to. I just needed her to state I am accountable, too!
Has this ever happened to you? You’re asking the right questions, admitting to your involvement in a problem, practicing PERSONAL AC-COUNTABILITY!!!, but no one else is owning up to their part!? It’s not an easy position to be in. Honestly, as I was telling her, “I could have done this or that differently…” I wanted to scream out, “And you, Jessica, could
have done some thing differently and it’d be really super for you to admit it!!” What’s ironic, is this coworker even had the QBQ! book sitting on her desk.
That was the day I realized that practicing personal accountability by using The Question Behind the Question is a choice—MY CHOICE—and not one that I can force others to make. In her office, I suppose I could've asked Jessica to read the QBQ! book again, but that probably would not have enhanced our working relationship. Personal accountabil-ity is just that: personal. I can't make someone else be accountable. My job is to eliminate blame from my life.
Since I became a QBQ, Inc. team member and began speaking and conducting workshops on my dad's ( John Miller) material, I have learned that organizations struggle mightily with this blame thing—what it looks like, why it happens, what its costs are, and how to stop it. There's even a bit of confusion about blame. Some recent client statements:
•Ourexecutivesactuallyliketoask"Whodroppedtheball!?"becausethey feel it keeps individuals from hiding behind systems and processes.
•So,blamecreatesfear?What'swrongwiththat;isn'tfearamotivator?•Asamanager,whyshouldn'tIblamemystaff...they'retheonesnot
reaching their goals?•OK,IknowIshouldn'tblameothers,butdoesthatmeanIshould
take all the blame all the time?I believe in simple, so let me simply quote the QBQ! book: Account-
able people don't blame anyone. Not even themselves. It's true, solving problems, excelling in our work, building relationships,
and reaching goals are all driven by introspection, humility, continuous learning, passion, accountability, and hard work. Never finger-pointing, accusations, recrimination, and blame. Let's call it quits on The Blame Game today. We can do better. Are you with me 100%?
If not, that's okay—it begins with me.
Taken To Hospital
• Enter Into • Evil Villain • Exactly The Same
• Falling Down • Famous Celebrities
Redundant Again A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital.
When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, ‘No change yet.’
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We
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“The Dollar Store with a Difference”OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK!
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Ending the Blame Begins with ... Me! by Kristin Lindeen The QBQ! Daughter
Have you ever made a mistake? Dropped the ball? Caused a problem? I have. And I hate it when that happens.
Before joining QBQ, Inc., I served as a university academic advisor helping incoming students pick their classes. Jessica, a co-worker, and I counseled one new student, a single mom with two little ones who was hesitant about attending college. The three of us worked closely to set a schedule that worked for her. But on the first day of school, it turned out that she'd been put in the wrong class—wrong subject, wrong time, wrong location. Bad news for an incoming student. Especially, a busy mom.
Well, we all huddled and after some creative scheduling, the problem was solved. The student—our customer, my customer—was happy.
So, feeling personally accountable, I did a postmortem to see what went wrong and what I could learn from it. I tried to ask all the right questions of myself—I mean, after all, I was raised on QBQ! “What could I have done to clarify?” “How could I have made sure to follow up?” “What can I do to be more careful in the future?” Later, I wandered into Jes-sica's office and started sharing about the whole mess. But while I talked, Jessica was only ... nodding! My frustration began to build. You see, to be truthful, I was accepting my responsibility for the problem, and rightly so. Yet, what I really, really wanted my co-worker to say was, “Well, Kristin, I could have done more, too.” When it got right down to it, I would've happily agreed to take, say, 70% of the blame, but she could and should take 30%. In fact, I would've negotiated to 80/20 if she'd wanted to. I just needed her to state I am accountable, too!
Has this ever happened to you? You’re asking the right questions, admitting to your involvement in a problem, practicing PERSONAL AC-COUNTABILITY!!!, but no one else is owning up to their part!? It’s not an easy position to be in. Honestly, as I was telling her, “I could have done this or that differently…” I wanted to scream out, “And you, Jessica, could
have done some thing differently and it’d be really super for you to admit it!!” What’s ironic, is this coworker even had the QBQ! book sitting on her desk.
That was the day I realized that practicing personal accountability by using The Question Behind the Question is a choice—MY CHOICE—and not one that I can force others to make. In her office, I suppose I could've asked Jessica to read the QBQ! book again, but that probably would not have enhanced our working relationship. Personal accountabil-ity is just that: personal. I can't make someone else be accountable. My job is to eliminate blame from my life.
Since I became a QBQ, Inc. team member and began speaking and conducting workshops on my dad's ( John Miller) material, I have learned that organizations struggle mightily with this blame thing—what it looks like, why it happens, what its costs are, and how to stop it. There's even a bit of confusion about blame. Some recent client statements:
•Ourexecutivesactuallyliketoask"Whodroppedtheball!?"becausethey feel it keeps individuals from hiding behind systems and processes.
•So,blamecreatesfear?What'swrongwiththat;isn'tfearamotivator?•Asamanager,whyshouldn'tIblamemystaff...they'retheonesnot
reaching their goals?•OK,IknowIshouldn'tblameothers,butdoesthatmeanIshould
take all the blame all the time?I believe in simple, so let me simply quote the QBQ! book: Account-
able people don't blame anyone. Not even themselves. It's true, solving problems, excelling in our work, building relationships,
and reaching goals are all driven by introspection, humility, continuous learning, passion, accountability, and hard work. Never finger-pointing, accusations, recrimination, and blame. Let's call it quits on The Blame Game today. We can do better. Are you with me 100%?
If not, that's okay—it begins with me.
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A 72-year-old Nepalese man is only the size of a toddler and has recently earned the title of the world’s shortest person ever recorded. A doctor and the Guinness World Records officials measured Chandra Bahadur Dangi and confirmed his height of 21.5 inches.
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Writing Things DownCouple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things.
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Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair. “Want anything while I’m in the kitchen?” he asks. “Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?” “Sure.” “Don’t you think you should write it down?” she asks. “No, I can remember it .” “Well, I’d like some strawberries on top, too. Maybe you should write it
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What has four legs, is big, green, fuzzy, and if it fell out of a tree would kill you? ~ A pool table.
Know why a room full of married people looks so empty? ~ There's not a Single person in it.
If you ever get a rejection letter from a hoped-for employer or publisher, here is a sample response to send them, if you are brave (silly) enough.
Dear [name of the person who signed the rejection letter], Thank you for your letter of [date of the rejection letter]. After careful
consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me [employment with your firm/a contract to publish my book].
This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals. Despite [name of the company or agency that sent you this letter]’s outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting [applicants/manuscripts], I find that your rejection does not meet with my needs at this time.
Therefore, I will initiate [employment/publishing] with your firm im-mediately following [graduation/job change, etc. - get creative here]. I look forward to working with you.
Best of luck in rejecting future [candidates/manuscripts]. Sincerely,[your name]
Spanish guitar strings used to be made out of the small intestines of dead sheep. This material was changed to nylon, not because using sheep guts to make music is disgust-ing! … but because all available sheep guts were needed during the second world war to make surgical thread for injured soldiers!
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The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released, and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded. The bird must be an informant. I observe him communicate with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an el-evated cell, so he is safe.
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Like GodMy grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you
know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo and I said, "No, how are we alike?'' "You're both old," he replied.
A retiring farmer needed to rid his farm of animals in preparation for sell-ing his land. So he went to every house in his town. To the houses where the man is the boss, he gave a horse. To the houses where the woman is the boss, a chicken was given. He got toward the end of the street and saw a couple outside gardening.
“Who’s the boss around here?” he asked.“I am,” said the man.“I have a black horse and a brown horse,” the farmer said. “Which one
would you like?” The man thought for a minute and said, “The black one.”“No, no, no," interrupted the wife. "Get the brown one!” “Here’s your chicken,” smiled the farmer.
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Stacking Up the Statistics
CelebritiesEver wonder what the celebrities love doing in their spare time?• MattDamon - Philanthropy, Politics• BonJovi- Driving Cars, Baseball, Exercise, Football, Family-Time• JenniferLopez- Yoga, Decorating, Tennis, Shopping• BenStiller- Being a Trekkie• NicoleKidman - Playing Nintendo• ReeseWitherspoon - Collecting Antique Linens, Flea Markets, Yoga,
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It Is Ironic
More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. ~ DougLarson
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. ~HerbertHenryAsquith
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. ~WillRogers
It often happens that I lie half awake at night and begin to think about a serious problem. I remind myself that I must consult the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely, and remember, I am the Pope! ~ JXXIII
Why was it ironic that the two nihilists fell in love with each other? They had nothing in common.
Few kids walk or bike to school According to a recent study, “in 1969, about
90% of kids in US who lived within a mile of school walked or rode bikes to get there. In 2004, just 48% did that at least one day a week. ...the numbers have dropped as the population has grown while the number of schools has declined and the distance to get to them has grown for many families”. But still.
Could the above be one of the factor for the high rates of childhood obesity in recent years?
My son, a 6th grader, always take school bus to school, although we live within a mile of school. My husband and I have 2 cars, we both work, and we believe it’s safer and more expedient (especially in the morning) for him to go by bus. Yet, we have been trying hard to encourage him to do other physical activities after school. Maybe, we should just have him walk to the school.
