Story: Ducks Quack, Eagles Soa

This story will surely charge you up a bit., No one can make you serve customers well. That's because great service is a choice.
Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point.

He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a cab pulled up, the first thing Harvey noticed was that the taxi was polished to a bright shine. Smartly dressed in a white shirt, black tie, and freshly pressed black slacks, the cab driver jumped out and rounded the car to open the back passenger door for Harvey .

He handed my friend a laminated card and said: 'I'm Wally, your driver. While I'm loading your bags in the trunk I'd like you to read my mission statement.'

Taken aback, Harvey read the card.

It said: Wally's Mission Statement:
To get my customers to their destination in the quickest, safest and cheapest way possible in a friendly environment.

This blew Harvey away. Especially when he noticed that the inside of the cab matched the outside. Spotlessly clean!

As he slid behind the wheel, Wally said, 'Would you like a cup of coffee? I have a thermos of regular and one of decaf.'

My friend said jokingly, 'No, I'd prefer a soft drink.'

Wally smiled and said, 'No problem. I have a cooler up front with regular and Diet Coke, water and orange juice.'

Almost stuttering, Harvey said, 'I'll take a Diet Coke.'

Handing him his drink, Wally said, 'If you'd like something to read, I have The Wall Street Journal, Time, Sports Illustrated and USA Today.'

As they were pulling away, Wally handed my friend another laminated card, 'These are the stations I get and the music they play, if you'd like to listen to the radio.'

And as if that weren't enough, Wally told Harvey that he had the air conditioning on and asked if the temperature was comfortable for him.

Then he advised Harvey of the best route to his destination for that time of day. He also let him know that he'd be happy to chat and tell him about some of the sights or, if Harvey preferred, to leave him with his own thoughts.

'Tell me, Wally,' my amazed friend asked the driver, 'have you always served customers like this?'

Wally smiled into the rear view mirror. 'No, not always. In fact, it's only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I  spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the cabbies do. Then I heard the personal growth guru, Wayne Dyer, on the radio one day.

He had just written a book called You'll See It When You Believe It .
Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you'll rarely disappoint yourself. He said, 'Stop complaining! Differentiate yourself from your competition. Don't be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles soar above the crowd.''

'That hit me right between the eyes,' said Wally. 

'Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other cabs and their drivers. The cabs were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.'

'I take it that has paid off for you,' Harvey said.

'It sure has,' Wally replied. 'My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I'll probably quadruple it.
You were lucky to get me today. I don't sit at cabstands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on my answering machine. If I can't pick them up myself, I get a reliable cabbie friend  to do it and I take a piece of the action.'

Wally was phenomenal. He was running a limo service out of a Yellow Cab. I've probably told that story to more than fifty cab drivers over the years, and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like ducks and told me all the reasons they couldn't do any
of what I was suggesting.

Wally the Cab Driver made a different choice. He decided to stop quacking like ducks and start soaring like eagles.

How about you?

Smile, and the whole world smiles with you... 
Have an eagle day...!!

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.
Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw.
With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up!
Shake it off and take a step up. 

Remember these simple rules to be happy
1. Free your heart from hatred-Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries-Most never happens.

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Srilankan Cricketer Marvan Atapatu Inspiring Life Story.

It’s a story that Harsha Bhogle, India’s most loved cricket commentator, loves to tell, over and over again. Making his debut in Test cricket for Sri Lanka, Marvan scored a duck in his first innings. And again, in his second innings.
They dropped him. So he went back to the nets for more practice. More first-class cricket. More runs. Waiting for that elusive call. And after twenty-one months, he got a second chance.
This time, he tried harder. His scores: 0 in the first innings, 1 in the second Dropped again, he went back to the grind. And scored tonnes of runs in first-class cricket. Runs that seemed inadequate to erase the painful memories of the Test failures. Well, seventeen months later, opportunity knocked yet again. Marvan got to bat in both innings of the Test. His scores: 0 and 0. Phew!
Back to the grind. Would the selectors ever give him another chance? They said he lacked big-match temperament. His technique wasn’t good enough at the highest level. Undaunted, Marvan kept trying.
Three years later, he got another chance. This time, he made runs. He came good. And in an illustrious career thereafter, Marvan went on to score over 5000 runs for Sri Lanka. That included sixteen centuries and six double hundreds. And he went on to captain his country. All this despite taking over six years to score his second run in Test cricket. Wow! What a guy!
How many of us can handle failure as well as he did? Six years of trying, and failing. He must have been tempted to pursue another career. Change his sport perhaps. Play county cricket. Or, oh well, just give up. But he didn’t. And that made the difference.
We all hear stories of talented people who gave up before their potential was realized. People who changed jobs and careers when success seemed elusive.
The next time you are staring at possible failure or rejection, think of Marvan. And remember this: If you don’t give up, if you believe in yourself, if you stay the course, the run will eventually come. What more you could even become captain some day.
NEVER GIVE UP!
NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP !!

We all want to do remarkable things, and lead remarkable lives.

No one wants to spend the day engaged in mundane productivity in pursuit of a meaningless consumer existence. Certainly not you, right?

So why do we find it so hard to break out of our rut and do truly innovative things?

Because it’s hard. Because it often requires us to significantly alter our perspectives and step outside our comfort zones. It’s almost like becoming another person.

At its core, Fight Club is about living the life you truly want to live, and the hard path to getting there. Tyler helps the story’s nameless hero (usually referred to as Jack) down that path to enlightenment, so maybe what Tyler says can help the rest of us as well.

Luckily, Tyler says a lot of things that apply directly to innovative action. Here are his 8 rules for creative people to live by.

Tyler’s First Rule of Innovation:

“No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.”

Tyler’s Second Rule of Innovation:

“No fear! No distractions! The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide!”

Seriously. Don’t break the first two rules.

Tyler’s Third Rule of Innovation:

“I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let’s evolve, let the chips fall where they may.”

Let’s face it, when we break Tyler’s first two rules of innovation and distract ourselves with foolish productivity, it’s often because we’re afraid (which also violates Tyler’s first two rules). We’re afraid of failure, ridicule, risk, mediocrity, and perhaps even success itself.

If you’re going to evolve and grow as a creative person, you’re going to make mistakes. In fact, you should start making twice as many mistakes as soon as possible if you want to have an innovative breakthrough.

Make mistakes and let the chips fall where they may. You might like the landing.

Tyler’s Fourth Rule of Innovation:

“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.”

Oh, yeah… don’t be afraid to make big mistakes. More importantly, don’t worry about everything going according to plan. In fact, if everything’s going according to plan, there’s a good chance nothing remarkable is getting done.

They say life is what happens while you’re making other plans.Innovation is what happens when you recognize when to change the plan and perhaps the entire game. Maybe your initial plan falls apart, or maybe you simply need to throw the current plan away.

Don’t let the plan restrict the freedom to have a game-changing idea, and act on it, at any time. Losing everything may be the best thing that ever happens to you.

Tyler’s Fifth Rule of Innovation:

“You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis.”

When we talk about fear, risk, mistakes, and losing it all, what are we really afraid of? Are we defined by the stuff we own, or would we prefer to be defined by what we accomplish and create for the world?

I’m not saying give all your stuff away or take foolish risks that harm your family or yourself. I’m saying don’t let the stuff you own start to own you to the point that you can’t live the life you want to live and do the things you want to do.

Tyler’s Sixth Rule of Innovation:

“People do it everyday, they talk to themselves… they see themselves as they’d like to be, they don’t have the courage you have, to just run with it.”

I bet you’ve got a great idea right now, bouncing around in your head. What are you going to do with it?

Be what you’d like to be, and do what you’d like to do… it really is that simple. Having the courage to just run with it is the difference between a fulfilling life and a life full of regret.

Tyler’s Seventh Rule of Innovation:

“Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.”

On the other hand, wearing black hipster clothing and hanging in cafes smoking Gaulloises cigarettes does not make you creative. Buying a MacBook Pro and an iPhone doesn’t get it done either.

Creativity and innovation are mainly about hard work. It’s about constantly coming up with ideas and thinking through problems instead of vegging out. And it’s about taking action, plain and simple.

Tyler’s Eighth Rule of Innovation:

“This is your life, and it’s ending one minute at a time.”

First, you have to know, not fear, know that someday you are going to die. Until you know that, you have no sense of urgency. You think you have all the time in the world to do amazing things, but you may not live to see that particular someday.

Source: http://lateralaction.com/articles/tyler-durden-innovation

We buy things we don’t need, to impress people we don’t like.

It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.

I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let… lets evolve, let the chips fall were they may.

You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallets. You’re not your khakis. You’re the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drop to zero.

The things you own end up owning you.

This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time.

We hope that you’re inspired by Tyler Durden. You should Stop caring about your material possessions and screw your fears and start working on things which are important to you because ‘This is your life and it’s ending one minute at time.’ 

An interviewer said to a famous writer "How do you deal with the negative opinions recently held by some people about you?" 
The writer smiled and said "When I was in high school and spent most of my time reading and writing, people said that I should quit such 'ridiculous' hobbies and focus only on my studies. When I studied literature in college, people said that I was 'stupid' to pick such a stream and would never earn a living. I didn't have enough money when I started out writing which required me to borrow money from my family or friends, so people called me 'cheap'. I spent hours reading and writing at home, so I was called 'lazy' while my friends went out to party or watch a new movie.
When I started doing somewhat better and no longer needed to borrow, people called me 'egoistic'. When some of my articles got published in newspapers and magazines, people called me 'lucky'. Then my first book was published, I was paid enough to live a decent life, so people said that it was 'unfair' since all I had was an in-born talent'. When I finally started earning more than enough and giving donations, people called me a 'show-off'.
What I've learned from all of this is that there are two ways to live:
"you can either live like the way others want you to or YOU CAN LIVE LIKE THE WAY YOU WANT TO".
Work hard to achieve your dreams & care for only those who care for you.

Source: quora

Life is full of moments, some are HAPPY moments and some are SAD moments. When you're HAPPY, you make others also happy, but in some situations you'll be SAD, at that time don't think about that situation which makes you sad, stop thinking about that and think happy moments in your life, read the passbook story.

Priya married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party, Priya’s mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook with Rs.1000 deposit amount.

Mother: Priya, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage life.

When there’s something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in and write down what it’s about next to the line.

The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in.

I’ve done the first one for you today, do the others with Hitesh.

When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you’ve had.

Priya shared this with Hitesh when getting home.

They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.

This was what they did after certain time:

- 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage

- 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Priya

- 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali

- 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Priya got pregnant

- 1 Jun: Rs.1000, Hitesh got promoted

…. and so on…

However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things.

They didn’t talk much.

They regretted that they had married the most nasty people in the world…. no more love…

Kind of typical nowadays, huh?

One day Priya talked to her Mother:

‘Mom, we can’t stand it anymore. We agree to divorce.

I can’t imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!’

Mother: ‘Sure, girl, that’s no big deal.

Just do whatever you want if you really can’t stand it.

But before that, do one thing first.

Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day?

Take out all money and spend it first.

You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.’

Priya thought it was true.

So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account.

While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record.

She looked, and looked, and looked.

Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind.

Her eyes were then filled with tears.

She left and went home.

When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.

The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Priya.

She found a new deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record:

‘This is the day I notice how much I've loved you throughout all these years.

How much happiness you've brought me.’

They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.

Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired?

I did not ask.

I believe the money did not matter anymore after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.

P.S.: Life is about the moments you create, that u can keep it with you FOREVER. After everything is over, THAT is what we have or what we are left with.
It is Not Important To have Long Friend List On Facebook & WhatsApp..
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But It is important to have at least one Friend Who Can Read ur Face As a Book and ask what's up?

Its a nice story try to apply in your life ☺

Don't be harsh on anyone, especially with your loved ones, you always have problems, not only you everybody have problems. One day those problems will solve and you can recover, but if you hurt anyone for your problems, you can't get them back. A small story to tell why we don't be harsh, its in Telugu, use www.translate.google.com to translate it into English.

చక్కని ఎద్దు కధ

అనగనగా గోపయ్య అనే రైతు దగ్గర ఒక గొప్ప ఎద్దు ఉండేది... అది చాలా బలంగా ఉండేది. అయినా అది చాలా శాంతంగా ఉండేది. గోపయ్య ఏ పని చెబితే దాన్ని, చాలా ఇష్టంగా చేసి పెట్టేది.

గోపయ్య కూడా ఆ ఎద్దును చాలా ప్రేమగా, జాగ్రత్తగా చూసుకునేవాడు. దాన్ని అస్సలు కొట్టేవాడు కాదు. దాని మీద ఈగను కూడా వాలనిచ్చేవాడు కాదు. ఆ ఎద్దు గురించి అందరితోనూ గొప్పగా చెప్పేవాడు.

ఒకసారి గోపయ్య ఊళ్ళో పెద్ద మనుషులతో మాట్లాడుతూ "నా ఎద్దు నూరు బండ్లను ఒకేసారి లాగేస్తుంది- కావాలంటే వెయ్యి నాణేలు పందెం" అనేశాడు. కొందరు ఆ మాటను వినీ విననట్టు ఊరుకున్నారు కానీ, గోపన్న అంటే సరిపోనివాళ్ళు కొందరు జట్టు కట్టి, "పందెం అంటే పందెం" అన్నారు.

పందెం రోజు రానే వచ్చింది. ఊళ్ళో వాళ్ళు నూరు బండ్లనూ వరుసగా ఒకదాని వెనుక ఒకటి కట్టి ఉంచారు. గోపయ్య ఎద్దును తెచ్చి మొదటి బండికి కట్టాడు. ఎద్దుకు ఇదంతా కొత్తగా ఉంది. అయినా యజమాని తెచ్చి నిలబెట్టాడు గనక, అట్లా ఊరికే నిలబడిందది. అందరూ 'లాగు లాగు' అన్నారు. కానీ ఎద్దు మాత్రం కదల్లేదు. గోపయ్య ఏం చెబుతాడోనని ఎదురు చూస్తూ అది అట్లానే నిలబడి ఉన్నది.

గోపయ్యకు తల తీసేసినట్లయింది. 'ఎద్దు బళ్ళను ఎందుకు లాగట్లేదు?' అని చికాకు మొదలైంది- ఆ చికాకులో 'తను దానికి లాగమని చెప్పనేలేదు' అని అతనికి గుర్తుకే రాలేదు. పైపెచ్చు, అది 'నా పరువు తీస్తోంది' అని చటుక్కున కోపం కూడా వచ్చేసింది: "వెయ్యి నాణేలు... పోగొట్టకు! వెయ్యి నాణేలు!! ఎప్పుడైనా చూశావా? అంత తిండి తినేది ఎందుకట, ఈ మాత్రం లాగలేవా?!" అని తిడుతూ, అందరు రైతుల లాగానే తనూ దాన్ని మొరటుగా చర్నాకోలతో కొట్టటం మొదలు పెట్టాడు అతను.

గోపయ్య అంతకు ముందు ఎన్నడూ దానితో కోపంగా మాట్లాడలేదు. ఏనాడూ దాన్ని తిట్టలేదు; ఒక్క దెబ్బకూడా వెయ్యలేదు! మరి ఇప్పుడు అతను అంత కోపంగా అరవటం, పైపెచ్చు చర్నాకోలతో కొట్టటం ఎద్దుకు ఏమాత్రం నచ్చలేదు. దాంతో అది పూర్తిగా మొండికేసింది- ఒక్క అడుగు కూడా ముందుకు వేయలేదు. దాన్ని కొట్టీ కొట్టీ అలసిపోయిన గోపయ్య పదిమందిలోనూ ఓటమిని అంగీకరించాల్సి వచ్చింది. డబ్బుతోబాటు పరువునూ పోగొట్టుకొని, తలవంచుకొని ఇల్లు చేరుకున్నాడతను.

"గతంలో అవసరం ఉన్నప్పుడు చాలా సార్లు ఈ ఎద్దే వంద బండ్లను అలవోకగా లాగేసింది గదా, మరి ఇవాళ్ల ఎందుకు లాగలేదు?!" అన్న ఆలోచన రాలేదు, కోపంతో రగిలిపోతున్న గోపయ్యకు. అయితే ఆరోజు సాయంత్రం చూసేసరికి, ఎద్దు మేత మేయకుండా- స్తబ్దుగా నిలబడి ఉన్నది. దాని ఒంటినిండా చర్నాకోల వాతలు- ఆ గాయాల చుట్టూ ఈగలు ముసురుతుంటే అది విసురుకోవటం కూడా లేదు. గోపయ్య వంకే చూస్తూ కన్నీరు కారుస్తున్నది!

దాన్ని చూసే సరికి గోపయ్య హృదయం ద్రవించింది. దాని గాయాలకు మలాం రాస్తూ అతను తన తప్పును గ్రహించాడు: 'ఈ మూగ జంతువుకూ హృదయం ఉంది. తన మాట నెగ్గాలన్న తొందరలో తను దాన్ని అనవసరంగా, కౄరంగా శిక్షించాడు. సున్నితమైన దాని మనసుకు గాయం కలిగించాడు!'

గోపయ్య కళ్ల నీళ్ళతో దానికి క్షమాపణ చెప్పుకొని, నిమిరి, ముద్దుచేసి, దగ్గర చేసుకున్నాడు. అతని మనసును గ్రహించిన ఎద్దు కూడా కొంత కుదుటపడ్డది.

తెలివి తెచ్చుకున్న గోపయ్య తర్వాతి రోజున మళ్ళీ గ్రామస్తులతో పందెం కాశాడు. 'ఈసారి పందెం రెండు వేల నాణేలు' అన్నారు గ్రామస్తులు. ఈసారి గోపయ్య ఎద్దుని కొట్టలేదు సరికదా, కనీసం అదిలించను కూడా లేదు. ప్రేమగా వీపు నిమిరి, 'లాగురా!' అనేసరికి, ఎద్దు వంద బండ్లనూ లాక్కొని ముందుకు ఉరికింది!

గోపయ్య పందెం నెగ్గటమే కాదు; జీవితాంతం‌ ఉపకరించే పాఠం ఒకటి నేర్చుకున్నాడు- 'ఎంత తొందర, ఎంత చికాకు ఉన్నా సరే, మనసుల్ని మటుకు గాయపరచకూడదు' అని.

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You have have great ideas and plans, but sometimes you let fear stop them dead in their tracks. Fear is only as deep as your mind allows. You are still in control. The key is to acknowledge your fear and directly address it. You must step right up and confront it face to face. This tactic robs fear of its power, instead of fear robbing YOU of… Is fear stopping you from moving forward? 

Everything you want is on the other side of fear. Don't ever hesitate to give yourself a chance to be everything you are capable of being. Don't be too hard on yourself. There are plenty of people willing to do that for you. Do your best and surrender the rest. Tell yourself, “I am doing the best I can with what I have in this moment. That is all I can ever expect of anyone, including me.” Love yourself and be proud of everything you do, even your mistakes, because your mistakes mean you’re trying.

But what happens when most people think about doing something? 
Quite often they allow fear to step in and fear stops them dead in their tracks. Once fear sets in, indecision follows. With indecision comes delaying. With delaying comes paralysis, and nothing changes. Fear of change is one choice. Unfortunately, the choice too many people make is to allow fear of the unknown rule their lives. 

The other choice is to do the opposite. Don't think about it, "Just do it". If I just go and do it, what is the worst thing that can happen? Right, I fail. And if I fail, what is the outcome? 
Sometimes you have to fail often to succeed once. But that fear of failure stops you from even trying. That is one of the reasons why people delay. They think about it too much. If you just do it and fail, what is the worst thing that can happen? You will learn a lesson. If you really want to succeed, you may have to overcome fear and double your failure rate. 

Your biggest fears are completely dependent on you for their survival. Every new day is another chance to change your life, and it’s way too short to let fear interfere. Today, focus your conscious mind on things you desire, not things you fear. Doing so can bring your dreams to life.

My name is Nick Vujicic and I am thankful to have been born 30 years ago with no arms and no legs. I won't pretend my life is easy, but through the love of my parents, loved ones, and faith in God, I have overcome my adversity and my life is now filled with joy and purpose. I reside now in California with my wife, Kanae, and we both love seeing people’s lives changed for the better or touched in some way. It is my hope that your life is positively impacted by my story.

I was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and it was a shock to my parents that I arrived without limbs. There is no medical reason for it. My parents did their very best to keep me in the mainstream school system and give me every opportunity to live to the fullest. I was blessed to have a brother and a sister as my best friends too.

We later moved to Brisbane, Australia, where I lived for 14 years before I made the move to California. At age eight, I could not see a bright future ahead and I became depressed. When I was ten years old, I decided to end my life by drowning myself in a bathtub. After a couple attempts, I realized that I did not want to leave my loved ones with the burden and guilt that would result from my suicide. I could not do that to them.

I wasn’t depressed my entire childhood, but I did have ups and downs. At age thirteen I hurt my foot, which I use for many things like typing, writing and swimming. That injury made me realize that I need to be more thankful for my abilities and less focused on my disabilities.

When I was fifteen years old, I sealed my faith in God and from there it has been an amazing journey.

A janitor at my high school inspired me to start speaking about my faith and overcoming adversity when I was seventeen. I spoke only a dozen times to very small groups over the next two years. Then I found myself in front of three hundred sophomore (grade 10) students and I was very nervous. My knees were shaking. Within the first three minutes of my talk, half the girls were crying, and most of the boys were struggling to hold their emotions together. One girl in particular was sobbing very hard. We all looked at her and she put her hand up. She said, “I am so sorry to interrupt, but can I come up and hug you?”

She came hugged me in front of everyone, and whispered in my ear, “Thank you, thank you, thank you. No one has ever told me that they loved me and that I am beautiful the way I am.”

Her gratitude inspired me to go across 44 countries and speak 2,000 times. I realized that we all need love and hope and that I was in a unique position to share that with people around the world.

While majoring in both accounting and financial planning at a university, I also worked on developing my abilities as a speaker. I worked with a speaking coach who helped to cultivate me as a presenter. He especially worked on my body language as my hands flew everywhere at first!

I spoke on motivational topics after creating the company, attitude is altitude. I also launched a non-profit ministry, life without limbs, to spread my messages of faith and hope around the world.

Whoever you are, wherever you’re from and whatever you are dealing with, I hope that you will be inspired by my story and my message. Please enjoy browsing around this website where I share with you my thoughts on faith, hope and love to encourage you and to help you overcome your own challenges.

Dream big my friend and never give up. We all make mistakes, but none of us are mistakes. Take one day at a time. Embrace the positive attitudes, perspectives, principles and truths I share, and you too will overcome.

Source: http://www.attitudeisaltitude.com/about-nick-his-story

Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you. Don't think about the past, you can't change it and remember that there is nothing you can do to change the past. You can change the present and the future, especially by learning from your past. But you can't change the past. It doesn't do any good to worry about something that you have absolutely no control over.

The other thing you can do is to look at the positive side of your experiences. It's important to remember the bad experiences that you went through so that you can learn from them, but it's also important to not dwell on the emotions too much. Remember what happened, detach yourself a little bit from the emotions, draw your conclusions about what you would do differently in the future, and then move on.

Its not the past event that makes us feel bad but its rather our lack of ability to have a better future. If the future appeared to be prosperous then the painful past memories will become happy memories. That’s why most of the people forget about their old relationship whenever they start a new one, its just because the future became bright once again. The past only hurts those who can’t see signs of light in the near future. If they were sure that the future will be bright the past won't be able to affect their lives.

Examine your past and find those events which are causing you much pain then visualize the type of future which can make those events become painless. If you lost lots of money then being rich will wipe out this memory, if you broke up with someone then finding someone better will help you forget this relationship and if you had a painful experience then taking the necessarily actions that guarantees that this event wont happen again will make you forget about it.