Here's to an Intelligent New Year!

"The most influential person you will talk to all day is you." Zig Ziglar



The Fox and the Grapes by Aesop
A famished fox saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine. She resorted to all her tricks to get at them, but wearied herself in vain, for she could not reach them. At last she turned away, hiding her disappointment and saying: "The grapes are sour, and not ripe as I thought."

How many times have we had "sour grapes" because we did not get something we wanted but could not get? Instead of bemoaning that the grapes are sour, perhaps we should look at ourselves to determine if it is we -- and not the grapes -- that have the shortcoming... Get hold of 'real efforts' at Intelligence: Best Resources


Ideal Personalities
At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning.
At thirty, I stood firm.
At forty, I had no doubts.
At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven
At sixty, my ear could accept the truth with ease. At seventy, I could follow my heart's desire,without going against what was right."
Analects,II:4)