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THE TELEGRAPH
Back when the telegraph was the fastest means of long-distance communication, there was a story about a young man who applied for a job as a Morse code operator. Answering an ad in the newspaper, he went to the address that was listed. When he arrived, he entered a large, noisy office. In the background a telegraph clacked away.
A sign on the receptionist’s counter instructed job applicants to fill out a form and wait until they were summoned to enter the inner office. The young man completed his form and sat down with seven other waiting applicants. After a few minutes, the young man stood up, crossed the room to the door of the inner office, and walked right in.
Naturally the other applicants perked up, wondering what was going on. Why had this man been so bold? They muttered among themselves that they hadn’t heard any summons yet. They took more than a little satisfaction in assuming the young man who went into the office would be reprimanded for his presumption and summarily disqualified for the job.
Within a few minutes the young man emerged from the inner office escorted by the interviewer, who announced to the other applicants, "Gentlemen, thank you very much for coming, but the job has been filled by this young man."
The other applicants began grumbling to each other, and then one spoke up, "Wait a minute! I don’t understand. He was the last one to come in, and we never even got a chance to be interviewed. Yet he got the job. That’s not fair."
The employer responded, "All the time you’ve been sitting here, the telegraph has been ticking out the following message in Morse code: 'If you understand this message, then come right in. The job is yours.' None of you heard it or understood it. This young man did. So the job is his."
"If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. Thats all it takes to get people to win football games for you."
"Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the winners perfect the little things."
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardes...
It is harder to be a good winner than a good loser one has less practice.
"All of the glory that goes with winning, all of the turmoil, all of the winning, all of the money; they dont last. But the spirit that it takes to try to get therethose are the things that really endure."
"A perfectionist is one who takes infinite pains, and often gives them to other people."
"Make me a captive, Lord, And then I shall be free. Force me to render up my sword...
Without the spur of competition wed loaf out our life.
"Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed theres so little competition."
