Powerquotes Daily
December-12-07 - 3:58:08 PM
Things to Ponder
Can you figures these out?
- Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
- Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
- Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?
- Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?
- Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
- How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?
- If 7-11 is open 24-hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors?
- If nothing ever sticks to TEFLON, how does TEFLON stick to the pan?
- If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen?
- If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?
- You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?
- Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
- Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?
- You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?
- Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
Brought to you by Philip E. Humbert, PhD at http://www.philiphumbert.com/
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December-11-07 - 10:57:34 AM
Better Conversations
"Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know."
- Andre Maurois, author
Questions to Ponder
1.How often do I say "I don’t know"?
2.How willing am I to say it?
Action Steps
1. Today, when you don't know, say so.
Subjects
Questions
Answers
Communication
Conversations
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July-13-07 - 6:48:30 AM
Are you a Diamond in Waiting?
"Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs."
- Malcom Forbes, Publisher, Forbes Magazine
Questions to Ponder
What have I successfully stuck to?
Subjects
Perseverance
Persistence
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