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Lessons to learn from Jack Canfield

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Learnings from Jack Canfield  Well imagine- you have been watching videos,reading his books and doing online learning from a big famous mentor and have been awestruck by his phenomenal work. And one fine day you get to learn with him . How would you feel? How would you react . Isnt it a dream come true? Chicken soup for the soul released when I was in school. Probably so young not even ready to read such books. Besides I wasn’t a book reader at all in school.I had just heard about thus book being released in America and that it was a best seller (superhit according to the pre teen me) In 2009 My life changed when I read the amazing book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne followed  by the same being converted to a movie. Among the great speakers - the most remarkable was Jack Canfield talking about the law of attraction .Well it completely blew me up.! Among all the celebrities featured on the Secret the most impactful was Jack when he spoke about his publshing Chicken So...

Management Lessons - Growing good corn

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Growing Good Corn James Bender, in his book "How to Talk Well" relates the story of a farmer who grew award winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. "How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked. "Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn." He is very much aware of the disconnectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also im...