The other day a man had the opportunity to drop by his department head’s office. The boss was a friendly guy and the pair had enjoyable conversations in the past.
While he was in his office, the man asked the boss: “Sir, what is the secret of your success?”
He said: “Two words”.
“And, Sir, what are they?”
“Right decisions.”
“But how do you make right decisions?”
“One word,” he responded.
“And, Sir, what is that?”
“Experience.”
“And how do you get experience?”
“Two words.”
“And, Sir what are they?”
“Wrong decisions.”
Shopkeeper Smith was alarmed when a new business, much like his own, opened in the storefront to the left of him. A huge sign was installed, reading: “Best Deals”.
Mr Smith was troubled a second time when another competitor leased the building on his right, and erected a much larger sign, reading: “Lowest Prices”.
At this point Smith was really depressed, however, he came up with an idea. He put the biggest sign of all over his own shop. It read: “Main Entrance”.
Three men; a project manager, a software engineer, and a hardware engineer are helping out on a project. About midweek they decide to walk up and down the beach during their lunch hour. Halfway up the beach, they stumbled upon a lamp.
As they rub the lamp a genie appears and says: “Normally I would grant you three wishes, but since there are three of you, I will grant you each one wish.”
The hardware engineer went first. “I would like to spend the rest of my life living in a huge house in St Thomas with no money worries.” The genie granted him his wish and sent him on off to St Thomas.
The software engineer went next. “I would like to spend the rest of my life living on a huge yacht cruising the Mediterranean with no money worries.” The genie granted him his wish and sent him off to the Mediterranean.
Last, but not least, it was the project manager’s turn. “And what would your wish be?” asked the genie.
“I want them both back after lunch,” replied the project manager.