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The Mexican Fisherman

An American investment banker was on holiday in a small coastal Mexican village. One lunchtime he was down on the pier when a local fisherman docked his small boat. He could see that inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked ........ Read More

Geese Know Best

You may have noticed a flock of geese flying South for the winter. That classic V formation holds many lessons that would be of value to teams and their managers. The geese operate as a high performing team so that they can achieve there goal of getting South. The top five lessons are as follows: Read More

The Two Frogs

One day in a small farm, there were two frogs jumping around the milking parlour. They came across a bucket, half-full of milk and jumped right in. The milk tasted so good that they drank and drank until it was all gone. Their friends turned up and looked in the bucket. They were not happy that they had........ Read More

Fresh Fish

The Japanese love fresh fish. However, the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish ........ Read More

The 100th Monkey

The Japanese monkey Macaca Fuscata had been observed in the wild for a period of over thirty years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkeys liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes but they ........ Read More

Don’t Be A Fly

I am sitting in a quiet room at the Milcroft Inn, a peaceful little place hidden back among the pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It's just past noon, late July, and I'm listening to the desperate sounds of a life-or-death struggle going on a few feet away. There's a small fly ........ Read More

Might is not always right

Here is an alleged radio conversation of a US naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Chief of Naval Operations released this radio conversation on the 10th October 1995. Canadians: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the south to avoid ....... Read More

The High Achiever

"The Great Blondin." was a stunt performer or "daredevil." His speciality was tightrope walking. His real name was Jean Francois Gravelot. Blondin was quite a showman. People travelled a long way to see The Great Blondin perform. He made sure they got their money's worth. He would begin his stunts by talking to the audience and working them into a frenzy. One particularly spectacular stunt was ....... Read More

Musical Genius

On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Centre in New York City. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he has braces on both legs and walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an awesome sight. He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he reaches his chair. Then ....... Read More