The Triple Filter Test (Posted by Priya Deelchand)

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in
high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher
and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"

"Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me
anything, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the
Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?"

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about
my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what
you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test.
The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what
you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "Actually I just heard about it and..."

"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's
true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of
goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend
something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "You want to tell me something bad
about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass
the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of
usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to
be useful to me?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "If what you want to tell me is
neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

- Author unknown - posted by Priya Deelchand

The Secret of Success (posted by Priya Deelchand)

During a meeting of top salespeople from around the country,
the 'big cheese' himself, a man who'd consistently had the highest
sales figures for the last 20 years, and who earned more money
than even the owner of his company, got up to speak.

"I am now going to reveal the secret of my success," he said.
"I wrote it down on a piece of paper and I put it in this envelope.
But success must be earned. So I'm going to sell the envelope to
the highest bidder. You have my word that it contains what I said
- the Secret of my Success, not only as a salesman, but also
in life."

The bidding started slowly... $5, then $10, then $50, $100,
$130, $150, $200. Finally one of his colleagues bought the envelope
for $1000. The happy buyer took the envelope and kept it to
himself until he got home that night. Only then did he open it
to learn THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.

What do you think was written on the piece of paper?

Think about it. Make a mental note of whatever comes to mind
before reading the answer. Because I am going to tell you what it
was later in this e-mail. And in my opinion what was written on
that piece of paper is worth much more than $1000.

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The winner of the auction tore open the envelope, unfolded
the piece of paper and read the following hand-written words:





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THE SUCCESS' SECRET IS... TO ASK.

Author unknown - posted by Priya Deelchand