Dien,

I'd like to make a few comments if that's okay.....your story below shows a few angles of human response and the collective result from each response maybe somewhat generalised and that makes me wonder that in fact, like many accepted generalisations.....they are in fact wrong or at the very least...distorted.

> Here's another story.... There were three
> brick-layers at work. One person asked each
> of them, "What are you doing?"

> The first brick-layer answered, "I'm
> laying a brick."

Okay this one seems obvious and therefore we may consider that it is indeed lacking in a certain imaginary way, but the bricklayer might be laying the foundation that builds an empire, the first brick that helps shape a society or something of value.....

> The second answered, "I'm making $10 an
> hour."

Here this certain bricklayer might have come from a job where he was making $5 an hour and is therefore bettering himself, maybe, just maybe his goal is to be the person who owns a company that employes thousands of bricklayers who join together to shape a new world that is built on bricks, which of course is a foundation;>) for all humanity.

> And the third answered, "Me? Why, I'm
> building the world's greatest
> cathedral."

Here we have a person who thinks big and may go on to greatness, but he could also be a complete dreamer who while maybe building the world's greatest Cathedral, is actually the worst bricklayer of them all and will never amount to anything except to brag to his next door neighbor during a BBQ, how he once helped build the (at the time) world's biggest Cathedral.

> Which brick-layer found the most success in
> his life?

Again it's all about perception......some... maybe a majority may think that the first two are doomed...but I look at it differently.

> Probably the first two just trudged along in
> their lives, perhaps complaining about their
> "bad luck" on how they never get
> promoted.

> But the third bricklayer.... he was probably
> promoted well ahead of the other two.
> Perhaps he went on to start his own building
> company. The sky was his limit....

I'm not specifically disagreeing, but I can perceive an alternative and that makes the end result different, if only too me.

> That's the attitude needed to find success!

> Hope you enjoyed the post.... Now, you can
> apply this too, as I will as well. :)

Yes I did enjoy the post and I will contact you via email if that's okay.

Max.

PS. I like it here.....just don't get me drunk.......;>)

> - Dien Rice