Monday 15 October 2007

Monday morning Inspiration # 6

Here I describe a situation that proves that the best results can rise from the worst of circumstances.


A young man was playing poker with six of his friends. Now this young man did not have a vast amount of money but wanted to play anyway so he threw a quarter of his money in the pot.When the dealer dealt his cards he noticed he had the worst possible hand - a high card. Since he had put a quarter of his money in the pot already, he reasoned that he would do what he could to come out victorious.This young man knew what he was doing and did not even glance at any of the other six players. When the opportunity arose to swap all of his cards he tactfully refused and kept his seemingly worthless hand.

Now, when the time came to throw in more bets, this young man put in another quarter of his earnings. Because three of the other six observed that he never changed his cards, they assumed he had a great hand so they immediately folded and withdrew whilst the remaining three called and threw in some of their money.Knowing that there were still three players left, he decided to put all his money in the pot. This frightened the last three and they folded. This young man came out victorious and now had ten times the amount he began with.

When his six friends asked him to show them his hand, he threw his cards on the table revealing the lowest hand. After a brief pause the young man stated:"I knew I was going to win because the cards don't matter in poker, it is the trick of leading your opponent to believe you have an unbeatable hand". This is not to say we should bluff our way through life, rather we should use what we have to be the best we can. In life, no one is dealt with a perfect hand. Some are just dealt with higher cards and some will choose to try and change those cards.If you want to win in anything, remember that your hand is only as strong as your will and determination. Put in all you talents and never focus on what another person has because you will just be more disappointed in the end.Your life is in YOUR hand.

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13 comments:

The Furobiker said...

waow.. nice once

Compassion Unlimitted said...

Its all a mind game right.keep it up
TC
CU

Shionge said...

I shall remember this ...to do the best I can :D

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

Thanks abishek and CU.

@Shionge

I'm glad if my post can spread a message and people getting benefited from it :)

Ponnarasi Kothandaraman said...

:) Having no knowledge in the game, I did get the message frm the post! Thats a gr8 work, Shalini!

Anonymous said...

lovely reading this story...nice one!

Have a nice week ahead...!

Neha Nair said...

hey amazing article... thanks !! it was such a pleasure to read it.

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

@Ponnarasi Kothandaraman

Thanks, I truly appreciate valuble comments from people like you. Glad you like it!

@Kalyan

Thanks Kalyan.Glad that you liked it.

@Neha nair
Thanks Neha, thx for dropping by too.Stay in touch..Will drop by your blog shortly

Melanie said...

What a great inspiration! Although he gave his secret away, so next time his friends might not be so easily tricked.

Unknown said...

Good one indeed!!! thought provoking and inspiring :-)

Sudha said...

Good story.Good ideas.
Every time i come here there is something new to find in your site.I think you are actively active.I put cbox after seeing this site .Now there are even more.
KCS

gundumama said...

Hey just read all your Monday Morning Inspiration.. they are simply awesome. Great posts here. Thanks for sharing them!

BTW you are related with HR activities by any means??

Keep Posting !

Shalini Gowrisankar said...

Thanks Mel :). At, the end of it all he is the winner and I suppose he doesnt mind sharing the secret of his success ;)

Thanks Akanksha :)

@Sudhakar

Thanks so much!I'm glad you like my blog :). Will surely keep posting and adding more interesting stuffs.Stay in touch :)

@Gundumama

Thanks a lot:)It's my pleasure sharing it with all blog friends :)

No,Im not related to HR in anyway.. I'm a student of engineering at present.