Comments on: the farmer’s daughter

By: Name1

Name1 — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:03:41 +0000

This has a russian flavor to it

By: Dara

Dara — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:07:11 +0000

Great story. Agreed — being smart can get things accomplished much quicker AND more effectively than just being driven. The Hare can beat the Tortoise, after all.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:11:35 +0000

How many times was I told as a child that “winners never quit and quitters never win” or admonished (thanks to Winston Churchill's quote) to “never, never, never give up”? Lots of times, believe me! It's almost immoral in this culture to stop, but it's often the wise thing to do. To use another quote to refute the above quotes, “Insanity:doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” (Einstein) Sometimes, in the inimitable words of the old Kenny Rogers' song, The Gambler, “You got to know when to hold 'em, and know when to fold 'em.” (I'm just full of quotes this morning!) But the sentiment is true, you do need to know when it's time to walk away.

By: Ace of Wealth

Ace of Wealth — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:05:01 +0000

Very cool story. I think the hardest is being able to tell yourself that something isn't working, or something needs improvement. It's so easy to look past that when you're working so hard to keep things going.

By: Money Reasons

Money Reasons — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:01:00 +0000

I'd like to add a bit of my own twist to this great tale.

It's not every a matter of being the smartest one! It's a matter of using common sense. In life, it's often not the smartest one that wins the rat race, it the one that has the common sense (or street smarts) to think it and apply it.

Cool story, I've never heard that one before

By: pennystocks

pennystocks — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:25:54 +0000

Thank you, that was great. I'm a sucker for a good story.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:13:10 +0000

Very good story!
Bachelor #3 worked smarter, not harder.