Motivating Short Stories

Darian was an impressive man just because he had an excellent skill of making the right decisions at the right time. He used to complete the projects successfully but some of the employees in the company were jealous of his achievements.  ____________________________________________________________________________ One of the employees in the company, Thompson was hell-bent on bringing doom to Darian and seeing him get fired. Darian had planned well for the upcoming conference and Thompson was also attending the same. However, Thompson always tried to interrupt Darian whenever he began speaking and sharing his opinion. Their boss was furious with Thompson and had to kick him out of the conference in the middle of it.  _____________________________________________________________________________ This is an example of what happens when someone is jealous of another person's skills and tries to outshine them. Decision making is an important aspect in everyone’s life. Certain decis...

  Chris was working in a media agency. All he wanted was to make quick bucks and increase the ratings of the media organization so that he gets promoted in the organization. He used to make up fake stories and fake news and get it published on the website. _____________________________________________________________________________ All of the fake news used to go unnoticed but it never stayed so. Once Chris came up with the news saying how the CEO of a company, Mr.Scott Helmsworth had underpaid his staff and forced them to work for longer hours. As soon as the news got published, Chris thought the news would be sensationalizing. However, he never realized that there was an actual Mr. Scott Helmsworth who was CEO of a company. “Sir, this website has a news story”. Scott’s personal assistant showed the news story to Scott. “This explains the calls I have been getting since afternoon. I can see that the news was published just before afternoon. Please reach out to the website owner. ...

  May was a girl who had an attitude problem. She was mean towards others and always thought highly of herself. She used to make fun of other girls and see them as her inferiors. Ieb of her main hobbies was to steal boyfriends of other girls and dump them after she extracts money from them. She was a 'high-maintenance' girl.  _____________________________________________________________________________ Once she went to the extreme that she even threatened the daughter of a cop who was her classmate to steal her boyfriend. However, the other girl ignored the threats made by May. This made her feel more angry. She decided to take her revenge. She poured soap water by the entrance of the classroom when it was time for the girl to enter the class. Unfortunately, the girl slipped, hit her head on the ground and fell unconscious. May had a good laugh and walked away. However, the girl was taken to hospital and had a brain injury. She was in a coma.  When May heard this, she tho...

  Chapman never bothered about others and was selfish in all his deeds. He was just a university student who was staying in a rented apartment as he hated dorms. His parents gave him whatever he demanded. In short he was a spoilt boy.   ______________________________________________________________________________ His favorite pastime was to blare loud music on speakers and dance for the beats. However, this particular pastime was not a favorite among other people in the apartment complex. They requested him not to play loud music as there were kids and old people in the apartment who found it disturbing. Even after the management of the building warned him, he ignored all their heedings.  He was soon evicted from the apartment without any further notice. However, the eviction process became tough as he argued that he did nothing wrong. The cops had to force him out of the apartment and he was asked to pay a hefty sum to the management of the apartment for causing em...

  Katie has a bad habit of overthinking. Her husband, Logan, was tired and fed up with this habit. “Why should we buy a car? what if it crashes or even worse I lose you?! No, Don’t buy a car! We don't need a car, you can take a bus or walk to your office or even opt to work from home which would keep you safe.” ____________________________________________________________________________ “Buying a car is our necessity, darling. I can easily reach the office and return back after work without waiting for the bus or taking a cab. You are overthinking and stressing out about buying a car all over again.” “No, honey, please try to understand. We should think of all possibilities when we buy a car. We are investing so much money into this so what if something bad happens?”, said Katie “Why can’t you think the other way? How useful buying a car would be for us? We can even go grocery shopping and take weekend road trips which would help both of us relax” __________________________________...

  David was ignorant and not considerate about others. He used to insult anyone and  everyone that was working with him. He owned a chain of popular hotels and had strictly ordered his staff to serve only people who looked rich and had class and status in society. Somehow, he managed to become successful among the elite society and used to host various events in the hotel. However, the employees who worked in the hotel were underpaid and ill-treated as the managers hired were only bothered about keeping up the good name and reputation and in return to get a hike in their salaries.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Sam has been working for David’s hotel chain since its beginning. It was becoming tougher for the employees to continue working in the hotel chain as the elite guests made their life a living hell. Hence, all of the employees requested Sam to meet David but David outright rejected. Sa waited outside his office and wa...

  Maddy was interested in social media. However, she wished to get her hands on a smartphone. After requesting for so long, her parents bought her a smartphone. She was over the moon. She created accounts in social media and started posting updates frequently.  _____________________________________________________________________________ Soon this turned out to be a social media addiction. She was unaware of the dangers of social media and how others could misuse the posts she makes. One of the girls who hated her morphed her photo that was posted on social media, made a fake account and posted it. The picture became viral and people started posting negative comments. Maddy was shocked and shattered. She went home and locked herself inside. This event led her to depression. ______________________________________________________________________________ Teenagers are unaware of the dangers of social media. They only see the colorful platform they have to express their opinions f...

  Harry is a procrastinator and is terrible at time management. When he is at work, he fails every time to submit the work on time. “Harry, this is the last chance we give you. You have to submit your work on time. Make sure you coordinate with other employees. This attitude you have shows lack of professionalism. There won’t be another warning!” ______________________________________________________________________________ Harry walked back to his seat and wondered why he was warned like that. “Harry, Did the HR speak to you? Do you understand the seriousness of the matter?” asked TJ who was the manager of the design section. Harry was a fresher who had graduated from design school. TJ, the person who hired him to the company by seeing his interview performance, never thought that Harry lacked time management skills. Harry always thought that TJ was pretty strict with only him. He never bothered to think that he never submits work on time. The excuse he always had was, “Oh! I just...

  Millie has been married for the last six years. Both her and her husband have never had luck in giving birth to a child successfully. Millie has faced a miscarriage in her early pregnancy which put her through sorrow. A cheerful and happy Millie turned out to be a sad and depressed woman who was often seen in sorrow. ______________________________________________________________________________ James, Millie’s husband, knew why his wife seemed to be in sorrow. She wanted to be a mother since the time they got married. Her dream was to take care of children and have a happy life just like others around her. She had once told James how happy her friends seem to be with kids and how complete they felt about their life. She was happy for them but at the same time was sad that she never had such a beautiful family with children. She has cried and had several sleepless nights. She used to pray to bless her with at least one child so that she can happily take care. “Come on dear, Come i...

  Jason had a good quality of working hard from a young age. Due to his hard working nature, he graduated from a prestigious university and started working in a company. There were many new hires in the company who got hired along with him. However, as time progressed, Jason got promoted in the company due to the hard work he put in and the progress the company had made. Hayden, however, was jealous of all Jason's achievements.  Hayden was next in line to become the CEO of the company as he was the CEO''s son. He always had a grudge against Jason and had planned to fire him from the company when he would take over the company from his dad. Mr. Goodman, the CEO of the company, hired Hayden as he wanted his son to learn everything about working hard and climbing up the corporate ladder so that he could be handed over the position of CEO one day. __________________________________________________________________________________ One day, Hayden got drunk and walked into the off...

  Jina was short and dark-skinned. Everyone in her university used to make fun of her and body shame her. She never had the confidence to fight back so the abuses kept increasing day by day. Mina was her best friend since childhood. Mina was good-looking and most of her friends used to compliment her for the way she looks. However, some of her friends used to ask her why she was friendly with Jina, who looked exactly the opposite of her. Mina used to ignore all such comments and support Jina every time. ______________________________________________________________________________ One day, Jina went over to Mina’s house where she met with her cousins for the first time. However, her cousins were not generous with Jina. As soon as they met her, they started commenting about her looks, how short she was and how Mina could be-friend ‘such an ugly duckling’ to be her bestie. Mina was so furious with her cousins insulting her bestie. “How could you guys speak about someone like that? Ha...

  Wendy was a teenager and got pregnant when she was in a relationship with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend ditched her as soon as he heard that she was pregnant. She was still studying in college and had no one to support her other than her parents. However, when she approached her parents, her dad outright asked her to cut ties with her. Her mom never wanted her daughter to be left out on the streets. As a result, her mother took Wendy to stay over with her parents who were more than happy to take in Wendy. Wendy’s dad heard of this and her parents often started arguing almost everyday which affected their relationship. Unfortunately, her parents ended up divorcing. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Wendy’s mom came back to her parents place following the divorce. “I am so sorry mom. It’s because of me, you had to end up getting divorced. I am a bad child who went out of her way, got pregnant from her boyfriend as I was stupid. Actu...

  Shane’s life was traumatic since his childhood. His family was abusive towards him as all of them had high hopes on his step brother, Adrian. Shane was asked to drop out from school as his father and step mother wanted to focus more on Adrian and his education. Shane was forced to work since his school drop out time and he was forced to hand over every penny he earned to his step mother. She would curse him for earning less and always tell him that he is a failure and useless person, unlike Adrian who is a smart and bright child who would make the family proud, according to her.  _____________________________________________________________________________________ Shane was tired and fed up with his life with the family and wanted to escape from there at any chance he got.  Asmdrian came home one day and declared that he got a job in a prestigious company and would earn a heavy paycheck. As soon as his mother heard this, she started making plans to kick out Shane from t...

  Conservation of forest and wildlife is a very important and serious matter that requires immediate attention to eliminate the threat of endangerment of various species of plants and animals. Each one of us could help in forest conservation.  __________________________________________________________________________________ Raymond was a hunter who used to explore and kill wild animals. He used to mostly hunt bears, skin them and sell their fur. He even sold the head and nails of the bear in the market for a good price. However, bear skin had the most demand as it could be used to make expensive fur jackets, bags and for many accessories.  One day Raymond went hunting with his son, Ron as his mates were busy. He spotted a bear from a distance and shot it. He heard the bear growl loudly and thought that it was dying. However, as soon as he reached the area with Ron, he was surprised to find a baby bear sitting beside his mother who was bleeding profusely from the shot Ray...

Jake works for a huge corporate company and was the head of the finance department. He had a good attitude when he was new to the company. However, his attitude and demeanor started changing as he started gaining experience and got several promotions within the company. The worst quality he had was arrogance towards others which he misunderstood as confidence. It took him quite sometime and a bad experience to identify that confidence and arrogance are two different concepts and he was, in fact, arrogant towards others. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Danny was a new hire and was getting used to the company policies and workplace ethics. He was a hard worker and had already started assisting the employees with a project. Jake was rude and arrogant towards almost everyone. He considered almost everyone as inferiors.  Jake waved his hands and blurted out, "Do you even know what work you are doing? Are you even well-qualified to do ...

 Sally had a helpful mentality. She used to offer financial help, food, clothes etc. to the poor and needy who were on the streets She wished to open a home for such people so that they are taken care very well. One day while Sally was walking to her job, she met a pregnant woman sitting on a bench all alone and crying. Sally was curious to know why she was so but was running late for her work. The pregnant woman looked fine otherwise. Hence, Sally decided to walk away. However an unsettling feeling rose up within her heart. During the lunch recess, she walked to the area to find if the woman was still there but couldn't find the woman. Sally walked back, had her lunch and completed her work. It was late evening as Sally was walking back to her home after work. She was shocked and surprised to see the same pregnant woman sitting on the bench, weeping. Sally decided to approach the woman. ___________________________________________________________________________________ "Hello...

 Alma is a housewife who is married to Alan. Alan worked for an IT firm and used to earn fairly good salary so that he and his wife could live comfortably. However, Alma was greedy and demanded that Alan hand over all his credit/debit cards and ask her money even for his personal expenses. Life was find when they were married but as time passed by, Alma came up with the demand to keep their expenditure under control (which was the reason she gave to confiscate Alan's cards) __________________________________________________________________________________ Finally, Alan was fed up of all this and decided to confront his wife. He asked, "Why do you keep all the credit/debit cards with you? I earn quite well a salary so that we could live comfortably. Also, there is no need on controlling the expenditure as I have savings account where money gets deposited from the rented property I own" Alma got excited and spoke, "Actually, I wanted to ask you to hand over the account...

 Ken is the son of a company president and an arrogant brat. He was working as a manager in his father's company who was the president. Ken had assumed that he is in line to be the next company president. Instead of showing support and leading the projects well, Ken had arrogance in his tone and had heavy overconfidence which is a slow and insidious killer, in all his actions. __________________________________________________________________________________ "Why are you leaving now? It's your responsibility to complete the entire project. Just a three hour work could complete the project. So, just work overtime and finish it  off" Ken spoke out ordering on his co-worker. "But.. s.. sir, my child is alone at home and there is no one to take care of her. It's unsafe for a child to be alone at night. so..." spoke the co-worker politely. Ken interrupted her rudely and said, " I don't want to hear any excuses. Even if it takes you until morning to f...

Possessiveness is a toxic way of loving someone in a relationship, may it be among partners, friends or even between family members. It means owning or controlling someone. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Michael was a successful entrepreneur and he was raised by Michelle, a single mom all by herself since she lost her husband in a car accident when her son was younger. Michael had dated two girls and had taken them to meet his mom on various occasions. However, both of them rejected Michael after the meeting with his mom without giving a clear idea about the reason they decided not to be with him. He fell in love with Angela instantly when they met for their reunion. Angela used to be his college mate and they knew each other since college days. However both of them dated and decided to get married. Michael wanted to be completely transparent in the relationship and had mentioned about the incidents with both of his previous girlfrie...

Sean was an orphan who grew up with many unfortunate kids who never experienced love from parents and family. Since childhood, he always wanted to care for people and serve them. He became a nurse and provided elderly care in an organisation since an year. One of the elderly couple came in to the facility one morning. They seemed quiet and depressed unlike others. Sean decided to find out the issue. He went into their room and knocked softly. "Come in", came a sad and faint voice from the woman. "Both of you seem to be sad over something. May I know the problem so that I could try to help you?" enquired Sean worriedly. John, the elderly man spoke out, "There is no need for that. We don't share any of our personal issues with strangers!" Ruth, the elderly woman, who is John's wife felt bad for Sean. She said, "I am sorry dear. My husband tends to speak out things that comes into his mind bluntly. Please don't mind." Sean understood tha...

 Laila had a helping mentality since childhood. She met Francine during her middle school and became friends. However, Francine saw Laila as someone to use for her benefits rather than as a good friend. Even though Laila knew it, she ignored such a feeling and continued helping Francine.  Laila's family was rich and used to give her generous pocket money. Francine was jealous about the same and used to utilise most of the money Laila had. Besides, she used to belittle Laila on every opportunity she got. However, Laila's mom was suspicious of Francine's behavior and ways. She used to tell Laila to be careful of her friend Francine.  ___________________________________________________________________________________ One day Francine visited Laila. Francine scoffed, "Laila, give me some money for shopping. I would like to buy some branded clothes. God knows why I was not blessed with a rich family rather than a disgrace and ugly duckling like you!!!" Laila would just...