Motivating Short Stories

  Anthony lost his parents in a car accident on the day of his graduation. It was a shock in his life and he was sad and depressed. He used to always remain within the house and was reluctant to go out. The depression he had helped him to easily slip into living in unclean premises.  His extended family decided to help him out by offering him counseling and also a job in one of their friend’s companies. He accepted the job and decided to attend the counseling sessions so that he is able to move on.  In a year, his life completely took a U turn. He started working in the company and proved himself as a good asset. He had good personal hygiene and personality. However, one thing never changed and that was keeping his house clean and spotless. The house always had trash laying around and when his relatives visited, they used to advise him, hire professionals and get the place cleaned up. This continued for some time. His dating life also suffered due to this issue. Once he d...

  Carol was in love and was sure about getting married to Shaun. After all the nuptials, they had enjoyed the reception and had flown directly to Hawaii. Carol was so happy and excited to begin the new journey of life with Shaun but what about Shaun? ______________________________________________________________________________ Carol opened her eyes after the first rays of sun smoothly fell on her face. She happily opened her eyes thinking of the exciting wedding they had. However, she found Shaun’s side of the bed empty. She thought that he might be in the washroom and decided to take a short walk. Soft breeze blew through her hair strands as if nature was blessing her for her future.  As she was walking, she heard a familiar voice speaking softly. She was shocked at what she had seen there! Shaun was sitting close to a girl and was chatting with her. He was speaking to her in a soft voice. The woman he was with, looked like someone who was older than him. By the looks of it,...

  Celin was a polite and hard working employee who worked in a famous ad agency. Clara, her best friend, was just the opposite of her. She used to fake respect for others to just get her work done, may it be for better marks to professors or may it be with friends to get her things done. Clara was jealous of Celin as she was rich and had a great lifestyle unlike Clara. Clara be-friended Celin just to make use of her money and live life luxuriously by purchasing various branded items. As Celin was kind-hearted, she used to give money to Clara whenever she demanded.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Clara thought that Celin worked in the ad agency only for time pass or to date others. Celin told Clara how she could try applying for jobs in her field of interest but Clara was not at all interested in working. Her aim was to be single for the time-being and enjoy her life using the money Celin gave her. Once Clara and Celin were out sh...

  Katlyn was a spoiled brat who grew up amidst money and all the luxuries. She disrespected everyone around her, despite being older, younger or even if they were people with power. She had a feeling that as usual her dad would make a few calls and help her out of all the problems that she gets stuck in. However, obeying the law was not her cup of tea as she used to get frequently charged for overspeeding. Her dad was tired of all her antics and was close to disowning her due to the trouble she had caused.  ____________________________________________________________________________ As usual, she had visited the pub and met her friends to hang out with them. However, If at all she was drunk, it was way over the limits. They had a bet that Katlyn should drive at her maximum speed with her friends and evade the cops. If she is able to complete that successfully, they had planned for a trip to Bahamas on a private luxury yacht. Katlyn hated to fail and she had to win any challeng...

  Kyle had a rotten attitude and was rude to every employee other than his own boss. Other employees called Kyle a “wannabe pet” of the boss, Mr. Goodacre. Kyle got hired to the company as soon as he completed his education. He has been working in the company since many years but he used to play “double standards” when in front of the CEO.  ______________________________________________________________________________ “All of this is wrong. Redo the entire project report urgently and submit it before the end of the day. If you fail to submit the report, consider you as fired from the job. Never think of coming back to the office tomorrow. I don't care if it takes you the entire night to complete the report. Now, GET OUT!!!” screamed Kyle at the employee and threw the project report papers on to his face. The employee, Max, was a well- experienced person who works sincerely. All the employees loved Max as he was friendly, helpful and stood up for other employees. This specific ...

 A food lover doesn't necessarily mean a person who overeats and keeps on overeating.  Summer loves to eat food and considers herself a foodie. This doesn't mean that she loves to eat any type of food. She has her own preferences and likes.  ______________________________________________________________________________ She loves to hang out with her friends and explore new food joints that offer different types of food, may it be fast food, Indian, Italian, Chinese or any type of cuisine. Most of her acquaintances even find out about new spots through her Instagram photos of different eateries. She usually explores the food spots with her bestie, Marie.  However, some of her colleagues are envious of her as they wonder how she manages to find time to explore such spots and enjoy amidst the busy life at office they have. Birthday celebrations are a common occurrence in the office space where Summer works.   Some of her colleagues decided to play a mean prank...

  Jack was living in the lap of luxury. His father was the CEO of the most popular apparel brand around the world. This gave Jack various privileges in his life. He had his own private je, a fleet of various luxury vehicles, and a bunch of personal servants to take care of him. As his father owned various properties around the world, he could stay at any of the properties he wanted to. ___________________________________________________________________________ Mr. Newman, Jack’s father, contacted Jack one day and asked to meet him urgently. However,  Jack was not interested in the “non-sense” meeting according to him. Mr. Newman sent his personal secretary to meet Jack to tell how serious the meeting was and that it might affect their life entirely. Jack had a lack of interest but he decided to meet his father anyway.  "Our business has had a hit with the clients internally. There are certain issues and I would like to tell you that we would soon go bankrupt. Hence, I hav...

  Lisa was a person who was curious to know every minute detail about everyone around her, may it be her co-workers, friends or even family. This bad habit she had, distanced everyone from being friendly or even talking to her.  ______________________________________________________________________________ One of the most enjoyable activities for her was to engage in conversations with co-workers and in getting to know them too well, personally. Almost everyone in her organization was tired of this "enjoyable hobby" she had. So, her major targets were the new hires and temporary workers.  They were unaware of her excess curious nature and would often fall victim to her questions. Once, she was speaking with John, a new hire to the company.  Naturally, he was unaware of her intentions. He spoke to her and told how his girlfriend was double dating an older guy and how distressed he was. He also spoke about his father and mother who were extremely wealthy. He told her t...

  Victor was a doctor and the main inspiration he had behind becoming a doctor was to serve society. Most of his classmates were attracted to the high earning potential aspect of the same. They were not reluctant to openly admit it in front of others.  ________________________________________________________________________ Victor graduated and was serving as an intern in the hospital as his career was beginning. As it was Christmas time, most of the doctors had gone on leave and there were lesser staff and doctors in the hospital. A woman was rushed into the emergency. The doctor's intuition to save life suddenly kicked in within Victor. The woman was clearly injured badly in a car crash as told by the good Samaritans who rushed her in. However, the woman was unconscious and seemed to be heavily pregnant.  Victor understood that this was the toughest case he was handling for the first time and hence was looking for advice from an experienced senior doctor. He reached out...

  Taylor was a hardworking bank employee from the outside but no one knew what his intentions were. Due to his hard working act that he put out, he was able to impress the higher-ups within the company. He was quickly promoted from a temporary employee into a permanent one. _____________________________________________________________________________ He was sure that no one was suspicious of any of his activities. He had his eyes on the money vault in the bank. However, he was working in the area near the vault and this made him one step closer to observe and achieve his goal. He had no one to assist him or help him out as this was a self-made plan.  He was waiting for the right time one day as he had taken permission from the bank and had left early. This would keep him away from suspicion just as he had planned. When the right time came, he dressed very well, made sure to hide his face behind a mask and walked towards the building. He had observed each and every corner of th...

  Joe has a bad habit of getting angry in an instant. This habit he possessed made people around him hate him. Some of the juniors in the company he worked with were scared of speaking to him.  __________________________________________________________________________ “Here is the file sir. I hope it is curated based on your needs.” said an employee who was a new hire. Joe started getting angry as soon as he started browsing through the file. “What have you done? Is this what I told you to come up with? Don’t you know anything? Were you not trained well yesterday on how to handle files like this? Are you stupid? You are fired!!!” Joe started hurling abuses at the employee.  Unfortunately for Joe, the CEO of the company heard some commotion going on in Joe’s cabin. He decided to check the CCTV footage where he found Joe hurling abuses at the new hire. The CCTV had audio recording as well. Mr. Goodacre, the CEO, had heard a lot of complaints from other employees on how Joe ...

  Melissa was a spoiled child and was rude to everyone she met. Her father. Mr. Price, was rich and bought her whatever she asked for. He was an avid gambler and this bad habit of his affected his business heavily. Melissa had a bad attitude and soon decided that friends are not important to her as her father’s money could buy anything for her. She was unaware of her father’s diminishing wealth. She started treating all of her friends rudely and fought with them every time. ______________________________________________________________________________ Sandra was her best friend and was kind -hearted. Her parents were rich too but she had a good upbringing which molded out her helpful and good personality. Melissa always knew that Sandra would never turn her back on her and help her out in any situation she is.  Melissa, just like she was with any of her friends, was very rude towards Sandra. Even then, Sandra ignored all such rudeness and was happy to hang out with Melissa. On...

  Sammy and Sharon were a couple who fell in love and married after a brief period of dating. However, they soon started facing various issues in their marital life and Sammy gradually fell out of love. Their relationship started turning rocky. Sammy clinged on to Sharon for her money but was interested in  younger girls and created a dating profile to look out for the “one” in his life. However, Sharon tried to fix the relationship to her best and adjust with Sammy’s demands and lifestyle.   ___________________________________________________________________________________Sharon decided that the best thing they could do to make their relationship better is to go on a vacation and spend some time relaxing. She booked the flights, hotel and even spa tickets for their relaxation. She seeked help from her brother, Kevin, for booking the best hotel in Hawaii. He was the CEO of a company whose founder was their father. Kevin had contacts and was an influential man. Henc,...

  Calvin wanted to join the military since his childhood as his father worked in the military. He was impressed on how fit his father was and was awe-struck from the stories his father told him about being in the military.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Calvin was very curious about it and used to ask his father about joining the military most of the time. As soon as his time came, he enrolled for physical training and passed all the tests. His determination helped him in joining the military. He felt that his life was thrilling and he was enjoying it.  He didn’t feel patriotism in his younger days but as he was training to get enrolled in the military, he became more and more patriotic. He prepared himself to even die for the country by fighting with the enemies.  After years of service and fighting wars, he happily retired and was proud of his services. He received veteran benefits and he was happy from the scars and...

  Cara was a hard worker and succeeded in the work she did. She was the sole breadwinner of the house after her dad had an accident and was unable to walk properly. However, her sister, Mara hated how Cara earned money, did hard work and took care of the family.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Mara was looking for a rich guy to be with so that she can spend money on her luxurious life. She hated asking for money from Cara and always called her the loser of the family. Mara only saw Cara as a walking ATM who gave her cash for her needs. Mara hated working and never aimed at getting any job. All she wanted with her life was to marry a rich guy, ditch her family that she is ashamed of and live a glamorous life just like the celebrities.  Mara kept calling Cara a loser everytime that Cara started believing that she is a loser who is only capable of earning money for her family and nothing else. She had low self-esteem and was wo...

  Reggie always aimed at attaining financial stability in life so that he could settle down. However, people around him were different from him. One of his co-workers, Anne, had a crush on him but Reggie always ignored her antics.  ______________________________________________________________________________ Reggie worked hard and used to save up every penny he earned. He used to spend only the bare minimum for his survival. Anne knew about how Reggie had saved up all the money and had eyes on the money. She tried her best to stick to Reggie and tried to woo him to date her and thus drain out all the money from him so that it would be of benefit to her. Due to the hard work put in by Reggie, he soon attained financial stability but still continued to work hard. Things changed when Reggie got a great job opportunity and had to move out to another city to work in another firm for a much higher salary. Anne was so furious that she couldn’t steal all the savings Reggie had. Howev...

  Bella has OCD when it comes to cleaning. She wanted to keep everything clean and neat at her home as well as the workplace.This was a problem for most people around her. Bella has tried to change her habit for the sake of others but it was next to impossible for her to change.  _____________________________________________________________________________ Bella’s OCD problems took her to  Dr. Gail. “What’s wrong with me, doctor? I am unable to change the habit in me. I hate it when I see something out of order, may it be at my home or at my work. Please help me doctor. Due to this behavior, many people hate to come to my house, eat with me or even talk to me.”, said Bella. Dr. Gail said, “Cleanliness is utmost important for everyone. However, when too much cleanliness is needed in one’s life, it becomes obsessive and that could get on the nerves of people. I can help you overcome this issue gradually.” Bella thus underwent the treatment and was able to keep her OCD at ba...