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I want to share with you a joke which was sent to me by a friend. It was in my own language, so I had to translate it as it deemed fit. Thus, I am sorry if my translation is a bit weird. And I am sorry if this joke belongs to somebody. I don't mean to plagiarize!

One day, there was a bank robbery somewhere in the Capital City. The robbers shouted "Everyone! Lie down on the floor!. The money belongs to the bank but your life belongs to you!" Everyone did as instructed without much ado.

This is what we called 'think outside the box' - think beyond what others normally think or do.

When there was a lady who lain on the table and acted sexy, one of the robbers shouted "Please behave! This is a robbery and not an attempt to rape"

This is what we called as 'professionalism' - focus on the matters on hand and what we had been taught to do.

Once the robbers successfully robbed the bank, they returned to their house. One of the robbers, an MBA graduate said to his partner, a wise old man with barely a high school certificate, "Boss, lets us count how much money that we had made from the robbery". The old robber rolled his eyes and said, "You're an idiot! There are a lot of money in there, and how long do you think we can count them all? Just watch tonight's news, I am sure we will know the exact amount by that time"

This is what we called as 'experience'. Sometimes, nowadays, experience is more important than a piece of qualification.

Meanwhile in the bank, after the robbers had left, the Bank Manager asked his subordinate to contact the police as soon as possible. However, the subordinate told him, "Wait! Let us take another $10 millions from the bank for ourselves, in addition to the amount of $70 millions that we had embezzled".

This is what we called as 'innovative' - to turn unprofitable situation to profitable situation.

The Bank Manager said, "Alas! It's much better if there's a robbery every month. We can embezzle the money as much as we want"

This is what we called 'looking into the future' - to plan for future one step ahead from the rest.

The next day, all the news were reporting that the bank had suffered a loss of $100 millions in the robbery. The robbers were not satisfied with the reported amount, count and re-count their loot. However, they can only come up with an amount of $20 millions. "What the heck! We put our lives in danger but only get $20 millions, but the Bank Manager with just a click of his fingers, had gotten away with $80 millions. It seems it is much better to be a smart man than a robber"

This is what we called 'knowledge'. Knowledge is the key to successful life.

The Bank Manager was so happy. His loss in the share market is now being recovered with the money from the robbery.

This is what we called 'opportunist'. To take any opportunity given to us and to turn it into another opportunity.

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