NWA-PCUG Newsletter Article, November 2006
THIS explains everything!


We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give more than 100 percent of your effort. How about achieving 103 percent? Here's a little math that might prove helpful in the future.

The English alphabet A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z can be represented as numbers where A=1 and Z=26. So you can convert any word into an equivalent sum by adding the values of the word's constituent numbers.

Thus:

H A R D W O R K:
8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = 98% only

And:

K N O W L E D G E:
11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 = 96% only

But:

A T T I T U D E:
1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 = 100%

And:

B U L L S * * T
2 21 12 12 19 8 9 20 = 103%

So, it stands to reason that hard work and knowledge will get you close, but attitude and bull**** will put you over the top.

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