I recently came upon these lessons from my favorite, Unknown
Sage. Enjoy.
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A
small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you
and do nothing all day long?” The crow
answered: "Sure, why not." So,
the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped the
rabbit and ate it.
Management Lesson:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be
sitting very, very high up.
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy.” "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight, there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon, a farmer promptly spotted him and shot the turkey out of the tree.
Management Lesson:
Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't
keep you there.
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold; the bird froze and fell to
the ground in a large field. While it
was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of
cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was.
The dung was actually thawing him out!
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came
to investigate. Following the sound, the
cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out
and ate him!
Management Lessons:
1) Not everyone who drops crap on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of crap is your friend.
3) And when you're in deep do-do, keep your mouth shut!
The boy rode on the donkey and the old man walked. As they went long, they passed some people who remarked it was a shame the old man was walking and the boy was riding. The man and boy thought maybe the critics were right, so they changed positions. Later, they passed some people that remarked, "What a shame, he makes that little boy walk." They decided they both would walk. Soon they passed some more people who thought they were stupid to walk when they had a decent donkey to ride, so the both rode the donkey. Now they passed some people that shamed them by saying how awful to put such a load on a poor donkey. The boy and man said they were probably right so they decided to carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the animal and he fell into the river and drowned.
Management Lesson:
If you try to please everyone, you will eventually
lose your ass.
How many people do you know who aspire to become “the
manager”? How many have already done
so? Careful what we wish for, true?
GAP
No comments:
Post a Comment