• Story Corner: Toward a Corporate Life

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    Once upon a time a Washerman was bringing up two donkeys. Let us say Donkey-A and Donkey-B.

    Donkey-A felt it was very energetic and could do better than the other. It always tried to pull the washerman’s attraction over it by taking more load and walking fast in front of him.

    Innocent Donkey-B is normal, so it will walk normal, irrespective of the washerman’s presence. After a period of time, Washerman started pressurising Donkey-B to be like Donkey-A. But Donkey-B unable! to walk fast, got continuous punishment from washerman. It was crying and told personally to Donkey-A “Dear friend, only we two are here, why to compete with each other, we can carry equal load at normal speed”.

    That made Donkey-A all the more energetic and next day it told to washerman that it can carry more load and even it can run fast also.

    Obviously happier washerman looked at Donkey-B.., his BP raised and he started kicking Donkey-B. Next day with smile, Donkey-A carried more load and started running fast. But it was breathtaking for Donkey-B and it couldn’t act that way….But the washerman was frustrated, so he harassed Donkey-B terribly, and finally it fell down hopelessly.

    Then Donkey-A felt itself as a supremo and happily started carrying more load with great speed. But now the Load of the Donkey-B is also being carried by Donkey-A., and still it has to run fast. For some period it did, finally due to fatigue it got tired and started feeling the pain. But washerman expected more from Donkey-A. It also tried best, but couldn’t cope up with his owners demand. The Washerman got angry with Donkey-A also and started harassing to take more load… Donkey-A was crying for long time and then tried its best… But it couldn’t meet the owner’s satisfaction. Finally the day came when due to frustration the washerman killed Donkey-A and went for searching some other Donkeys.


    The Moral of this story:

    • Think all colleagues are same and that everyone is capable. Always Share the Load equally. Don’t ever act smart in front of your Boss and never try for getting over-credit.
    • Don’t feel happy when your colleague is under pressure.
    • It doesn’t matter if you are A or B, for the Boss you shall be always DONKEY.
    • And most importantly, Never Work Hard, Work Cleverly…. !!!

  • Story Corner: An American Businessman

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    An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

    The Mexican replied, “Only a little while, senor.”

    The American then asked, “Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?”

    The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.

    The American then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”

    The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, stroll into the village each evening where I play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life, senor.”

    The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution.

    You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

    The Mexican fisherman asked, “But senor, how long will this all take?”

    To which the American replied, “15-20 years.”

    “But what then, senor?”

    The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”

    “Millions, senor? Then what?”

    The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could play your guitar with your amigos.”

  • Story Corner: Blind Eyes

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    There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind. She hated everyone, except her loving friend. He was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her friend.

    One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her friend. Her friend asked her “now that you can see the world, will you marry me?” The girl was shocked when she saw that her friend was blind too, and refused to marry him.

    Her friend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying:

    “JUST TAKE CARE OF MY EYES PLEASE”


    The Moral of this story:

    • This is humans change when their status changes. Only few remember what life was before, and who has always been there in the most painful situation.

  • Story Corner: A farmer’s donkey fell down into a well

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    A farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it wasn’t worth it to save the donkey. He asked his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed shovels and began to shovel dirt into the well.

    First, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. As the neighbors shoveled dirt on the animal, he shook it off and took a step up. Soon, all were amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!

    Life shovels dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

    The donkey later came back and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected, and the farmer died in agony from septic shock.

    The Moral of this story:

    • M1 – When you do something wrong and try to cover yourself, it always comes back to bite you!
    • M2 – Remember the 5 simple rules to be happy:

    1)- Free your heart from hatred – Forgive.
    2)- Free your mind from worries – Most never happen.
    3)- Live simply and appreciate what you have.
    5)- Expect less.
    4)- Give more.