One
night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house,
the washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog were awake.
The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of
him and wanted to teach him a lesson. The donkey got worried and said to
the dog that if he doesn't bark, the donkey will have to do something
himself. The dog did not change his mind and the donkey started braying
loudly. Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up
and started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night
for no reason.
Moral of the story: One must not engage in duties other than his own.
Now take a new look at the same story.
The washer man was like a typical top management corporate guy. He had
the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box.
He was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray
in the night. He walked outside a little and did
some fact finding, applied a research approach, figured out from the
ground realities that there was a thief who broke in and the donkey only
wanted to alert him about it. Looking at the donkey's extra initiative
and going beyond the call of the duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay
and other perks and the donkey became his favorite pet. The dog's life
didn't change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in
doing the dogs duties as well.
In the Appraisal the dog managed an
"8". The donkey was rated as "9". Soon the dog realized that the donkey
is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and
lazing around. The donkey had to live up to his already high performance
standards. Soon he was over burdened with work and always under
pressure and now is looking for a switch....
Moral of the story-Remains the same- "One must not engage in duties other than his own"
@JustDhawal
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