The Washerman and the Foolish Donkey

Have you heard the story of "The Washerman and the Foolish Donkey"?

To refresh your memory, and for the benefit of those who have not grown up listening to this moral story, it goes like this…

There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. 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 a well educated man from a premier management institute. 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 bottom up 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 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 annual appraisal the dog managed a "meets requirement". 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 was rated as "star performer". 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 job rotation.....

Moral of the story "One must not engage in duties other than his own"


Source : One of the forwarded mails.


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Acceptability Vs Delivering Goods

There are two kinds of people who deliver goods and expects the same from others also and other kind belongs to people who create an image of 'being nice to everybody'. In second category, people themselves deliver goods but they do not expect same from others and they look like least bothered about others meeting deadlines. There is no doubt that People who create image of 'being nice to everybody' ranked better than people who work for Quality and Performance. People who are acceptable to all will be in Higher positions, given more responsibilities, but it affects their delivery as they do not influence anybody fearing that they may loose 'acceptance tag'.

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IPL Update

Two of my Favourite teams entered Semis ie Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings. Its little disappointment that Chennai has to wait till penultimate Day of Leagues in IPL to enter into Semis, But very Happy that it entered by winning, and not depending on other's results. Mumbai is unlucky to loose too many matches in the beginning and couple of close encounters at the end. I have very high regard for Sachin as a Player but I doubt his Captaincy Skills. Loosing three matches in row on Last ball does not look good for a Captain. In Two matches, he was unable to defend score. In contrast, Dhoni pulled off couple of victories in Last overs. Chennai Super Kings looks like weakest side in IPL, but it reached Semis, now it is only two games away from Lifting the Cup. Rajasthan Royals will play against Delhi Daredevils and Chennai Super Kings will play against Kings XI Punjab in Semis. First semis will be interesting as batsmen and bowlers are in form in both the teams and Second Semis may look dull because Chennai looks weak compared to Kings XI. Hope for the Best and Look for Final between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils.

Prantwad Chodo - Bharat Jodo Yatra

"Prantwad Chodo - Bharat Jodo Yatra"
--- An initiative of Lok Satta Movement’s

‘One India One People Abhiyan’

Why?
The growing disparity between one rich state and another poor state is very noticeable and significant. In India, political parties fan the fires of regionalism, communalism and parochialism. Recent incidents have shown how a handful of hooligans can bring any part of India to a standstill. For example the recent attacks against poor migrant labourers from North India in Maharashtra, Assam and other parts of the country have threatened the unity and integrity of the country. The parties ascribing to regionalism have by and large never showed interests in respecting ‘The Rule of Law’ and improving governance.

“Prantwad Choddo - Bharat Jodo Yatra” is an effort to highlight such unfair political practices and proclaim in the spirit of nationalism the need for constructive solutions to fight poverty and unemployment.

Objectives:
1. Say no to ‘Divide and Rule’ political practices.
2. Highlighting the problem of ‘Employability’ which is the main reason for Unemployment’.
3. Saluting Baba Amte’s Legacy.

Who?
Young, dedicated and nationalist Indians between the age group of 18-30 years.

Where?
The movement involves awakening India to these anti nationalist policies and would involve trips to various states in the country. We start with Yatra to four different states from Maharashtra to Delhi, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

When?
First Bharat Jodo Yatra on 25th June 2008.

How can you participate?
> Your age is between 18 – 30yrs.
> You are willing to attend (all) the meetings on ‘Prantwad Choddo - Bharat Jodo yatra’.

Contact: Raj Janagam: +91 9867 987 031
Jui Gangan: +91 9892 837 534

OR email us on: volunteer.loksatta@gmail.com

For More information, visit our website.

Lunch @ Office on Saturday

We had Lunch together in the Office on Saturday and played Cricket for some time. Lunch is not the news, but there were too many interesting topics during Lunch break. Started from Cricket, of course IPL that some of the Aus Players were not paid their match fee. It usually paid late in India for National players also, so its not new. There were too many stories which I come to know yesterday about India. One of them is about National Anthem. There is a story that it was written to praise British when George IV visited India and there was a debate between "Jana Gana Mana" and "Vandemataram" to choose as National Anthem, but somehow We opted for "Jana Gana Mana". Others include, How Kashmir issue went into hands of UNO, why Ms Sonia Gandhi did not opt to become Prime Minister of India(This is very interesting, but I need to confirm the story before making it public). These kind of events tell us many things, otherwise never be shared.

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IPL - Shine warne

One of the most impressed personality in IPL is shane warne, others being Mc Grath and Shaun Pollock. He is very impressive with his captaincy and marshaling his resources. Rajasthan Royals is the only team which will be in Top 4 for certain, Well done Shane. Mc Grath just started where he left last year, bowling on and around off-stump, varying pace and length. Shaun Pollock is doing well for Mumbai, as a useful all-rounder with bat and ball. Chennai Super kings and Delhi Daredevils are my favourite teams in IPL and Shane shocked Chennai Super kings and Shaun gave it for Delhi Daredevils. Because of this loose, chances of entering into Semis for Chennai are little low, and by the time I am writing this Blog, chennai scored 82/5 Vs Deccan Chargers. so at the smell of another lose, but lets pray and Hope that Chennai will win and increase its chances of being in Top 4.

Hats-off to Shane, Mc Grath and Shaun.

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