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Let there be disorder!

A man offered to pay a sum of money to his twelve-year-old daughter if she mowed the lawn. The girl went at the task with great zest and by evening the whole lawn had been beautifully mowed – well, everything except a large uncut patch of grass in one corner!

When the man said he couldn’t pay the sum agreed upon because the whole lawn hadn’t been mowed, the girl said she was ready to forego the money, but would not cut the grass in the patch!

Curious to find out why, he checked the uncut patch. There, right in the centre of the patch, sat a large toad. The girl had been too tender-hearted to run over it with the lawn-mower.

Where there is love, there is disorder.

Perfect order would make the world a graveyard!

~ (Anthony de Mello)

Who is good for your business?

Performance in simplistic terms is a function of two key factors – ability and willingness!

Ability to perform is something to do with physical constraint of an individual like that of lifting 200 kgs of weight, fasting for 21 consecutive days, Singing for 48 hrs, working for 80 hrs a week, etc…

Willingness to perform is to do with the inherent interest to contribute – cheerful compliance to the job!

If one is willing, they can find ways to build the ability to perform. However, lack of willingness can only guarantee below par results – irrespective of the latent ability!

Who is good for your business – highly willing but not so able guy or highly capable but not so willing type? 

It depends on what is your business – if it is people centric, keep and invest on the first type and shamelessly weed out highly capable but not willing ones! They might be best suited for political parties, I guess! They will add lot of weight, as long as someone can lift them!

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Here and Now!

A lover pressed his suit unsuccessfully for many months, suffering the atrocious pains of rejection. Finally his sweetheart yielded. “Come to the park, at 6:00 PM”, she said.

So the lover finally found himself seated beside his beloved. He pulled out a sheaf of love letters that he had written to her over the months. They were passionate expression of pain and burning desire. He began to read them aloud. The minute passed and he read on and on…

Finally the woman burst out, “What kind of a blockhead are you? Those letters tell of your longing. Well, here I am with you at last, and you are lost in your ludicrous letters.”

“Here I am with you”,  and “you keep thinking of me in your head, talking of me with your tongue, and searching for me in your books”. “When will you start living with me?”…..

Here is 2011 already with us…. Good to start living a great life this year and beyond…. Here and Now!

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Welcome 2011!

 

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