The Farmers Daughter (A
Beautiful Mgmt Story)
Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. The Money lender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal. So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money
bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag.
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her
father's debt would still be forgiven.
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.
They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As they talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag.
He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.
What would you recommend to the Girl to do?
Well, here is what she did....
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked."
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't ATTEMPT to think.
So henceforth that we are struck up with a problem, let’s try to analyze the situation and try to attempt resolving it rather than just giving up….
One more short story to refresh....
A giant ship engine failed. The ship’s owner tried one expert
after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then
they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young boy.
He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately
went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, from the top to the
bottom.
Two of the ship’s owners were present there, watching this man,
hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached
into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped at something. Instantly,
the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for the ten thousand dollars. “What?!” the owners exclaimed, “He hardly did anything!” So they wrote the old man a note saying, “Please send us an itemized bill.”
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer………………$ 2.00
Knowing where to tap…………………$ 9998.00
MORAL OF THE STORY: Effort is important in life, but understanding
of your product and job in applying where to put effort makes all the
difference.
Here is one more story which is more inspirational
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Hope all the readers enjoy such stories............
A group of frogs were hopping contentedly through the woods, going
about their froggy business, when two of them fell into a deep pit. All of the
other frogs gathered around the pit to see what could be done to help their
companions. When they saw how deep the pit was, the rest of the dismayed group
agreed that it was hopeless and told the two frogs in the pit that they should
prepare themselves for their fate, because they were as good as dead.
Unwilling to accept this terrible fate, the two frogs began to
jump with all of their might. Some of the frogs shouted into the pit that it
was hopeless, and that the two frogs wouldn't be in that situation if they had
been more careful, more obedient to the froggy rules, and more responsible.
The other frogs continued sorrowfully shouting that they should
save their energy and give up, since they were already as good as dead. The two
frogs continued jumping as hard as they could, and after several hours of
desperate effort were quite weary.
Finally, one of the frogs took heed to the calls of his fellows. Spent and disheartened, he quietly resolved himself to his fate, lay down at the bottom of the pit, and died as the others looked on in helpless grief. The other frog continued to jump with every ounce of energy he had, although his body was wracked with pain and he was completely exhausted.
Finally, one of the frogs took heed to the calls of his fellows. Spent and disheartened, he quietly resolved himself to his fate, lay down at the bottom of the pit, and died as the others looked on in helpless grief. The other frog continued to jump with every ounce of energy he had, although his body was wracked with pain and he was completely exhausted.
His companions began a new, yelling for him to accept his fate,
stop the pain and just die. The weary frog jumped harder and harder and -
wonder of wonders! Finally leapt so high that he sprang from the pit. Amazed,
the other frogs celebrated his miraculous freedom and then gathering around him
asked, "Why did you continue jumping when we told you it was
impossible?" Reading their lips, the astonished frog explained to them
that he was deaf, and that when he saw their gestures and shouting, he thought
they were cheering him on. What he had perceived as encouragement inspired him
to try harder and to succeed against all odds.
Moral Of the story:
This simple Frog story contains a powerful lesson. Your
encouraging or positive words can lift someone up and help him or her make it
through the day. Your destructive or negative words can cause deep wounds; they
may be the weapons that destroy someone's desire to continue trying - or even
their life. Your destructive, careless word can diminish someone in the eyes of
others, destroy their influence and have a lasting impact on the way others
respond to them.
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SUCCEED.......
Vishal Thakkar
vishal@brianna.co.in
