"There is no free lunch."
There is a story about a king who called his advisers and asked them to write down the wisdom of the ages so that he could pass it on to future generations. After a lot of work, the advisers came up with several volumes of wisdom and presented them to the king. The king called his advisers and said that it was too long, people would not read it. They had to condense it. The advisers went back to work and came back with one volume. The king said the same thing. They came back again with one chapter and then one page, and the king said the same thing still until they came up with one sentence that satisfied the king. He said that if there was one piece of wisdom that he wanted to pass on to future generations, it is this one sentence: "There is no free lunch."
In every organization or society, there are freeloaders. They are people who want to get a benefit without paying for it. They are looking for freebies. By and large, sometime or the other, most of us have been guilty of being a freeloader. This is typically seen in associations and organizations. Most members are inactive. They want and get the full benefit of the effort of the active ones.
From India, Coimbatore
733There is a story about a king who called his advisers and asked them to write down the wisdom of the ages so that he could pass it on to future generations. After a lot of work, the advisers came up with several volumes of wisdom and presented them to the king. The king called his advisers and said that it was too long, people would not read it. They had to condense it. The advisers went back to work and came back with one volume. The king said the same thing. They came back again with one chapter and then one page, and the king said the same thing still until they came up with one sentence that satisfied the king. He said that if there was one piece of wisdom that he wanted to pass on to future generations, it is this one sentence: "There is no free lunch."
In every organization or society, there are freeloaders. They are people who want to get a benefit without paying for it. They are looking for freebies. By and large, sometime or the other, most of us have been guilty of being a freeloader. This is typically seen in associations and organizations. Most members are inactive. They want and get the full benefit of the effort of the active ones.
From India, Coimbatore
Thank you Mr. Peer Mohammed Sardhar for sharing a nice story with our members.
There is a Akbar Birbal story in the same line. "Akbar and Birbal were on the rounds and that time they saw a begger was cleaning his torned shoes with a silk cloth. The King got astonished and questioned the Minister about the begger's act. The Minister Birbal has replied that the beggar purcahsed the Shoes but he got the Silk cloth free of cost. That's the reason he was not aware of the worth of the silk cloth.
Keep on sharing Mr. Sardhar
From India, Kumbakonam
There is a Akbar Birbal story in the same line. "Akbar and Birbal were on the rounds and that time they saw a begger was cleaning his torned shoes with a silk cloth. The King got astonished and questioned the Minister about the begger's act. The Minister Birbal has replied that the beggar purcahsed the Shoes but he got the Silk cloth free of cost. That's the reason he was not aware of the worth of the silk cloth.
Keep on sharing Mr. Sardhar
From India, Kumbakonam
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