Success is a Journey not a Destination
A good story for all of us to follow in our careers.
Once upon a time a Washerman was bringing up two donkeys. Let us say Donkey-A and Donkey-B.
Donkey-A felt it was very energetic and could do better than the other.
It always tried to pull the washerman's attraction over it by taking more load and walking fast in front of him. Innocent Donkey-B is normal, so it will walk normal, irrespective of the washerman's presence. After a period of time, Washerman started pressurising Donkey-B to be like Donkey-A.
But Donkey-B unable to walk fast, got continuous punishment from washerman. It was crying and told personally to Donkey-A:
"Dear friend, only we two are here, why to compete with each other....we can carry equal load at normal speed -".
That made Donkey-A all the more energetic and next day it told to washerman that it can carry more load and even it can run fast also.
Obviously happier washerman looked at Donkey-B.., his BP raised and he started kicking Donkey-B. Next day with smile, Donkey-A carried more load and started running fast. But it was breathtaking for Donkey-B and it couldn't act that way....But the washerman was frustrated, so he harassed Donkey-B terribly, and finally it fell down hopelessly.
Then Donkey-A felt itself as a supremo and happily started carrying more load with great speed. But now the Load of the Donkey-B is also being carried by Donkey-A.,and still it has to run fast. For some period it did, finally due to fatigue it got tired and started feeling the pain. But washerman expected more from Donkey-A. It also tried best, but couldn't cope up with his owners demand. The Washerman got angry with Donkey-A also and started harassing to take more load...Donkey-A was crying for long time and then tried its best...But it couldn't meet the owner's satisfaction. Finally the day came when due to frustration the washerman killed Donkey-A and went for searching some other Donkeys.
Its an endless story...But the moral of the Story in Corporate life is...
"Think all projectmates are same and that everyone is capable.... Always share the Load equally... Don't ever act smart in front of your Boss and never try for getting over-credit... Don't feel happy when ur projectmate is under pressure.. ."
And most importantly, Never Work Hard, Work Cleverly...
"Success is a journey not a destination"
From Pakistan, Karachi
9A good story for all of us to follow in our careers.
Once upon a time a Washerman was bringing up two donkeys. Let us say Donkey-A and Donkey-B.
Donkey-A felt it was very energetic and could do better than the other.
It always tried to pull the washerman's attraction over it by taking more load and walking fast in front of him. Innocent Donkey-B is normal, so it will walk normal, irrespective of the washerman's presence. After a period of time, Washerman started pressurising Donkey-B to be like Donkey-A.
But Donkey-B unable to walk fast, got continuous punishment from washerman. It was crying and told personally to Donkey-A:
"Dear friend, only we two are here, why to compete with each other....we can carry equal load at normal speed -".
That made Donkey-A all the more energetic and next day it told to washerman that it can carry more load and even it can run fast also.
Obviously happier washerman looked at Donkey-B.., his BP raised and he started kicking Donkey-B. Next day with smile, Donkey-A carried more load and started running fast. But it was breathtaking for Donkey-B and it couldn't act that way....But the washerman was frustrated, so he harassed Donkey-B terribly, and finally it fell down hopelessly.
Then Donkey-A felt itself as a supremo and happily started carrying more load with great speed. But now the Load of the Donkey-B is also being carried by Donkey-A.,and still it has to run fast. For some period it did, finally due to fatigue it got tired and started feeling the pain. But washerman expected more from Donkey-A. It also tried best, but couldn't cope up with his owners demand. The Washerman got angry with Donkey-A also and started harassing to take more load...Donkey-A was crying for long time and then tried its best...But it couldn't meet the owner's satisfaction. Finally the day came when due to frustration the washerman killed Donkey-A and went for searching some other Donkeys.
Its an endless story...But the moral of the Story in Corporate life is...
"Think all projectmates are same and that everyone is capable.... Always share the Load equally... Don't ever act smart in front of your Boss and never try for getting over-credit... Don't feel happy when ur projectmate is under pressure.. ."
And most importantly, Never Work Hard, Work Cleverly...
"Success is a journey not a destination"
From Pakistan, Karachi
nice post which made me remember a comment said by my teacher dont be "rate buster".as its the starting of being in a fix from bosses and team members. umekulsoom
From Pakistan, Karachi
From Pakistan, Karachi
Excellent story. Reminds me of what I read in Edward De Bono's book that the meaning of the word competition is "Seeking together". One of my bosses had a prodigious talent- he rose from Assistant Manager to CEO in just one year, completely outclassed the chairman in front of three collaborators and went on to establish a big business of his own. In his own business, he achieved in three years with five people what people normally achieve in 10 years. Though he could have had a lion's share of the profits because of his talent, he shared profits with his partners and said that he will earn well in the long run which is what happened. This cannot be followed by everybody but these are the possibilities when you combine smartness with wisdom.
As for success being a journey and not being a destination. It depends upon the match between personal profile, business profile and market profile. If the market profile matches the other two, it can be both a journey and a destination. Otherwise, one has to be satisfied and enjoy what one is doing- http://mypyp.wordpress.com/. In one of the posts it is given how artists spend a lifetime of poverty for the love of their profession, how actors take rejection after rejection, how animal lovers stay in apalling conditions just to be in an occupation of their liking etc. These are examples of success being a journey and not a destination. Where commercial success is possible, it is both. For blind money centric people, it is destination, not a journey.
From India, New Delhi
As for success being a journey and not being a destination. It depends upon the match between personal profile, business profile and market profile. If the market profile matches the other two, it can be both a journey and a destination. Otherwise, one has to be satisfied and enjoy what one is doing- http://mypyp.wordpress.com/. In one of the posts it is given how artists spend a lifetime of poverty for the love of their profession, how actors take rejection after rejection, how animal lovers stay in apalling conditions just to be in an occupation of their liking etc. These are examples of success being a journey and not a destination. Where commercial success is possible, it is both. For blind money centric people, it is destination, not a journey.
From India, New Delhi
Dear Syma,
Thanx for posting such a nice story. I agree with this story 100%. Actually it's an ideal story for all HR people to follow. Any individual shouldn't be overburdened with heavy work rather should be decentralized among other individuals to have a better output. No doubt through this we can be able to develop a productive working environment. Thank you once again.
[Biswajit Pani]
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From India, Bhubaneswar
Thanx for posting such a nice story. I agree with this story 100%. Actually it's an ideal story for all HR people to follow. Any individual shouldn't be overburdened with heavy work rather should be decentralized among other individuals to have a better output. No doubt through this we can be able to develop a productive working environment. Thank you once again.
[Biswajit Pani]
E-mail ID :
From India, Bhubaneswar
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