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prasanna
Age: 49 Zodiac: 
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Location: DUBAI, Los Angeles, Chennai
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 Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:34 pm |
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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 too 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 dog's duties as well. In the annual appraisal the dog managed "ME" (Met Expectations) .
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 NEW JOB ...
Disclaimer: All characters in the story are not at all imaginary.
Any resemblance to person living or dying of work is purely intentional
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spiritalk
Age: 69 Zodiac: 
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Location: Etobicoke, Canada
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| Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:20 pm |
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We often think if we do not become the donkey, who get the job done? The thief may have stole and then the dog would have received the beating for the lack of warning.
Perhaps the moral is...do not collect possessions we are afraid of losing. And treat all kingdoms (plant, animal, mineral) with the respect they deserve and earn.
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ConfusedMind
Age: 28 Zodiac:
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:38 am |
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i find myself to be the donkey with the dog's fate.
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that's a good one.
