Management Lessons

Four Parables

Parable Number 1:
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all
day. A small rabbit saw the
crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you
and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered:
"Sure, why not. "
So,the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow,
and rested. All of a
sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and
ate it.
Management Lesson:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be
sitting very, very high up.

Parable Number 2:
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love
to be able to getto the
top of that tree, " sighed the turkey, "but I
haven't got the energy.,"
"Well, why don't you nibble some of my droppings?
They're packed with
nutrients, " said the bull. The turkey pecked at
a lump of dung
and found that it actually gave him enough
strength to reach the first
branch of the tree. The next day, after eating
some more dung, he
reached the second branch. Finally, after a
fourth night, there he was
proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon he
was promptly spotted by a
farmer, who shot the turkey out of the tree.
Management Lesson:
*** might get you to the top, but it won't
keep you there.

Parable Number 3:
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It
was so cold, the bird
froze and fell to the ground in a large field.
While it was
lying there,a cow came by and dropped some dung
on it. As the frozen bird
lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to
realize how warm it was.
The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay
there all warm and happy, and
soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard
the
bird singing and came to investigate. Following
the sound, the cat
discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung,
and promptly dug him out
and ate
him!
Management Lesson:
1) Not everyone who drops crap on you is your
enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of crap is your
friend.
3) And when you're in deep crap, keep your mouth
shut!

Parable Number 4:
The boy rode on the donkey and the old man
walked. As they went along, some
people remarked, "It was a shame the old man was
walking and the boy was riding." The man and boy
thought maybe the critics
were right,
so they changed positions.
Later, they passed some people that remarked,
"What a shame, he makes that
little boy walk, " They decided they both would
walk!
Soon they passed some more people who thought
they were stupid to walk when
they had
a decent donkey to ride. So the both rode the
donkey! Now they passed some
people that shamed them saying how awful it was
to put such a load
on a poor donkey. The boy and man said they were
probably right, so they
decided to
carry the donkey. As they crossed a bridge, they
lost their grip on the
animal and it fell into the river and drowned.
Management Lesson:
If you try to please everyone, you will
eventually lose your ***.