Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Motivation, a management lesson

A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to hiscustomer, "This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you." The barber puts a five rupee coin in one hand and two one rupee coins (1+1=2) in the other, then calls the boy over and asks,"Which do you want, son?"

The boys face lights up, he takes the two one rupee coins and leaves. "What did I tell you?" said the barber. "That kid never learns!" Later, when the customer leaves, he sees the same young boy coming out of the ice cream store.

"Hey, son! May I ask you a question?Why did you take two one rupee coins instead of the five rupee coin?"The boy licked his ice cream cone and replied,"Because THE DAY I TAKE THE FIVE RUPEE COIN, THE GAME IS OVER.



Moral: Impressions don't matter, results do.

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