*Have you heard the story of The Washerman and the Foolish Donkey? Fauji style !! To refresh your memory, the original version of it goes like this. 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 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 doesnt 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 fauji. 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 donkeys 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 dogs life didnt change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in doing the dogs duties as well. In the ACR the dog managed a 8. The donkey was rated as 9. 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 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 posting..... Moral of the story-Remains the same- One must not engage in duties other than his own To add on, dog had all the time, he played golf, made millions in property, drove a BMW, looked after his wife and kids well, based on MS3 Privileged Posting. Was sent to IIM Banglore by MS7, and thereafter absorbed in Mahindra India for up to an age of 66.* * Yes the donkey rose to the occasion did great job under SADBHAWNA and as AWWA aide, sacrificed beyond the call of duty, as his wife and kids do not CALL him anymore. Post retirement stays in a 2 bedroom LUXURY apartment and drives a doubly polished Maruti 800, mind it AC fitted by local station workshop, and is seen at MHOW club, with some non interested captive audience.*.... :)
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 07:31:32 +0000
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