Monday, September 14, 2015

being effective

A farmer could find a nest of a goose on one of the trees in his field, when he approached the nest he could find an egg of the goose which was yellowish in color, it was shining with different brightness hence the farmer tried to pull it and he could see that it was a golden egg, he was happy and surprised beyond limits and with all the happiness he went home. He could not control himself next day and got up early in the morning to see the status in the nest on that day, he went to the farm and observed that again there was a golden egg in the goose nest. He was overwhelmed with joy and happiness again. Thus everyday he used to get up early in the morning and without any delay he used to rush to his farm to see the golden egg, this has become his routine which has brought him a great life with all the wealth he could think about. His greed for the golden egg increased day by day and he could not control his patience, the greed increased but the patience decreased, so one day he thought why keep waiting for the egg daily instead let me kill the goose and get all the golden eggs possible within an attempt. So he killed the goose and tried to find out the eggs however he was left with no egg as the goose died, eventually there were no eggs for him and no source of wealth as such. He has done the damage himself due to his greed and impatience. Dr. Stephen Covey has mentioned this meaningful story in his book, 7 habits of highly effective people. Dr. Covey says, Goose was the Production Capability (PC)and the Egg was the Production ( P ).He says Effectiveness in Life and work comes when one maintains this P and PC balance. Sometimes we are so focused upon the result that we forget the means of reaching to the result / output. Leaders are so concerned about the result that sometimes they forget to care for the teams which bring them result. Sometimes we are absolutely mad in getting the best in life and achieving the best possible but we neglect our health physical and mental. Effectiveness is about maintaining P/PC balance, which can be brought by balancing both the ends : the short term and the long term, the personal life and the professional life, achievements and well being, the result and the means of achieving the same. Hope this helps us introspect our approaches to life and work. Warm Regards, Linson Corporate Trainer,Mumbai 9323165937

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