Management lesson: King and horse

Let's jump into a story:

Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a valiant king named Veer. King Veer was courageous and undefeated. He peacefully yet righteously ruled his kingdom. His subjects were loyal and happy to be under King Veer's rule.

One day King Veer decided to go for hunt. He asked his servants to bring the fastest horse from the stable. His servants brought Babu, a tall, fast, energetic horse. King Veer rode the horse and headed to the forest.

As they reached the forest, King Veer prepared himself for the hunt. In the woods, they saw a tiger. King Veer arched his bow and was ready to shoot the arrow. However, Babu started trebling. He got scared by the sight of mighty tiger. Babu jumped and ran towards the kingdom as fast as he could. King Veer tried to pull Babu's reins, pacify him, even stop him from running. Nothing worked. Babu stormed into the kingdom and stopped only when they reached the stable.

That was the first time, when King Veer had returned without a prized hunt. To make the things worse, a rumor spread across the kingdom like a wildfire. The rumor was that courageous King Veer got scared of a tiger and ran away. The subjects once loyal were laughing at King Veer's misfortune. They started having doubts whether they have the right leader. They wondered and feared that they would soon be slaves if an enemy attacks the kingdom.

Meanwhile, King Veer regretted his decision of going for the hunt.

This fictional story definitely shares important management lessons:

1. The fastest may not always be the best.

2. Never trust a coworker with your life. Your companion may malign your reputation.

3. If you are paired with someone, have fair doubts about their capability.

4. Your good deeds are easily forgotten.

5. Nobody verifies the facts.

6. Corporate world runs on faulty judgements not on evidences.

7. It takes years to build the goodwill and takes seconds to destroy it.

8. Corporate memory is short lived for good deeds. Corporate remembers the recent events.

9. Corporate has long term memory for bad deeds; thry are never forgotten.

10. Don't blame yourself and don't doubt yourself even if everyone does.

11. Loyalty is a joke.

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नमस्कार मंडळी. माझ्या "श्रीगणेश पूजा विधि" या गेल्या वर्षी प्रकाशित झालेल्या पुस्तकाला गणेश भक्तांचा अभूतपूर्व असा प्रतिसाद मिळाला. यामुळे मला मिळालेली उमेद असे सांगत होती की आपल्या हिंदू धर्मात अशा अनेक प्रथा आहेत आणि अशी माहिती आहे जी आता लुप्त होण्याच्या मार्गावर आहे. ती जतन करणे आवश्यक आहे जसे की आजीबाईचा बटवा इत्यादी. याच्या अनुषंगाने मी विविध विषयांना आजपासून स्पर्श करण्याचा आणि ते विषय आपल्यासमोर सादर करण्याचा प्रयत्न करणार आहे. अपेक्षा ही आहे की माझा हा संकल्प आपल्या पसंतीस उतरेल. कुठल्याही कामाची सुरुवात करताना गणेशाला वंदन करूनच आपण करतो. ॐ गं गणपतये नमः | अष्टविनायकांची नावे याप्रमाणे: मोरगावचा मयुरेश्वर सिद्धटेकीचा सिद्धिविनायक पालीचा बल्लाळेश्वर मढचा वरदविनायक थेऊरचा चिंतामणी लेण्याद्रीचा गिरिजात्मक ओझरचा विघ्नेश्वर आणि आठवा रांजणगावचा महागणपती वाचकहो, ही सुरुवात आहे. दर आठवड्यातून एकदा मी आपल्या भेटीस येईन. प्रत्येक वेळी विषय वेगळा असेल, अशी माझी अशी माझी संकल्पना आहे. - आनंद कृष्णाजी कणेक...

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