A Lesson in Humility. I was a freshly minted graduate of a leading B School and wore its stripes proudly on my shoulders. I was to join a British Multinational in one of their plants in Gomia, Bihar, as a Management Trainee. They chose only the best. And I was full of it, all puffed up.
The Escape Plan. A wealthy woman was serving a life sentence in prison. Angry and resentful about her plight, she resolved that she would rather die than living the rest of her life in prison.
Some years ago I attended a self-improvement seminar and the speaker was Jim Rohn. He said, “Everything matters in life, some things a little and some things a lot, we just don’t know which is which.” And I believed him.
When my son was only about three years old, he and his sisters were playing a game that involved chasing each other around the house with loud giggles of laughter erupting every few minutes whenever one of them came close to tagging one of their siblings.
“After that, you’ll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends.”
“That’s what we are doing now,” replied the fisherman.
The moral of this story is: Know where you’re going in life, you may already be there!
