Self Appraisal

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Posted by: " parameswaran ramaswamy " parameswaran_ramaswamy

Sat Dec 15, 2007 6:45 pm (PST)

 

Self Appraisal:

 

1) A little boy went into a drug store, reached for a soda carton and

pulled it over to the telephone. He climbed onto the carton so that

he could reach the buttons on the phone and proceeded to punch in

seven digits. The store-owner observed and listened to the

conversation: The boy asked, " Lady, Can you give me the job of

cutting your lawn? The woman replied, " I already have someone to cut

my lawn. " " Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the

person who cuts your lawn now. " replied boy. The woman responded that

she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her

lawn. The little boy found more perseverance and offered, " Lady, I'll

even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have

the prettiest lawn in all of Palm beach , Florida . " Again the woman

answered in the negative. With a smile on his face, the little boy

replaced the receiver.

 

The store-owner, who was listening to all, walked over to the boy and

said, " Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and

would like to offer you a job. " The little boy replied, " No thanks, I

was just checking my performance with the job I already have. I am

the one who is working for that lady I was talking to!

 

2) Once upon a time a Washer man was bringing up two donkeys.

 

Let us say Donkey-A and Donkey-B.

 

Donkey-A felt it was very energetic and could do better than the

other. It always tried to pull the washer man's attraction over it by

taking more load and walking fast in front of him.

 

Innocent Donkey-B is normal, so it will walk normal, irrespective of

the waterman's presence. After a period of time, Washer man started

pressurizing Donkey-B to be like Donkey-A. But Donkey-B unable to

walk fast, got continuous punishment from washer man. It was crying

and told personally to Donkey-A " Dear friend, only we two are here,

why to compete with each other....we can carry equal load at normal

speed " .

 

That made Donkey-A all the more energetic and next day it told to

washer man that it can carry more load and even it can run fast also.

 

Obviously happier washer man looked at Donkey-B.., his BP raised and

he started kicking Donkey-B. Next day with smile, Donkey-A carried

more load and started running fast. But it was breathtaking for

Donkey-B and it couldn't act that way....But the washer man was

frustrated, so he harassed Donkey-B terribly, and finally it fell

down hopelessly.

 

Then Donkey-A felt itself as a supreme and happily started carrying

more load with great speed. But now the Load of the Donkey-B is also

being carried by Donkey-A., and still it has to run fast. For some

period it did, finally due to fatigue it got tired and started

feeling the pain. But washer man expected more from Donkey-A. It also

tried best, but couldn't cope up with his owners demand. The Washer

man got angry with Donkey-A also and started harassing to take more

load... Donkey-A was crying for long time and then tried its best...

But it couldn't meet the owner's satisfaction. Finally the day came

when due to frustration the washer man killed Donkey-A and went for

searching some other Donkeys.

 

Its an endless story....... ...

But the moral of the Story in Corporate and social life is......,

 

" Think all colleagues are same and that everyone is capable....

Always Share the Load equally..... Don't ever act smart in front of

your Boss and never try for getting over-credit. ..

Don't feel happy when your colleague is under pressure.. "

 

It doesn't matter if u r A or B, for the Boss u shall be always

DONKEY

 

And most importantly, Work Hard, but Work Cleverly.... .

 

A thought : " There is only one corner of the universe you can be

certain of improving, and that's your own self. " - Aldous Huxley