A leader should negotiate and bring his opponent to
his knees without antagonizing him! “When” is the question that decides his
success!
It happened last month. The hero was my little grandson.
That was very much unexpected of him. He never behaved street smart whenever it
comes to compromising values. But still it happened! May be it shows that he
has started maturing or begun getting corrupt? (I know my daughter would object
the second part after ‘or’.) From her point of view he might have naturally started
learning the street survival techniques. After all he is now 7 years old. Now
let me tell you what happened there.
Actually one day he came home completely dirty with
scratches and bruises all over the body.
“What is this?” His mother shouted.
“Mom, I’ve already told you about Dhanush who beats
everybody in my class or pinches us in the van.”
“So? What?”
“Today he came and slapped me because I did not offer him a
seat in the school van. Immediately I had a wrestle with him. I made him have a
tough time. All my friends cheered me and I think I won. So, he can’t do this to us in future”. There was a pleasure in
his gleaming eyes.
“Why? You know, he is a big boy and a bully. Don’t make me
to come to your school because of you little fools!”
“Mom…but uncle told me to fight back whenever people try to
trouble us.”
She thought that the story was over and expected some more adventures
which might invite her for a meeting with his teachers.
After three days again
he shared “Mom, today Dhanush came to me….”
“To give back what you
had given on that day?”
“No; I was doing the project; my air-plane was a successful
model. It flew well and glided beautifully! He ran along with me to catch it.
He got it first and gave it to me safely. I thanked him. Then he asked whether
I could teach him to make the paper
plane. I said okay if you stop bullying others and make friends with everybody.
He stared at the plane a minute with glittering eyes and then accepted my
suggestion. Nowadays he has become a good friend of us, though we are one
year junior to him”
My daughter smiled. I
could feel the mother’s pride.
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Grammar corner:
"So, he can’t do this
to us in future." This is wrong usage.
We cannot use ‘can’t do’ for future possibility.
"SO,he will not be able to do this in future": Correct usage.
A decision is taken to have a
class on Monday by the professor.
When a decision is taken, ‘can’ can be used in future meaning: We
can have the class on Monday.
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A leader has to protect his team and own
responsibility in times of need! Because it pays him, later!
This also is also a true story. A small one! The team leader
was called to GM’s room.
“Who had done this? We acted upon this scrap. The customer
is furious on this classification. He told that he had paid all his dues. He
claimed that he would sue us”
He gasped under tension. He had BP too. The team leader was
worried on watching the GM teeming with anger.
“Sir, this is basically my mistake. I own it. I take
complete responsibility for this error.”
“Whom do you want to protect? Do you want to play Good Samaritan?”
There was a sarcastic note in his tone.
“You are right. I would like to guard one of my members.Yes, call me biased. He
has done hundred good things. If this one is wrong, shall we hang him? I don’t
think so. I can’t remain uninterested
and disinterested. If you decide to punish, penalize me first because I only approved
it. I hope I will manage the customer and he will understand.I am with my team.”
When the news was out in the office, the entire team
gathered and cheered his action.
He got unequivocal co-operation from all his members whole
heartedly. The team remained unbeatable and always first in completion of
projects.
Vocabulary corner:
Uninterested: remaining careless; showing no interest,
indifferent.
He is uninterested in watching cinemas.
Disinterested: Remaining unbiased; balanced.
The judge should be disinterested in the arguments; he should keenly observe the case.
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