Friends, I believe that good stories and anecdotes make a training session or presentation more effective. Here's one which a colleague of mine recently passed on to me. Try this out...
The story goes like this:
The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to
Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese
population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.
The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the
fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were
not fresh.
The Japanese did not like the taste of stale fish.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on
their boats.
They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed
the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese
could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did
not like frozen fish.
The frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies
installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in
the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish
stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately,
the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did
not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese
preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem?
Here's what they did:
The Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they added a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are active and challenged.
Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but
most of the time tired & dull, so we need a Shark in our life to
keep us awake and moving? Basically in our lives Sharks are new
challenges to keep us active and taste better...
Sometimes it could be your unfriendly boss!
The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more
you enjoy a challenge.
If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily
conquering those challenges, you are always fresh in life. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions.
cheers!
Rajeev.V
From India
25The story goes like this:
The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to
Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese
population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.
The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the
fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were
not fresh.
The Japanese did not like the taste of stale fish.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on
their boats.
They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed
the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese
could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did
not like frozen fish.
The frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies
installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in
the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish
stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately,
the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did
not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese
preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem?
Here's what they did:
The Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they added a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are active and challenged.
Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but
most of the time tired & dull, so we need a Shark in our life to
keep us awake and moving? Basically in our lives Sharks are new
challenges to keep us active and taste better...
Sometimes it could be your unfriendly boss!
The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more
you enjoy a challenge.
If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily
conquering those challenges, you are always fresh in life. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions.
cheers!
Rajeev.V
From India
Hi!
A good inspirational story that applies to all people from diffrent disciplines.In real life too, in order to remain fit & active one should always face challenges, otherwise life/career journey becomes dull.
Regards,
From India, Mumbai
A good inspirational story that applies to all people from diffrent disciplines.In real life too, in order to remain fit & active one should always face challenges, otherwise life/career journey becomes dull.
Regards,
From India, Mumbai
Thanks to all of you for the appreciative comments......In this forum one thing I have noticed is the dearth of replies in comparison to the number of views. Thus you may find postings that record, 97 views, 2 replies etc very frequently. One reason why I consider your positive responses good enough to be acknowledged.
Thank you
Rajeev.V
From India
Thank you
Rajeev.V
From India
Hi Rajeev, Greetings fro Malaysia. You’ve got the right starter for a training stint! Thnxs for your generosity!! CoachRandawa
My dear Randwa, Thank you, and nice to know that you found it useful. I sprinkle a lot of such stories in my training sessions and have found to be very effective in communicating certain subtle issues.
Rajeev.V
From India
Rajeev.V
From India
Hi Rajeev Really a good one. Its a theory (of course proven many times!!!) rather than a stroy. Keep posting. Regards Elamurugu
From India, Madras
From India, Madras
Very interesting. Reminds me of a book called "Only the paranoid survive" . It is also said that nothing to get you going like a crisis.However one has to maintain a sense of proportion and this has to be balanced with motivation and ecnouragement.
All this also depends upon the motives and ability of the boss. If the boss is very talented, nobody minds taking shit but if the boss is enjoying being a boss, all this has no real meaning.
From India, New Delhi
All this also depends upon the motives and ability of the boss. If the boss is very talented, nobody minds taking shit but if the boss is enjoying being a boss, all this has no real meaning.
From India, New Delhi
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