Are Your Skills Being Wasted? A Camel's Tale on Management and Opportunity

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Two camels (a mother and a baby) were lazing around, when suddenly baby camel said. Baby: "mother, mother, can I ask you some question?"

Mother: "sure! Why son, is there something bothering you?"

Baby: "why do camels have humps?"

Mother: "well son, we are desert animals, we need the humps to store water and we are known to survive without water."

Baby: "okay, then why our legs are long and our feet rounded."

"Son, obviously they are meant for walking in the desert. You know with

these legs I can move around the desert better than anyone”, said the

mother proudly.

Baby: "okay, said baby camel.”Then why are our eye lashes long? Sometimes it is bothering my sight." said baby camel.

Mother: "my son, those long thick eye lashes are your protective cover.

They help to protect your eyes from the desert sand and wind." Said mother camel with eyes brimming with pride.

Baby: "I see. So the hump is to store water when we are in the desert, the

legs are for walking through the desert and these eye lashes protect my

eyes from the desert. Then what the hell are we doing here in a zoo???

MORAL OF THE STORY IS SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE IS ONLY USEFUL IF THE MANAGEMENT GIVES OPPORTUNITY!!

That's a great story and a great insight too.

But I'd like to add that we should also let ourselves find the opportunities rather than wait for the right opportunity. If the management does not provide the opportunity, how many of us take proactive initiatives to find one, let alone create one?

We Indians usually accept happiness in complacency and the existing state of affairs. While, if we let ourselves explore, we can find loads of opportunities around us. Unfortunately, most of us suffer from the 'Chalta Hai' and 'Aisa hi hota hai' syndromes.

People must try to get out of the zoo if they think they don't belong there. After all, we aren't all that helpless!

- Nihar