Ant and so called Modern work culture...

THE ANT

Every Day, A Small Ant Arrives At Work Very Early And Starts Work Immediately.

She Produces A Lot And She Was Happy.

The Chief, A Lion,

Was Surprised To See That The Ant Was Working Without Supervision.

He Thought If The Ant Can Produce So Much Without Supervision, Wouldn’t She Produce Even More If She Had A Supervisor!

So He Recruited A Cockroach

Who Had Extensive Experience As Supervisor And Who Was Famous For Writing Excellent Reports?

The Cockroach’s First Decision Was To Set Up A Clocking In Attendance System.

He Also Needed A Secretary To Help Him Write And Type His Reports And …

... He Recruited A Spider, Which Managed The Archives And Monitored All Phone Calls.

The Lion Was Delighted With The Cockroach ' s Reports

And Asked Him To Produce Graphs  To Describe Production Rates And To Analyse  Trends, So That He Could Use Them For Presentations At

Board’s Meetings.

So The Cockroach Had To Buy A New Computer And A  Laser Printer And  ...

... Recruited A Fly

To Manage The IT Department.

The Ant, Who Had Once Been So Productive And Relaxed, Hated This New Plethora Of Paperwork And Meetings Which Used Up Most Of Her Time…!

The Lion Came To The Conclusion That It Was High Time To Nominate A Person In Charge Of The Department Where The Ant Worked.

The Position Was Given To The Cicada, Whose First Decision Was To Buy A Carpet And An Ergonomic Chair For His Office.

The New Person In Charge, The Cicada, Also Needed A Computer And A Personal Assistant, Who He Brought From His Previous Department, To Help Him Prepare A Work And Budget Control Strategic Optimisation Plan…

The Department Where The Ant Works Is Now A Sad Place, Where Nobody Laughs Anymore And Everybody Has Become Upset...

It Was At That Time That The Cicada Convinced The Boss, The Lion, Of The Absolute Necessity To Start A Climatic Study Of The Environment.

Having Reviewed The Charges For Running The Ant’s Department, The Lion Found Out That The Production Was Much Less Than Before.

So He Recruited The Owl, A Prestigious And Renowned Consultant To Carry Out An Audit And Suggest Solutions.

The Owl Spent Three Months  In The Department And Came Up With An Enormous Report , In Several Volumes,

That Concluded :

“ The Department Is Overstaffed ...”

Guess Who The Lion Fires First?

The Ant , Of Course,  Because She

“Showed Lack Of Motivation And Had A Negative Attitude".

NB:

The Characters In This Fable Are Fictitious; Any Resemblance To Real People Or Facts Within The Corporation Is Pure Coincidence…

Inspirational Thoughts from Dr. Wayne Dyer

Chasing success is like trying to squeeze a handful of water. The tighter you squeeze, the less water you get. When you chase it, your life becomes the chase, and you become a victim of always wanting more.

If you refuse to change your job (if you don’t like it), the only sensible thing you can do is practice loving it every day.

Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place, or thing.

The more you see yourself as what you’d like to become, and act as if what you want is already there, the more you’ll activate those dormant forces that will collaborate to transform your dream into your reality.

Most people are searching for happiness outside of themselves. That’s a fundamental mistake. Happiness is something you are, and it comes from the way you think.

You are in a partnership with all other human beings, not a contest to be judged better than some and worse than others.

Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored . . . boredom is a choice.

Treat yourself and others with kindness when you eat, exercise, play, work, love, and everything else.

Money—like health, love, happiness, and all forms of success that you want to create for yourself—is the result of living purposefully. It is not a goal unto itself.

The opposite of courage is not so much fear as it is conformity.

Try viewing everyone who comes into your life as a teacher.

Forgiveness is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. If you can’t learn to forgive, you can forget about achieving true success in your life.

There are limits to material growth, but there are no limits to inner enlightenment.