Two important management lessons i learnt from
a 1000 Naira note.
1. It happened some time ago but .
I was in an audience listening to a motivational
speaker.
The speaker got out his wallet & pulled out a 1000
Naira note. Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants
this 1000 naira note?"
Lots of hands went up. Including mine. A slow
chorus began to build as people began to shout
"Me!" "Me!" I began to
wonder who the lucky one would be who the
speaker would choose. And I also secretly
wondered (and I am sure others did too ) why he
would simply give away 1000 naira. Even as the
shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed a
young woman running down the aisle. She ran up
onto the stage, went up to the speaker, and
grabbed the 1000 naira note from his hand.
"Well done, young lady," said the speaker into the
microphone. The
speaker simply say "Most of us just sit and wait
for good things to happen. That's of no use.
You've got to make things happen. Make a move"
'Simply thinking about doing something is of no
use and not good enough'. Our lives are like that.
We all see opportunities around us. We all want
the good things. But the problem is we don't take
action.
We all want the 1000 naira notes on offer. But we
don't make the move. We look at it longingly. Get
up, and do something about it. Don't worry about
what other people might think.
Take action.
2. later, the speaker got another 1000 naira note
and held it up for all to see, I thought I knew
what's up. But he just
asked a simple question. "How much is this
worth?" "one thousand naira!" the crowd yelled in
unison. "Right," said the speaker. He then took
the note and
crumpled it into a ball and asked "How much is it
worth now?"
"one thousand naira!" screamed the audience. He
then threw the note on the ground, stamped all
over it
and picked up the note and asked one more time:
"And how much is it worth now?" "one thousand
naira!" was the response. "I want you to
remember this," said the speaker. "Just because
someone crumples it, or stamps on it, the value
of the note does not diminish. We should all be
like the 1000 naira note..
In our lives, there will be times when we feel
crushed, stamped over, beaten. But never let your
self-worth
diminish. Just because someone chooses to crush
you -- that doesn't change your worth one bit!
Don't allow your self-worth to diminish because
someone says something nasty -- or does
something dirty -- to you."
Never let your self-worth diminish....
you have greatness within you.
you will succeed. Go and get more people into your business and take action. I saw a common sense in this story and since then My Business sense and My approach to People Changed and I think you too can learn something form it.

Great motivation speech there sir...amazing!!!

Wow.. Great.. I bliv more people need to read this

Nice post

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Nice one. Thanks for sharing.