Just came across this...felt to share it..
A successful business man was growing old and
knew it was time to choose a successor to take
over the business.
Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his
children, he decided to do something different. He
called all the young executives in his company
together.
He said, “It is time for me to step down and
choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose
one of you.”
The young executives were shocked, but the boss
continued. “I am going to give each one of you a
SEED today – one very special SEED. I want you
to plant the seed, water it, and come back here
one year from today with what you have grown
from the seed I have given you. I will then judge
the plants that you bring, and the one I choose
will be the next CEO.”
One man, named Jim, was there that day and he,
like the others, received a seed. He went home
and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped
him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted
the seed.
Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it
had grown. After about three weeks, some of the
other executives began to talk about their seeds
and the plants that were beginning to grow.
Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever
grew. Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went
by, still nothing. By now, others were talking
about their plants, but Jim didn’t have a plant
and he felt like a failure.
Six months went by — still nothing in Jim’s pot.
He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else
had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim
didn’t say anything to his colleagues, however…
He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil – He
so wanted the seed to grow.
A year finally went by and all the young
executives of the company brought their plants to
the CEO for inspection.
Jim told his wife that he wasn’t going to take an
empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about
what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it
was going to be the most embarrassing moment
of his life, but he knew his wife was right.
He took his empty pot to the board room. When
Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of
plants grown by the other executives. They were
beautiful — in all shapes and sizes.
Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of
his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!
When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and
greeted his young executives.
Jim just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great

plants, trees, and flowers you have grown,” said
the CEO. “Today one of you will be appointed the
next CEO!”
All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back
of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the
Financial Director to bring him to the front.
Jim was terrified. He thought, “The CEO knows
I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!”
When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him
what had happened to his seed – Jim told him
the story.
The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim.
He looked at Jim, and then announced to the
young executives, “Behold your next Chief
Executive Officer! His name is Jim!”
Jim couldn’t believe it. Jim couldn’t even grow
his seed.
“How could he be the new CEO?” the others said.
Then the CEO said, “One year ago today, I gave
everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take
the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to
me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they
were dead – it was not possible for them to
grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me
trees and plants and flowers. When you found
that the seed would not grow, you substituted
another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the
only one with the courage and honesty to bring
me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the
one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!”
* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.
* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.
* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.
* If you plant perseverance, you will reap
contentment.
* If you plant consideration, you will reap
perspective.
* If you plant hard work, you will reap

Tales by moonlight...i heard dis tale wen I was younger

Moral of the story..... Be honest, truthful and work with instincts.

Nice one

NICE!

Sunexy:
Tales by moonlight...i heard dis tale wen I was younger

success don't come from mere hearing...hearing and action bring success.. the bottom line is to learn from every moral story you read or come across ....you don't know how yours will be tested

Sunexy:
Tales by moonlight...i heard dis tale wen I was younger

Ok. Hear it again

Vision2045:


success don't come from mere hearing...hearing and action bring success.. the bottom line is to learn from every moral story you read or come across ....you don't know how yours will be tested

Every1 knows dat honesty pays..am jst saying dis story was coined from one tale we were told a decade ago

Sunexy:
Tales by moonlight...i heard dis tale wen I was younger

The foolish will always detest knowledge

michaelwilli:
The foolish will always detest knowledge

Tho the wise yearns for more, he remembers any knowledge he has heard b4