the gOOse and the golden egg

This legend is about the story of a poor farmer who one day discovered in the nest of his favorite goose a glittering golden egg. At first he thought that it was some kind of trick. He threw it away! But on second thought, he took it in and appraised it. The egg was pure gold! The farmer can’t believe his good fortune, and the following day he saw yet another golden egg. Day after day he found golden eggs laid by the goose. As a result he became wealthy. But with his increasing wealth he became greedy and impatient. He wanted to have all the golden eggs immediately, and so he decided to kill the goose and get all the eggs at once. To his disappointment, when he opened up the goose, he found it empty. There were no golden eggs – and now there was no way to get any more. The farmer had destroyed the goose that produced the golden eggs.

Moral of the Story
The above story is about greed and not taking care of the goose. The goose represents the assets and the production capabilities we have. The golden eggs are the benefits, results and productions that we generate from using the assets and production capabilities. We must maintain a balance between reaping the benefits, results and productions, and taking care of the assets and the production capabilities. As an example if we as managers do not take care of our right staffs (assets), it will make the staffs not motivated to work and the moral will be down. Unhappy staffs will not give excellent service to the customers (internal & external). This will effected the business (benefits).




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