Long time ago, in the faraway
land of the Golden Silicon Valley, there were two large
Kingdoms ruled by two mighty kings named Vikram and Amartya. Both of them
ruled with righteousness and equity. They gave judgments without partiality, hatred, ignorance, or fear. The
people of both the kingdoms led a happy, safe and content life.
One day King Vikram
went to the big jungle to hunt tigers. Coincidentally, King Amartya also asked
his charioteer to take him to the same forest to look for a particular kind of
flower which his queen wanted for decorating her hair. Suddenly, the two kings
came face to face in a low cart-track with precipitous sides where there as no
space for a chariot to get out of the way !
The charioteer of
Vikram ,the king said to the charioteer of King Amartya
"Take
thy chariot out of the way!"
But
he said, "Take thy chariot out of the way, O
charioteer! In this chariot sitteth the great king Amartya " !
Both
the charioteers were in a fix. Then they decided to check who was greater of
the two in terms of age, wealth, creed, kingdom etc.
It was found that both were lords
of a kingdom three hundred leagues in extent; and that in respect of army and
wealth and the countries in which they lived, their caste and their tribe
and their family, they were absolutely equal and at par !
Then the charioteer thought, "I
will make way for the most righteous". And he asked, "Tell me about
your King's virtues "
Then the charioteer of the King
Vikram,said :
"The strong he overthrows by strength,
The mild by mildness, does Vikram;
The good he conquers by goodness,
And the wicked by wickedness too.
Such is the nature of this king!
Move out of the way, O charioteer "
The mild by mildness, does Vikram;
The good he conquers by goodness,
And the wicked by wickedness too.
Such is the nature of this king!
Move out of the way, O charioteer "
Then the charioteer of the King
Vikram said :“Now tell me , what are the virtues your king has?"
The charioteer of the King Amartya said
The charioteer of the King Amartya said
"Anger he conquers by calmness,
And by goodness the wicked;
The stingy he conquers by gifts,
And by truth the speaker of lies.
Such is the nature of this king!
'Move out of the way, O charioteer!"
And by goodness the wicked;
The stingy he conquers by gifts,
And by truth the speaker of lies.
Such is the nature of this king!
'Move out of the way, O charioteer!"
Managers, How do you conquer your team ? Like Vikram or like Amartya ?
The first scenario looks more suitable to a leader. Second would be ideal but will make difficult to survive. Would you like to give some real life examples of managers you encountered in both above categories, during your long journey
ReplyDeleteThe best example - not from my life but from the life of India is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi... He followed the second scenario ... that of love and non violence... You might call him ideal, but it worked for our country's freedom .. The greatest leader whom I admire the most ...
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