This week’s read is a short story highlighting “Participative and Collective Process” as the key to success. There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honour and prizes. One year, a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something very interesting about how he grew such superior quality corn year after year. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his corn seeds with all his neighbours. "How can you afford to share your best corn seeds with your neighbours when they are also entering their corn in the competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked. "Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbours grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn over the year. Therefore, if I am to grow good quality corn, I must first help my neighbours and ensure that they too grow good quality corn." The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbour's corn also improves. So it is in the other dimensions as well . . . Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbours and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well too . . . . The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. Success does not happen in isolation. It is very often a participative and collective process. So, share the good practices, ideas, new learning with your family, team members, friends and neighbours. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BETTER PERSONALITY GROUP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/better_personality?hl=en.
