The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier
to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that
the boy now pull out one nail for each day
that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails
were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look
at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.
You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It doesn't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there.
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
Contribution By: Syed Hassan Ali, MBA Finance
"....do it when the engine is running"
A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who
was standing off to the side, waiting for the service manager to come to take a look at his car.The mechanic shouted across
the garage, "Hello Doctor!! Please come over here for a minute."The famous surgeon, a bit surprised, walked over to the
mechanic.
The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked argumentatively, "So doctor, look at this. I also open
hearts, take valves out, grind 'em, put in new parts, and when I finish this will work as a new one. So how come you get the
big money, when you and me is doing basically the same work?
"The doctor leaned over and whispered to the mechanic....
.......He said: "Try to do it when the engine is running".
