Moral of the story: Eat or be eaten........the result is still the same............you will not come out smelling of roses................... SSDD John Burke (408) 515 4992 -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Whittaker, Dewey (EHCOE) Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 1:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] FW: Management lessons Since Werner was willing to share technical insight to a few new members of this forum, I thought I would offer a Management course a friend sent me. Dewey > > > > > Lesson One: > > An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small > rabbit > saw the eagle and asked him; "Can I also sit on my ass like you and do > nothing?" The eagle answered; "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat > on > > the ground below the eagle, and rested. Suddenly, a fox appeared, > jumped > on the rabbit and ate it. > > Management Lesson: > To sit on your ass and do nothing, you must be sitting very high up. > > > Lesson Two: > > A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get > to > the top of that tree" > sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't > you > nibble on some of my manure droppings?" replied the bull. "They're > packed > with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of manure, found it > actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the > tree. > The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second > branch. > > Finally after a fourth night, he was proudly perched at the top of the > tree. Soon he was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot the turkey > out > of the tree. > > Management Lesson: > Bull Shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there. > > > Lesson Three: > > A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird > froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While lying there, a > cow > came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in > the > pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. > The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there warm and happy, > and > soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and > came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird > under the pile of cow dung, promptly dug him out and ate him. > > Management Lessons Summary: > > 1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy. > 2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend. > 3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut! > > This ends your two-minute management course. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------