“People forget how
fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it.” – Howard Newton
The law of “Cause and Effect” is a natural law. What you sow
is what you reap. What you get out is in direct proportion to what you put in.
Delayed gratification is best for business. Human greed and the desire for
instant gratification are what make some people fall victims to Advance Fee
Fraud, a k a “419” fraudsters. Follow
laid-down rules and procedures and avoid the desire for instant-wealth. There
is no free-lunch anywhere even in Freetown. The ultimate loser is the man who
cuts corners in doing business. Only one mistake is required to put him and his
business into disrepute. Doing things properly is and will always remain the
best option.
“Once there was a lark singing in the forest. A farmer came
by with a box full of worms. The lark stopped him and asked what do you have in
the box and where are you going? The farmer replied that he had worms and he
was going to the market to trade them for feathers. The lark said I have many
feathers, I will pluck one and give it to you and that will save me looking for
worms. The farmer gave the worms to the lark and the lark plucked a feather and
gave it in return. The next day, the same thing happened and the day after and
on and on until a day came that the lark had no more feathers. Now it could no
longer fly to go hunting for worms. It started looking ugly and stopped singing
and very soon it died.” Adapted from Shiv Khera, “You can Win.”
The short-cut the lark thought was the easiest way for it to
get food turned out to be the costliest. This is the moral of this story.
