Ada Hikmahnya

Tok Penghulu dengan anaknya membela seekor kuda. Mereka amat menyayangi kuda itu. Satu hari, kuda itu terlepas dan terus lari ke dalam hutan berhampiran. Orang kampung yang tahu akan hal tersebut berkata kepada Tok Penghulu, "Kami simpati atas kehilangan kuda kesayangan Tok. Tentu Tok sedih.."

Sebaliknya,Tok Penghulu tersenyum lalu berkata, "Tak apalah. Mesti ada hikmahnya."

"Apa hikmahnya Tok?"

"Tok pun tak tahu. Tapi pasti ada hikmahnya."

Beberapa minggu kemudian, kuda kesayangan Tok Penghulu pulang semula dengan membawa beberapa ekor kuda liar. Orang kampung sangat kagum kerana sekarang bilangan kuda kepunyaan Tok Penghulu bertambah secara tiba-tiba. Sudah rezekinya.

"Tok bertuahlah. Untung." Begitulah kata mereka.

Tok Penghulu sebaliknya berkata, "Belum tentu lagi. Tapi Tok yakin tentu ada hikmahnya."

Anak lelaki Tok penghulu begitu gembira dengan kuda-kudanya. Setiap hari dia menunggang kuda kesayangannya sambil mengembala kuda-kuda liar yang lain. Entah bagaimana pada satu hari, anak Tok Penghulu itu jatuh daripada kudanya lalu tangan kanannya patah.

Orang kampung tahu dia adalah anak kesayangan Tok Penghulu. Mereka datang menziarahi anak Tok Penghulu yang terlantar.

"Malang benar nasib tok. Baru dapat nikmat sekarang ditimpa bala pula," kata mereka.

Tok Penghulu tersenyum dan berkata, "Ini ujian Allah. Tentu ada hikmahnya."

Tidak lama kemudian, kampung mereka didatangi oleh pegawai-pegawai atasan tentera negara itu. Orang kampung semuanya bimbang kerana raja mereka memang terkenal zalim dan tidak berperikemanusiaan.

"Raja memerintahkan semua anak muda lelaki dikumpulkan! Negara memerlukan tentera tambahan untuk dihantar ke medan perang!" Arah ketua tentera.

Semua ibubapa kampung itu risau dan sedih terpaksa berpisah dengan anak-anak lelaki mereka. Para remaja lelaki dibariskan dihadapan ketua tentera, termasuk anak lelaki Tok Penghulu yang patah tangan itu.

"Kamu dikecualikan! Tidak ada gunanya membawa orang yang patah tangan!" Kata ketua tentera sambil menunding jarinya kepada anak lelaki Tok Penghulu.

Pada ketika itu, terngiang-ngiang kata-kata dari mulut penghulu mereka, "Mesti ada hikmahnya."

Pengajaran:

Setiap apa yang berlaku ada buruk dan ada baiknya. Orang yang beriman sentiasa melihat daripada sudut yang baik daripadanya. Mereka menerima yang buruk dengan sabar, namun didalam hati sentiasa mengharap kebaikan disebaliknya daripada Allah.

Attitude

If your company, a comb manufacturer, assigns you to sell combs to the monks in the temples? Can you do it?

What is your answer ?

a) No Way , Impossible !
b) Crazy !
c) I will give it a try in order to follow my boss' instruction.
d) Well, I will try.
e) Ya, I think I can sell ??? (5pcs ? 10pcs ? 50pcs ? or more...you name it)

Pick an answer above and read below to find out if you are or are not going to be a successful person or not at all.

The Story: SELLING COMB TO THE MONK

There is one company "manufacturing combs" which intends to expand its business and therefore, the management needs to employ a new Sales Manager.

The company ADVERTISED the vacancy in the newspaper. Many people turned up for the interview daily....adding up to almost a hundred interviewees in just few days.

The Company now faces the problem in choosing the right candidate for this position. So the Company's HR manager sets out a task to those who wanted to come for the final interview.

The task: Selling Combs To Monks In Temples

Only 3 applicants are willing to stay on for this Final Interview challenge:- A, B and C

The HR manager instructed: "Now I want three of you to sell these wooden combs to the monks in the temples. You only have 10 days to do it and report to me."

After 10 days, they reported.

The HR manager asked A: "How many have you sold ?"


A answered: "Only One."

HR manager asked: "How did you manage to sell one ?

A answered: "The monks in the temple scolded me when I showed them the comb but on my way downhill, I met a young monk who bought it to scratch his head due to dandruff."

The HR manager then asked B: "How many did you sell ?

B replied: "10 pieces. I went to a shrine and noticed that many devotees' hair were in a mess due to strong winds outside the shrine. The monk listened to my advice and bought 10 combs for their devotees as a mark of respect to Buddha."

Then, the HR manager asked C: "What about you ?"

C replied: "1,000 units."

The HR manager and the other 2 interviewees were astounded.

HR manager asked: "How did you do that ?"

C replied: "I went to a famous temple. After observing for a few days, I discovered that there were many tourists. I then told the Chief Abbot there. "Sifu, those who come here are very devoted. If you could give them a gift, it will be more elating to them. I told him that I have a bulk of combs here and asked him to put his signature on the combs as a present to these visitors. He was very delighted and immediately ordered 1,000 pieces."

MORAL OF THE STORY:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY did a research:-

1) 85% of success is due to attitude and 15% is capability
2) Attitude is more important than intelligence, specials skills or luck..

In other words, professional knowledge only constitutes for 15% success factor while 85% is due to self-cultivation, public relations and adaptability.

Still remember the story of Selling Shoes to Africans ?

When 2 Salesmen were sent to Africa , one of them reported: "Cannot do it. No one wears shoes over there !"

The second salesman said: "It is good to market. A lot of opportunities. "

Success and Failure is dependent on how we face problems.

Remember, when the economic is good, there are people going bankrupt.

When business is bad, there are many new millionaires as well. So apply the 85% of the right working attitude fully.

Something 2 Share:

I believe this basic principle of 85% right working attitude is also applicable to Plantation Management.

Many problems encountered by planters can be overcome because they are not as difficult as "selling comb to the monks". Logically, it's impossible for the monk to buy a comb to comb hair. Monks in temples are simply not your customers!

With this story, we learn to "think out of the box" and even with 15% capability, we are confident to solve problems as long as we have the RIGHT WORKING ATTITUDE, COMMITMENT, DISCIPLINED, DEDICATED and DETERMINED.
Every time when we watch MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, the ending is always POSSIBLE.

DO NOT FIND EXCUSES NOT TO DO THE POSSIBLE BUT INSTEAD, FIND WAYS AND MEANS TO DO THE POSSIBLE.

That's the right working attitude! :-)