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Two important management lessons i learnt
from a 500 Naira note.

1. It happened some time ago I was in an
audience listening to a motivational speaker.
The speaker got out his wallet & pulled out a
500 Naira note. Holding it up, he asked, "Who
wants this 500 naira note?" Lots of hands
went up. Including mine. A slow
chorus began to build as people began to
shout "Me!" "Me!" I began to wonder who the
lucky one would be who the speaker would
choose. And I also secretly wondered (and I
am sure others did too ) why he
would simply give away 500 naira. Even as
the shouts of "I want it" grew louder, I noticed
a young woman running down the aisle. She
ran up
onto the stage, went up to the speaker, and
grabbed the five 500 naira note from his
hand.
"Well done, young lady," said the speaker into
the microphone. The speaker simply say "Most
of us just sit and wait for good things to
happen. That's of no use.
You've got to make things happen. Make a
move" 'Simply thinking about doing something
is of no use and not gud enough'. Our lives
are like that. We all see opportunities around
us. We all want the good things. But the
problem is we don't take action. We all want
the 500 naira notes on offer. But we
don't make the move. We look at it longingly.
Get up, and do something about it. Don't
worry about
what other people might think. Take action.
2. later, the speaker got another 500 naira
note
and held it up for all to see, I thought I knew
what's up. But he just
asked a simple question. "How much is this
worth?" "Five Hundred naira!" the crowd yelled
in
unison. "Right," said the speaker. He then
took the note and
crumpled it into a ball and asked "How much
is it worth now?"
"Five Hundred naira!" screamed the audience.
He then threw the note on the ground,
stamped all
over it and picked up the note and asked one
more time: "And how much is it worth now?"
"Five Hundred naira!" was the response. "I
want you to
remember this," said the speaker. "Just
because someone crumples it, or stamps on it,
the value
of the note does not diminish. We should all
be like the 500 naira note..
In our lives, there will be times when we feel
crushed, stamped over, beaten. But never let
yourself-worth diminish. Just because
someone chooses to crush you -- that doesn't
change your worth one bit! Don't allow your
self-worth to diminish because
someone says something nasty -- or does
something dirty to you.

One word for this.