He passed the first interview. The director who did the last interview, made the last decision.
The director discovered from the CV, that the youth's academic result was excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never had a year he did not score.
The director asked, "Did you obtain any scholarship in school?" and the youth answered, "None".
The director asked, " Was it your father who paid for your school fees?" the youth answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old. It was my mother who paid for my school fees."
The director asked, " Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner."
The director requested the youth to show his hands. The youth showed a pair of hands that are smooth and perfect to the director.
The director asked, "Did you ever help your mother washed the clothes before?"
The director asked, "Did you ever help your mother washed the clothes before?"
The youth answered, "Never. My mother always wanted me to study and read more books. Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."
The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and help to clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job is high. When he went back, he happily wanted to clean his mother's hands. His mother felt strange, happy but mixed with fear, she showed her hands to the kid.
The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly, his tear dropped down as he did that. It is the first time he found his mother's hand is so wrinkled, and there are so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises incited pains so strong that shivered her mother's body when cleaned with water.
This is the first time the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to earn him the school fees. The bruises in the mother's hands was the price that the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future.
After finishing the cleaning of his mother's hands, the youth quietly cleaned all remaining clothes for his mother.
That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: "Can you tell you what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hands, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes."
The director asked, "Please tell me your feelings."
The youth said, "Number 1, I knew what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, I knew how to work together with my mother, then only I realized how difficult and tough to get something done. Number 3, I knew the importance and value of family relationship."
The director said, "This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of another, a person that knew the suffering of others to get things done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life, to be my manager. You are hired."
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employees worked diligently and in a team. The company's results improved tremendously.
A child who has been protected and habitually given whatever he needed, will develop "entitlement mentality" and always put himself first. He is ignorant of his parent's effort. When he started work, he assumed every person must listen to him, and when he became a manager, he would never know the suffering of his employees and always blame others. For this kind of people, he can have good result, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and is full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, do we love the kid or destroy the kid?
You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let him experience it. After a meal, let him wash his plate and bowl together with his brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is that your kid learn how to appreciate the effort, experience the difficulty and learn the ability to work with others, to get things done.
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The director said, "I have a request. When you go back today, go and help to clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."
The youth felt that his chance of landing the job is high. When he went back, he happily wanted to clean his mother's hands. His mother felt strange, happy but mixed with fear, she showed her hands to the kid.
The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly, his tear dropped down as he did that. It is the first time he found his mother's hand is so wrinkled, and there are so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises incited pains so strong that shivered her mother's body when cleaned with water.
This is the first time the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to earn him the school fees. The bruises in the mother's hands was the price that the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future.
After finishing the cleaning of his mother's hands, the youth quietly cleaned all remaining clothes for his mother.
That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.
The director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked: "Can you tell you what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The youth answered, "I cleaned my mother's hands, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes."
The director asked, "Please tell me your feelings."
The youth said, "Number 1, I knew what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, I knew how to work together with my mother, then only I realized how difficult and tough to get something done. Number 3, I knew the importance and value of family relationship."
The director said, "This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of another, a person that knew the suffering of others to get things done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life, to be my manager. You are hired."
Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employees worked diligently and in a team. The company's results improved tremendously.
A child who has been protected and habitually given whatever he needed, will develop "entitlement mentality" and always put himself first. He is ignorant of his parent's effort. When he started work, he assumed every person must listen to him, and when he became a manager, he would never know the suffering of his employees and always blame others. For this kind of people, he can have good result, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and is full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, do we love the kid or destroy the kid?
You can let your kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV. But when you are cutting grass, please let him experience it. After a meal, let him wash his plate and bowl together with his brothers and sisters. It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother of that young person. The most important thing is that your kid learn how to appreciate the effort, experience the difficulty and learn the ability to work with others, to get things done.
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