What would you do?

What would you do?

One night, it was raining cats and dogs and you were driving past a bus stop. They were three people there waiting anxiously for a bus. One of them was a dying old man. He needed to go to the hospital immediately. The other one was a doctor who had saved your life before and you were trying very hard to repay your gratitude. The last person was your dream girl. The girl that you wanted fervently to marry. However, you could only carry one person. What would you do? 

 The old man was dying you needed to save him first. You also wanted the doctor to get in your car because he saved your life. And if you didn’t let your dream girl into your car you would regret your whole life. 

 This question was posed among 200 candidates for a job interview. Only one of them was hired. This was what the successful candidate said,” I’ll give the car key to the doctor so he can carry the gravely ill old man to the hospital and I can accompany my dream girl to wait for the bus.” The moral of the story is that if you are willing to forgo what you have, perhaps you will get even more in return.

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The Boy with the Empty Flower Pot

Once upon a time, there was a king who lived in a kingdom far far away. He governed the kingdom well and the people loved him. However, the king was very sad because he did not have children of his own. One day he decided to adopt a son by selecting one child among his subjects to be groomed as his successor.

So the king gave seeds to all the children in his kingdom and asked them to grow flowers. The child with the most beautiful flowers would be his adopted son. So the children took care of their seeds by watering and fertilizing them. They all hoped to be the king’s adopted son.

There was a child by the name of Hau Hau who was also busy looking after his seed. Sadly, nothing seemed to grow, not even the bud. He was very upset because the deadline had approached to send the flowers to the king.

On the big day, all the children dressed in their best and went to see the king with their beautiful flowers. However, the king wasn’t happy at all. Suddenly he noticed Hau Hau standing among the children. He was listless with tears in his eyes. The king asked him, “Why are you carrying an empty flower pot?” Hau Hau explained that he tried very hard but nothing seemed to grow. Perhaps it was his punishment because he had stolen a bunch of grapes from someone‘s garden. Then the king laughed heartily and said loudly,” My boy, you are the child I am looking for!” “Why is it so?’ They all asked the king. The king replied,” I have cooked the seeds so you can’t grow anything out of them.” All the children with flowers in their pots looked down. They had used other seeds instead.

The moral of the story is that honesty is the best policy. It is one of the virtues of a good worker as mentioned in my article Characteristics of a Good Worker.