WORTH READING 1 Sep 2005

Three Men and A Temple

Truly powerful ambition, in an individual, carries others along with
him.
Ambition comes from a unique perspective on life. In some, it is limited
in
horizon. While some others can have a large-hearted, all-inclusive
ambition.
What is your type?

About a 1000 years ago, a sage was drawn to a construction site. He
watched
from the edge of a clearing in the forest as the workmen bent over their

individual tasks.

Finally his curiosity drove him to one workman at the edge of the site,
whom
he asked "What are you doing, my good man?" The workman looked up
briefly
and went back to his work "I'm working" he said curtly.

Not satisfied with the answer, the sage approached a second workman to
ask
him the same question. "You can see I'm breaking stones" he replied.

The sage was made of stern stuff and he wasn't leaving without an
answer, so
he walked over to a third workman with the question. "I'm building a
temple"
replied this workman smilingly.

The incident opened the sage's eyes, because all three of them were
breaking
boulders into smaller stones, but in their minds they were not doing the

same jobs.

The third workman was working for a cause much larger than himself and
it
showed in his approach to work.

You can just do a day's work, or build a career, a team, an
organization, or
a nation
An individual's overpowering ambition can be the glue that holds
together
and powers forward a team, an army or a country.

This has been proven time and again by various leaders from history.
Alexander The Great, and Gandhi are just two names from the past.

If we look at corporates today, examples abound of ambitious leaders who

built great institutions. Narayana Murthy of Infosys enjoys creating
millionaires in his organization. When he could have focused on making
himself a billionaire and then a trillionaire.

Those who share your ambitions should share its results
In the movies, treasure hunters and bank robbers fall out at the end,
and
one of them tries to make off with all the loot. The corporate
equivalent of
this goes on all around us.

The rewards of a whole team's work gets unfairly distributed. A leader
who's
in the business for the long haul, makes his people shareholders in the
fruits of their efforts.

Today, that seems to be the only way to build a lasting institution.
Grow
people at a rate that keeps them from striking out on their own.

Expand your ambition and your horizon
Grow the small pictures that others see, so your big picture gets
progressively even bigger. You can choose your perspective and your role
in
life. Be the one who builds the temple.

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