The Blade
Balajee Gopalan
Experienced Business Analyst & Project Manager with Expertise in RFP, EOI, Estimation, Proposal Preparation, Project Planning, Team Management, and SDLC
Once there was a blade which looked very beautiful and sharp. Let us call it Super Swiss or (SS) . SS was very much fancied to use. The barber who carried SS with him, used it on a regular basis It became his favourite tool . The blade was used regularly but it felt why the others were not used and only it was being used. So one day it hid herself from the notice of the barber. The barber could not find it and hence had to rely on the others for service. The other blade became the favourite of the barber. Now SS started to get envious and thought of bring itself out of its hiding. Finally it caught the glimpse of the barber. The Barber who saw it took it out but noticed it that it had caught rust and could not be used again. It had to be thrown away. That was the end of Super Swiss.
Well this kind of situation may occur in our lives also. We may feel that we are being used by our superiors too much, but we do not note that we may be his favourites and he relies on us to get work done, otherwise we too may end up getting rusted.