Initiative

Two sons help their father in his fruits, vegetable business. The younger brother had for some years been given more responsibility , and one day the older brother asks his father to explain why.

The father says, "First, go to the Bhai, the fruit distributor and see if they have any mangoes for sale - we have run out of mangoes."

The elder brother soon returns with the answer, "Yes they have five boxes of mangoes they can sell to us."

That father then says, "Good, please ask them the price."

The son returns with the answer, "The boxes are Rs 250 each."

The father says, "Good, now ask if they can deliver the mangoes by evening."

And duly the son returns with the answer, "Yes, they can deliver the mango boxes by evening."

The father asks the older brother to wait and listen, and then calls to the younger brother , "Go to Velayudhan, the fruit wholesaler, and see if he has any mango boxes - we need to add to our stock."

The younger brother soon returns with the answer, "Yes, they have five boxes for Rs 250 each of Alphonso mango, or ten boxes for Rs 200 each of local variety; and they can deliver them now - I asked them to deliver the five boxes of Alphonso mangoes unless they heard otherwise from us in the next hour. And I agreed that if we want the local also, we could buy them at Rs 175 each."

The father turned to the older son, who nodded his head in appreciation - he now realised why his brother was given more responsibility and reward.

99% of the people fall in the category of the elder brother and hence don't achieve great heights in their career. Those who show initiative like the younger brother change the destinies of organizations