Do more; be more!

A story was told of how two individuals having similar circumstances and abilities were given equal opportunity and responsibility; one excelled while the other failed.

For the responsibility, the intention of their manager was for both individuals to excel. However each had to meet the laid-down standards and requirements to excel. It was not a contest; both could have been given same reward based on their performance and results.

In fulfilling the responsibility, the individual who excelled (AA), deployed excellence, matched every process of the responsibility to the expectation of their manager and ultimately put up a brilliant outing.  BB, the individual who failed, did the contrary.

Shortly after the result was declared, BB became intolerant of AA and eventually engaged AA in a fight. During the squabble, BB had charged violently at AA and in utter amazement, AA watched as BB threw caution into the air and became verbally and physically aggressive.

CC, their manager, later became aware of the incident and was utterly disappointed in BB. BB was fired, never to take up similar opportunity or responsibility again. AA was promoted and later became a role model and peer mentor to thousands of individuals in the same line of endeavor.

At least three lessons are learnt from this story!

• Attitude Matters – Laggards and wasters of opportunities will eventually be demoted.
• Rewards are real; men and women who have done well deserve to be recognized.
• Standards are not often lowered. We should push ourselves to excel no matter the obstacles.

To be more in life, it’s time to do more.