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====== The Grain of Sand ====== | ====== The Grain of Sand ====== | ||
+ | By Richard Randall | ||
- | There was once a manager who had 5 equally qualified candidates apply for a single job. Each applicant, in sequence, was invited into the managers office for an interview. After a brief introduction, | + | There was once a manager who had 5 equally qualified candidates apply for a single job. Each applicant, in sequence, was invited into the managers' |
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The second applicant pointed toward a single grain of sand, and just as the first, said “//That one.//” Again, in one movement, the manager blew the sand off his desk where they were all lost in the lightly colored office carpet. | The second applicant pointed toward a single grain of sand, and just as the first, said “//That one.//” Again, in one movement, the manager blew the sand off his desk where they were all lost in the lightly colored office carpet. | ||
- | And again, the manager asked, “Which one?”. The confused applicant looked at the manager and replied, “//I don’t know. You blew them all onto the carpet.// | + | And again, the manager asked, “//Which one?//”. The confused applicant looked at the manager and replied, “//I don’t know. You blew them all onto the carpet.// |
To which the manager replied, “// | To which the manager replied, “// | ||
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The third applicant took one hand and swept all of the sand from the desktop into the palm of his other hand. Unfazed, the manager asked, “//Which one did you choose?// | The third applicant took one hand and swept all of the sand from the desktop into the palm of his other hand. Unfazed, the manager asked, “//Which one did you choose?// | ||
- | The manager replied, “// | + | The manager replied, “// |
Applicant #4 \\ | Applicant #4 \\ | ||
The fourth applicant took one finger and pressed it against a grain of sand. Raising his finger, he proudly showed the | The fourth applicant took one finger and pressed it against a grain of sand. Raising his finger, he proudly showed the | ||
- | manager the single | + | manager the grain of sand, and declared, “This one”. |
The manager replied, “// | The manager replied, “// | ||
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Applicant #5 \\ | Applicant #5 \\ | ||
- | The fifth applicant, just as the fourth | + | The fifth applicant, just as the fourth, took one finger and pressed it against a grain of sand. Raising his |
finger, showing the manager the single grain of sand, he declared, “//This one//”. | finger, showing the manager the single grain of sand, he declared, “//This one//”. | ||
The manager replied, “// | The manager replied, “// | ||
- | The applicant contemplated the question for a moment, and then confidently replied “//I want to be successful. And when someone successful tells me that something as innocuous looking as a grain of sand represents an opportunity, | + | The applicant contemplated the question for a moment, and then confidently replied “//I want to be successful. And when someone successful tells me that something as innocuous-looking as a grain of sand represents an opportunity, |
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