The director
discovered from the CV that the Young Man's academic achievements were
excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate
research, never had a year when he did not score good grades.
The director asked,
"Did you obtain any scholarships in school?" the Young Man answered
"None."
The director asked,
" Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The Young Man
answered, "My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother
who paid for my school fees."
The director asked,
"Where did your mother work?"
The Young Man
answered, "My mother worked as clothes cleaner."
The director
requested the Young Man to show his hands. The Young Man showed a pair of hands
that were smooth and perfect.
The director asked,
" Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"
The Young Man
answered, "Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books.
Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me."
The director said,
"I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's
hands, and then see me tomorrow morning."
The Young Man felt
that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily
requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy
but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid. The Young Man cleaned
his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that.
It was the first
time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so
many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother
shivered when they were cleaned with water.
This was the first
time the Young Man realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the
clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the
mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation,
academic excellence and his future. After finishing the cleaning of his mother
hands, the Young Man quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.
That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.
Next morning, the
Young Man went to the director's office.
The Director
noticed the tears in the Young Man's eyes, asked: "Can you tell me what
have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"
The Young Man
answered, "I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the
remaining clothes."
The Director asked,
"Please tell me your feelings."
The Young Man said,
Number 1, I know now what
is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not be the successful me today.
Number 2, by working
together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it
is to get something done.
Number 3, I have come to
appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.
The director said,
"This is what I am looking for to be my manager."
I want to recruit a
person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings
of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only
goal in life. You are hired.
Later on, this
young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates.
Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance
improved tremendously.
A child, who has
been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop
"entitlement mentality" and would always put himself first. He would
be ignorant of his parent's efforts. When he starts work, he assumes that every
person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know
the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. For this kind of
people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but
eventually would not feel sense of achievement. He will grumble and be full of
hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we
really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?
You can let your
kid live in a big house, eat a good meal, learn piano, watch a big screen TV.
But when you are cutting grass, please let them experience it. After a meal,
let them wash their plates and bowls together with their brothers and sisters.
It is not because you do not have money to hire a maid, but it is because you
want to love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how
rich their parents are, one day their hair will grow gray, same as the mother
of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to
appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to
work with others to get things done.
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