Lion, Fox, Wolf And Rabbits!

टीम लीडरों का अपनेआप को मुख्य कर्ता-धर्ता जताने की परंपरा कोई नई नहीं है। कम से कम हमारे देश में तो जरूर...। पिछले 10 सालों के दौरान करीब आठ संस्थानों में नौकरी करने के दौरान एक-दो अपवादों को छोड़कर इसकी पुष्टि होती रही है। दिनभर अपने मातहतों के सामने टीम वर्क की दुहाई देते रहने के बाद जब अपने बॉस के सामने श्रेय लेने की बात आती है तो ज्यादातर प्रमुख अपनी काबिलियत को जताने का मौका नहीं चूकते। अपनी श्रेष्ठता सिद्ध करने के समय जाने कहां उनकी टीमवर्क की भावना उड़न-छू हो जाती है।
ऐसी रिवाजों को लेकर प्रबंधन के छात्रों में कुछ कहानियां प्रचलित हैं। ऐसी ही एक कहानी नजफगढ़, नई दिल्ली से अजय सिंह ने भेजी है। मजा लीजिए...

---धर्मेंद्र कुमार

It's a fine sunny day in the forest and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.

Fox: "Do you know the time, because my watch is broken."

Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you."

Fox: "Hmm... But it's a very complicated mechanism, and your big claws will only destroy it even more."

Lion: "Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed."

Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches."

Lion: "Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed."

The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back with the watch which is running perfectly. The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased himself.

Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun.

Wolf: "Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken."

Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you."

Wolf: "You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV."

Lion: "No problem. Do you want to try it?"

The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.

Scene:

Inside the lion's cave, in one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased himself.