A small and brisk creature, but a wonderful and great message. Even if one of the four lessons is implemented in practice, great achievement will be the result. V.K.Ramanathan, Thane West.
Re: BUT ANTS DONT HAVE RELIGION
by srinivasan mv on Nov 26, 2010 04:56 PM
Yeah - There is no reservation for them. They also do not indulge in cheap religions conversions etc.
Re: Re: BUT ANTS DONT HAVE RELIGION
by Ajit Kamble on Nov 26, 2010 06:13 PM
And the queen ant doesn't kill ants from its own group, like our criminal CM of Guj did.
Being an MD, he is a thorough corporate. Corporate motivation needs people to be selfish. So he missed the biggest: Co-operation.
The problem with motivational philosophies coming from managers is that these are centered around making you pursue individual success, rather than community success.
I versus We.
Devdutt Pattanaik has given a brilliant speech about 1 big difference in Western and Eastern lifestyle - they are individualists, we are socialists.
They think I, my life, my career, my pleasure, my happiness, my benefit.
Before Indians were force-fed Western philosophy (mid 1800s), we used to think We, our society, our happiness, our pleasure, our security, our benefits.
We are a high-context culture - some things are known to all of us, which need not be stated and are not, when we talk with each other.
Theirs is a linear, low-context culture, where everything is step-by-step, sequential, where assumptions are stated clearly.
Americans say 'I believe this so I do this' We say 'This is how it's done, right?'
So while giving the example of the ant, scientists/philosophers first note the social behaviour of ants.
And what do managers do? They tell everything except the most important ant USP - cooperation.
Google succeeds on internal cooperation, NOT competition. USA, Germany, UK, Japan were built or rebuilt on cooperation.
Today, USA stands destroyed by lack of regulation and cooperation. (free market)
Re: Re: missed the biggest point
by Ajit Kamble on Nov 26, 2010 06:17 PM
Do not strain your worthless brain too much. To put what he has said, in simple words - Secret to success of ants is cooperation.