THE ELEPHANT AND THE MYNAH

THE ELEPHANT AND THE MYNAH

A Mynah and an Elephant struck a deep friendship. One day the Elephant said: “You 

know all my life I wanted to fly. I have always dreamt of the fun it would be to fly 

over the villages and to look from the sky at the houses and people below, to glide over 

rivers and jungles. Do you think I can fly?” 

“Sure you can,” said the Mynah. Reaching back with his beak, she pulled a feather 

from her tail. “Here” she said, “take this feather and hold it firmly in your mouth. 

Then flap your big ears as hard as you can and you will fly.” 

The Elephant did as he was told. He put the feather in his mouth, flapped his ears as 

hard as he could and, lo and behold! He began to fly. Holding the feather tight in his 

mouth, he flew over the villages. He looked at the people below; he glided over rivers 

and trees. He managed to do things he had never done before, he saw things he had 

never seen in his life. 

At last, when he glided back to earth, he ran to meet his friend, guarding his feather 

carefully with his trunk. “Mynah, you have changed my whole life”, he said. “I really 

can’t thank you enough for this feather”. 

“That feather?” said the Mynah. “You didn't need it at all!. That was just a discarded 

one. I just gave you something to believe in” It was your belief and the flapping of 

your ears that did it, not the feather!”

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Moral of the story:

 Believe yourself
Clear Goal to lead to a clear victory

Transfer of ownership to a doer to provide employee empowerment

Benchmarking Give a try as best as possible

 Never give up trying.
 Have trust and faith in yourself
 Faith moves mountains 

When we read this story and try to understand what happens, you actually realise Elephants are flying! which is absolutely absurd. What it tries to tell us that we all have tremendous potential locked in us and we need to utilise all of it achieve impossible things!

You need Faith , You need something to believe in !

Most of us often feel dejected because we don’t get opportunities. Rarely do we realize that opportunities are in plenty but we are not aware of them. They say 'opportunities come like thieves without much prior intimation'. Being aware of opportunities calls for a deliberate effort of human beings. Keeping our sense organs such as eyes and ears alert, would go a long way to overcome this lacuna of loss of opportunities.

This is a very good example which should be encouraged in all industries. It is the role of a manger to encourage his subordinates and provides a sense of fulfilment in him. A trust that he is no less than others and if he provides his 100% he can win any battle. Rather  he should be able to believe on his strength and their should be full freedom to try creativity in his tasks. Untill he takes some risk in his careerand methodology without fearing for failure he won’t be able to learn and attain new level of success. So a manger should provide employee empowerment and allow for all creative ideas. This will be beneficial for both employee as well as organisation.