Are you man enough for the job?
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An incident is told of the first American war, about an officer who set his men to fell some trees which were needed to make a bridge. There were not nearly enough men, and work was getting on very slowly. Up rode a commanding-looking man spoke to the officer in charge, who was urging on his men but doing nothing himself. ‘You haven’t enough men for the job, have you?’
‘No, sir, we need some help.’
‘Why don’t you lend a hand yourself?’ asked the man on horseback.
‘Me, sir? Why, I am a Captain,’ replied the officer looking rather affronted at the suggestion.
‘Ah, true,’ quietly replied the other, and getting off his horse, he labored with the men until the job was done.
Then he mounted again, and before he rode off he said to the officer, ‘Captain, the next time you have a job to put through and too few men to do it, you had better send for the Commander-in –Chief, and I will come again.’
With that, George Washington rode off.
Great men do not disdain small duties. Even in office, you can also help to boil water, mop the table, etc. Don't wait for the aunt to do everything for you.
Trying making a cup of drink for your colleague and see what happen.
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only if the young and newly commissioned 2LT know the meaning of leading by example.
duty,honour, country? *@#4$% ^&* $
.Originally posted by DeadPoet:An incident is told of the first American war, about an officer who set his men to fell some trees which were needed to make a bridge. There were not nearly enough men, and work was getting on very slowly. Up rode a commanding-looking man spoke to the officer in charge, who was urging on his men but doing nothing himself. ‘You haven’t enough men for the job, have you?’
‘No, sir, we need some help.’
‘Why don’t you lend a hand yourself?’ asked the man on horseback.
‘Me, sir? Why, I am a Captain,’ replied the officer looking rather affronted at the suggestion.
‘Ah, true,’ quietly replied the other, and getting off his horse, he labored with the men until the job was done.
Then he mounted again, and before he rode off he said to the officer, ‘Captain, the next time you have a job to put through and too few men to do it, you had better send for the Commander-in –Chief, and I will come again.’
With that, George Washington rode off.
Great men do not disdain small duties. Even in office, you can also help to boil water, mop the table, etc. Don't wait for the aunt to do everything for you.
Trying making a cup of drink for your colleague and see what happen. -
come on, don't make sweeping statements...Originally posted by foga:only if those 2LT know the meaning of leading by example. duty,honour, country? to hell wif that i say. they onli remember the phrase as something that's printed at the back of their polo-Ts.
it's unfair to the exceptions...
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the exceptions are rare.
Originally posted by dead_clone:come on, don't make sweeping statements...
it's unfair to the exceptions...
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all the more we shouldn't deny their existence.Originally posted by foga:the exceptions are rare. -
may they live well and prosper then.
Originally posted by dead_clone:all the more we shouldn't deny their existence. -
