A man diligent in business will stand before Kings and not mere men.
Read the story carefully.
Ahmad and Auta joined a company together a few days months after their graduation from university.
After a few months of work, their Manager promoted Ahmad to a position of Senior Sales Manager, but Auta remained in his entry level Junior Sales Officer position. Auta developed a sense of jealousy and disgruntlement, but continued working anyway.
One day Auta felt that he could not work with Ahmad anymore. He wrote his resignation letter, but before he submitted it to the Manager, he complained that Management did not value hard working staff, but only promoted only the favoured!
The Manager knew that Ahmad worked very hard for the months he had spent at the company; even harder than Auta and therefore he deserved the promotion. So in order to help Auta to realize this, the Manager gave Auta a task.
“Go and find out if anyone is selling water melons in town?”
Auta returned and said, "yes there is someone!"
The Manager asked, "how much per kg?" Auta drove back to town to ask and then returned to inform the Manager; "they are N13.50 per kg!"
The Manager told Auta, "I will give Ahmad the same task that I gave you. Please pay close attention to his response!"
So the Manager said to Ahmad, in the presence of Auta; “Go and find out if anyone is selling water melons on the street?
Ahmad went to find out and on his return he said:
"Manager, there is only one person selling water melons in the whole town. The cost is N49.00 each water melon and N32,50 for a half melon. He sells them at N13.50 per kg when sliced. He has in his stock 93 melons, each one weighing about 7kg. He has a farm and can supply us with melons for the next 4 months at a rate of 102 melons per day at N27.00 per melon; this includes delivery.
The melons appear fresh and red with good quality, and they taste better than the ones we sold last year.
He has his own slicing machine and is willing to slice for us free of charge.
We need to strike a deal with him before 10am tomorrow and we will be sure of beating last year's profits in melons by N223, 000.00. This will contribute positively to our overall performance as it will add a minimum of 3.78% to our current overall sales target.
I have put this information down in writing and is available on spreadsheet. Please let me know if you need it as I can send it to you in fifteen minutes."
Auta was very impressed and realized the difference between himself and Ahmad. He decided not to resign but to learn from Ahmad .
As we begin this fresh year, let this story help us keep in mind the importance of going an extra mile in all our endeavors.
You won't be rewarded for doing what you're meant to do, you only get a salary for that! You're only rewarded for going an extra mile; performing beyond expectations.
To be successful in life you must be observant, proactive and willing to do more, think more, have a more holistic perspective and go beyond the call of duty.
May we be blessed with a better perspective to your work and/or business in 2018.
UPVOTE AND RESTREEM ..THANK YOU