30th March 2012
Be smart with your talent!
`A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.'
William Blake
You should be wise to know the commercial value of your ideas and talents. I recall a story from Taoism.
There was a family involved in bleaching. When they bleached, their hands became sore. One member of the family invented a cream and when bleachers applied the cream on their hands, the soreness disappeared and they were always used the cream. The recipe for this cream was a family secret.
One day a passerby saw the family applying the cream on their hands and enquired and got to know the effect of applying cream on the hands. He paid hundred gold coins and purchased the recipe for the cream. The head of the family was very happy since he got money for the first time for his cream.
The man went to the King and offered this cream to help soldiers whose hands became sore when they fight the enemies on the northern battlefields and found it difficult to wield the swords. The King sent the man along with his soldiers to the battlefield and the soldiers used his cream and did not get soreness in their hands and won the battle. The King rewarded the man thousands of gold coins for helping the soldiers to win the battle.
Moral of the story: you should know where and how to showcase your talent!
N C Sridharan
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