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Oct 17 - The Lion and the Mouse
The Lion and the Mouse
October 17, 2007
"A mouse ran across the head of a sleeping lion and woke him. With a quick swipe of his paw, the lion scooped up the mouse and roared his displeasure.
'Please don't eat me. I meant no harm,' the mouse squeaked. 'If you let me go, I'll repay your kindness someday.'
The idea of so insignificant a creature ever being able to help the king of the beasts so amused the lion that he good-naturedly let the mouse go.
Soon afterward, the lion went prowling for dinner and got caught in a hunter's net. Unable to move, the lion let out a roar of frustration. The mouse heard and recognized the lion's voice, and he scampered to aid the captured beast.
'Your Majesty,' the mouse politely said, 'let me now be of service to you.'
The mouse gnawed at the netting with his tiny teeth until he made a hole big enough for the lion to escape.
Aesop's Moral: No good deed, however small, is ever wasted.
Business Moral: Never underestimate the impact of one small deed on your organization (Noonan, 2005, p. 58, 61)."
Reference: Noonan, D., (2005). Aesop & the ceo: powerful business insights from aesop's ancient fables. Nashville: Nelson Books.
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Created: 2008-02-28, Updated: 2009-01-06
