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A cow that doesn’t give milk in the morning is beef in the evening!!

I recently heard this quote from my dear friend Shelton Rego and it instantly appealed to me so I thought – Why not write an entry on this? Though some of us might scorn at him for making such a callous statement, if you were to think of it, aren’t we all in the position of either the cow who gives milk or the milkman and on the other hand, either the butcher or the cow that gets slaughtered. Let’s try and expound on this thought with a few analogies from the corporate world. A typical result and target driven boss is the perfect example of a milkman. They give you the cattle feed read bonuses , R&R and salary hikes and you give the milk read target achievement . I am sure that most of us would agree with this analogy and have probably witnessed this in some form in the various organisations they have been part of. So there is nothing wrong in this approach! Or is there? If I were to look at it from a layman’s perspective, money is probably one of the biggest motivators, ho...