“The weak in courage is strong in
cunning.” - William Blake
Chanchal was an overambitious woman
with average height and great physical beauty. She was 32 years old. She worked in a multinational company as a
consultant. She joined for management education to acquire degree so that she
could grow professionally.
The very first day she bombarded the
Professor Lenny with volley of questions such as whether the Professor Lenny
would discuss examination papers and undertake extra sessions. Professor
responded affirmatively with lot of patience.
The Professor Lenny conducted classes
regularly. He was jovial while
interacting with his students and encouraged students to discuss various
aspects of the subject and his sessions were highly interactive. During the course of teaching sessions
Chanchal would ask several questions out of the subject in the classroom and
the Professor Lenny replied with patience. She often asked Professor Lenny to
include spicy content so that the sessions would be interesting. Initially the
Professor Lenny did not understand and gradually he realized that she wanted
informal information with too many ingredients to include and teach so that she
could relish. Although Professor was passionate and who joined teaching
profession to make a difference in the lives of students, he did not appreciate
including spicy content. He was upset as
the way the tastes and trends of few students were changing. Professor Lenny included humor in his classes
and the classes went on smoothly. The
entire batch of students who came from industrial background liked the teaching
sessions of Professor Lenny and requested him to undertake sessions for another
subject also after completion of the present subject. The Professor Lenny
agreed.
The Professor Lenny was excited to
conduct teaching sessions for another subject as he was already aware of the
audience profile and their expectations.
Chanchal was never regular to classes and mostly she would talk about
extra-marital affairs and illicit relations of others which were enjoyed by few
students in the classroom but Professor Lenny did not appreciate. Professor Lenny
began observing her closely as it was the second subject he was handling with
these students. Chanchal would always talk about her boy friends and money
related aspects in the classroom and she would often give wrong suggestions to
the organizational challenges of other students in the classroom. Professor Lenny
maintained distance with Chanchal and advised her to stay away from such talks.
One day when Professor Lenny was in
the classroom he received a telephone call from Chanchal. She said that she was in problem and wanted
money from him immediately. Professor Lenny said he was in the classroom and
expressed his inability to extend his financial help and advised her to take
help from her office colleagues. After
sometime Chanchal sent message from her cell phone to Professor Lenny, “Thanks
for not helping me. I settled the matter
with others’ help. I don’t want any acquaintance with you.” Professor Lenny was surprised to receive such
message from a student. He taught for
many years and for thousands of students and he never saw such a woman who
asked money initially and sending such message subsequently when expressed
inability to extend help.
Professor Lenny did not have good
opinion about Chanchal right from the beginning as she was a whimsical and
overambitious woman. She did not know
the value of relations and how to maintain distance with others. Professor Lenny
concluded that a woman like Chanchal would maintain relations only when others
are useful to her and pitied about her nature and behavior.
From this story it is obvious that we
should learn to empathize with others and must know whom to seek financial
help. It is also essential to draw a clear line in relations. And also it is
clear that relations are more precious and sacred than mere money. And overambitious woman like Chanchal can go
to any extent to please her ego. It is
better to stay away from such selfish and narrow minded persons who will do
more harm than good for others.
Professor M.S.Rao
Founder, MSR Leadership Consultants,
India
Email: profmsr7@gmail.com
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