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A group of 70 scientists were working on a project as a deadline.


These 70 scientists were so absolutely under pressure because of their hectic work and the deadlines.

They were really finding it hard but they were so loyal to their boss that they just kept going.

One morning one of the scientists came to the boss and said,”There is an exhibition in town and I have promised my children to take them to the exhibition. Is it OK if I leave at 5.30?”

The boss said, “We are really working on a deadline, but since you have promised your kids you can actually leave at 5.30.”

The scientist was happy. He continued to work in his office and when he looked at his watch he had been so involved and absorbed in his work, he saw it was already 8.30 PM.

Oh! He felt so guilty that he had promised his kids that he would take them for the exhibition and he hadn’t gone home at 5.30.

He came to his boss’s cabin and saw that the boss was not there as well.

The scientist packed his bag and came home.

His wife was sitting in the living room reading magazines. He knew that the situation was extremely explosive. Anything he would ask or say would just boom rang back.

His wife looked at him and said, “Would you like to take a cup of coffee? Or would you like to go for dinner straight?”

The lady said, “At about 5.15, your boss came home and took the children for exhibition.”What had happened at 5 O’clock the boss had come and seen that the scientist was so absorbed and engrossed in his work and had completely lost track of time, the boss knew that he wasn’t going to leave office at 5.30.

The boss personally went to the scientist home and took the scientists kids for the exhibition.

Now the boss didn’t have to do this again and again.

Even that one time he did it and made that investment, the kind of commitment that came from all the scientists that worked under him was incredibly amazing.

This is why all these 70 scientists worked with such commitment at Thumba under their able, capable and super sensitive boss.

Guess who the boss was?

Late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the former president of India, the master mind behind the space research and the missiles project of India.

Yes friends, Greatness are not just about rubbing shoulders with the big guys, the true symptom of greatness is how we treat the apparently small and the least amongst mankind when we work with.

Therefore if we truly want to achieve success, we must connect to the big and the small. At all levels must treat all them with respect, dignity and sensitivity.



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