Kamath Inspires: SQUARE WATERMELONS

Kamath Inspires: SQUARE WATERMELONS

Japanese grocery stores had a problem. They are much smaller than shops in the USA and therefore don't have room to waste. Watermelons, big and round, wasted a lot of space. Most people would simply tell the grocery stores that watermelons grow round and there is nothing that can be done about it.

That is how majority of people would respond. But some Japanese farmers took a different approach. If the supermarkets wanted a square watermelon, they asked themselves, 'How can we provide one?' It wasn't long before they invented the square watermelon.

The solution to the problem of round watermelons was solved as the farmers did not assume it was impossible and simply asked how it could be done. They found out that if you put the watermelon in a square box when they are growing, the watermelon will take on the shape of the box and grow into a square fruit.

This made the grocery stores happy and had the added benefit that it was much easier and cost effective to ship the watermelons. Consumers also loved them because they took less space in their refrigerators which are much smaller than those in the USA meaning that the growers could charge a premium price for them.

What does this have to do with anything in life or at your job? There are a few lessons that you can take away from this story which help you:

Impossibilities Often Aren't:

If you begin with the notion that something is impossible, then it obviously will be for you. If, on the other hand, you decide to see if something is possible or not, you will find out through trial and error. Take away the lessons from the square watermelons and apply them to all areas in your life (work, finances, relationships, etc) and you will find that by consistently applying them, you will constantly be improving all aspects of your life.

I am sure we can bring about change if we really want to.

Kamath Inspires: INDECISIONS

There are 3 frogs on a leaf. If one of them decided

to jump off the leaf into the water, how many frogs are there left on the leaf?

Answer: THREE

Why?

Because the frog only DECIDED to jump! It didn't!

Ponder over this, my friends.

Are you not unlike the frog; who decides to do this, decides to do that, but ended up not doing any? In life, we have to make many decisions.

Some easy; some hard.

Most mistakes are not made by wrong decisions

Most mistakes ARE made due to indecisions

We have to live with the consequences of our decisions

And that is RISK.

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