My mother sent me these pictures and article through e-mail today. I thought it was so cute and heart warming!
In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth.
The mother tiger, after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.
After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only 'orphans' that could be found quickly were a litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops?
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What is the moral of the story above?
Albert Einstein once said, "We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles but no personality. It cannot lead; it can only serve." Leaders know and science has discovered emotionality's deeper purpose: the timeworn mechanisms
of emotion allow two human beings to receive the contents of each other's minds. Emotion is the message of love; it is the vehicle that carries every signal from one brimming heart to another.
I know this is different from what you have being receiving from me but that what leadership is all about “having different perspective” and it is about looking at different options available to us in achieving results. I will surely say when I received this message this morning from a friend I immediately thought what a good leadership lesson to share. It is important to encourage leaders of all levels to learn how to deal with people in everyday life and manage personal relationships effectively and successfully especially at these tough times of uncertainties and fear due to our current State budget short-falls. Leaders should continue to instill trust, innovate, and take a chance once in a while. You cannot say somebody cannot do a certain type of job when you have not even given that person the chance or opportunity to exhibit their skills and talents. Remember, Change is slow but necessary. Take care and have a wonderful day.
Thanks!
Sol ….
Solomon Uwadiale, Ph.D.
Executive Development Consultant
Office of the Deputy Secretary
Executive Leadership Development Office
Department of Social & Health Services
Tel: (360) 902-7970 Fax: (360) 902-7848
Mobile Tel: (360) 789-3664
E-Mail: uwadism@dshs.wa.gov
I have just added a few new songs to my i-pod after my mother buying me a itunes card. It took so long for me to download the songs that it took a couple of days just to download about 10 songs. But my favorite song that I downloaded was "Please Don't Leave Me" by pink. The video is so priceless and the lyrics is easy to relate to. Plus I love the outfits and make up that pink gets to wear. Gives me a couple of ideas for halloween. But I most likely will go to Hot Topic and buy a red riding hood outfit. I thought it was so cute and sexy when someone that worked at Hot Topic wore it.
