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Long, long, ago in a land far, far away there lived an old man. Each day he went to the stream with two earthen pots hung from either end of a pole. One was perfect, always full of water, the other was cracked and leaking, only half full when he got back to the house. One day the cracked pot said (stick with me) to the man, ‘I’m so ashamed’. ‘Why on earth would that be?’ asked the old man. ‘I’m hopeless!’, said the pot, ‘water leaks out of my cracks all the way back to your house and you never get home with two full pots of water. I’m a failure.‘ “‘You couldn’t be more wrong’ laughed the old man, ‘you’re a wonderful pot. On the way back home look carefully at the side of the path and tell me what you see.’ All the way home the cracked pot paid attention, and at the end of their walk the old man asked him what he’d seen. ‘Flowers’ answered the miserable pot. “I know they’re beautiful, but it doesn’t help me. It was nice to look at the flowers but here I am only half full again. I’m still leaking. I’m still a failure. I’m so sorry old man.’ The old man smiled. ‘ You daft old pot’ he said, ‘There’s no need to be sorry. Did you not notice where the flowers were growing?’ ‘Well yes,’ said the puzzled pot. ’On my side of the path, why?’ ‘All these years I’ve planted seed on your side of the path. And every day as we walked back from the stream, you’ve watered them, and the seeds have grown, and the flowers have bloomed for all the villagers to see. You are a wonderful pot. Because you are the way you are, the village path is full of beautiful flowers.” The cracked pot glowed with pride and happily watered the path for ever after, content that he was after all, a wonderful pot. Sweet story, but how does it relate to you and your business? There are a few key learning points:
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