[b]Challenges - The Shark In Our Life [/b]
[color=darkred]The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.
The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish.
The frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies
installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem?
How did they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan?
If you were consulting the fish industry, what would you recommend?
How Japanese Fish Stay Fresh:
To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged.
Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired & dull, so we need a Shark in our life to keep us awake and moving?
Basically in our lives Sharks are new challenges to keep us active and taste better...
The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a challenge. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are Conqueror. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions...
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From India, Srinagar
4[color=darkred]The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population, fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever.
The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste.
To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats. They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish.
The frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies
installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin. After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive. Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.
So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem?
How did they get fresh-tasting fish to Japan?
If you were consulting the fish industry, what would you recommend?
How Japanese Fish Stay Fresh:
To keep the fish tasting fresh, the Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they add a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are challenged.
Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired & dull, so we need a Shark in our life to keep us awake and moving?
Basically in our lives Sharks are new challenges to keep us active and taste better...
The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a challenge. If your challenges are the correct size, and if you are steadily conquering those challenges, you are Conqueror. You think of your challenges and get energized. You are excited to try new solutions...
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From India, Srinagar
I think, we in India change our likings towards what we get, that is the frozen fish or what so ever. Only when we be aggressive enough on what we realy want things keeping changing our way.
regds,
suba
regds,
suba
Very very good, Kiran. Reminds one of the famous book "Only the paranoid survive". I must specially complement the last paragraph about the challenge being of the right size. While being challenged is important, it has to be in the right proportion and not what some self help books suggest. Excellent.
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
An interesting story.
On the one hand, one must compliment the fishermen who thought of the concept of challenging the fish and keeping them alive at the cost of a few who were caught and eaten.
On the other hand, the fish who were 'challenged' and survived, only survived to be eaten by the end consumer. So did they really gain anything save a few more days of stressful life?
Makes you think. What management lesson are you really learning?
Jeroo
From India, Mumbai
On the one hand, one must compliment the fishermen who thought of the concept of challenging the fish and keeping them alive at the cost of a few who were caught and eaten.
On the other hand, the fish who were 'challenged' and survived, only survived to be eaten by the end consumer. So did they really gain anything save a few more days of stressful life?
Makes you think. What management lesson are you really learning?
Jeroo
From India, Mumbai
Dear Jeroo Chandiok
Thanks for the compliments but I could sense that somewhere you had
a pessimistic view of the story as you took seriously the ending life of
fish.
Human beings are also having an ending life. everything is perishable.
We the human beings and the professionals are also going to have such phase in life a dead end or retirement part. But thatdoesn't mean that we
should not lead a challanged life. The story only depicts that if you are self driven,motivated and challanged you can have a proper selling value
the real worth of you can comeout and but you would have a depriciated value if leading a dull and nonenergetic life .
The nature also accepts the rule of survival of the fittest.
Everyone in professional world is sellingoneself hence the shark is must
to prove your worth.
REGARDS
KIRANARORA
From India, Srinagar
Thanks for the compliments but I could sense that somewhere you had
a pessimistic view of the story as you took seriously the ending life of
fish.
Human beings are also having an ending life. everything is perishable.
We the human beings and the professionals are also going to have such phase in life a dead end or retirement part. But thatdoesn't mean that we
should not lead a challanged life. The story only depicts that if you are self driven,motivated and challanged you can have a proper selling value
the real worth of you can comeout and but you would have a depriciated value if leading a dull and nonenergetic life .
The nature also accepts the rule of survival of the fittest.
Everyone in professional world is sellingoneself hence the shark is must
to prove your worth.
REGARDS
KIRANARORA
From India, Srinagar
True. A challenge makes you more active. But does that really enhance your value? And where is the motivation? And does enhanced action really make you work more or better? It only keeps you on your toes, just as you were when you were in the water. Only in the water you were freer.
What I am trying to point out is that it is the ingenuity of the fishermen that is the crux of the story, and not the behaviour of the fish.
Just a different point of view.
Sorry if it upset you!
Jeroo
From India, Mumbai
What I am trying to point out is that it is the ingenuity of the fishermen that is the crux of the story, and not the behaviour of the fish.
Just a different point of view.
Sorry if it upset you!
Jeroo
From India, Mumbai
I am not upset but really happy to know yourpoint of view.
I think you are observing it with different perspective.
In my perspective if you observe. The target of fishermen was to
bring a fish of wrth taste and value which was acheived .
So professional targets are also acheived by challanges either you put them in your front or the others.
Regards
KIRAN ARORA
.
From India, Srinagar
I think you are observing it with different perspective.
In my perspective if you observe. The target of fishermen was to
bring a fish of wrth taste and value which was acheived .
So professional targets are also acheived by challanges either you put them in your front or the others.
Regards
KIRAN ARORA
.
From India, Srinagar
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