<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350648" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Know that a monkey is on your back</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is a monkey on your back</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At any point of time each one of us is carrying a monkey on the back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whether you like it or not your thoughts, words and deeds are determined by this very powerful monkey.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This monkey is nothing but a personification of the tasks either<br>assigned to you or taken up on your own.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The life line of the monkey is the strong desire that you nurse to<br>accomplish these tasks.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You may not know that you only feed this monkey and make it naughty.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They quality of your feed and its extent depend on your knowledge, attitude and earlier practices.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Often, wittingly or unwittingly we act only to get rid of the monkey.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Unfortunately, if one monkey goes the other is just taking its place.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And you think, talk and act accordingly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some wise people, are they really wise, pass on the monkey to some other’s back tactfully, so the monkey is rid off, but still alive. This is what<br>exactly happens in a work environment.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Know your monkeys and their feeds.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fail not to feed them in time, as monkeys should be fed or shot to death. Otherwise, they will starve to death, forcing you to conduct postmortem.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Keep monkeys' population below the maximum number you can probably feed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Feed monkeys only by appointment, otherwise you will be feeding them at odd hours.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Feed monkeys personally, if left to others, they may feed wrong and/or in unacceptable doses.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Each monkey is unique, hence its feed and frequency of feed differs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No monkey stays long. They know when to leave you as once the monkey is satisfied with your hospitality it jumps off your back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The new monkey on your back is the task to know whether monkeys are there or not on your back.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350648" data-title="Know that a monkey is on your back de Bashyam Narayanan" data-description="There is a monkey on your back At any point of time each one of us is carrying a monkey on the back. Whether you like it or not your thoughts, words and deeds are determined by this very powerful monkey. This monkey is nothing but a personifica..."></div> </div> </div>

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