Two prime ministers are sitting in a row discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man burst in, apoplectic with fury, shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk. The resident prime minister admonishes him: 'Peter,' he says, 'Kindly remember Rule Number 6,' whereupon Peter is instantly restored to complete calm, apologises, and withdraws. The politicians return to their conversation, only to be interrupted yet again twenty minutes later by an hysterical woman gesticulating wildly, her hair flying. Again the intruder is greeted with words: 'Marie, please remember Rule Number 6' Complete calm descends once more, and she too withdraws with a bow and an apology. When the scene is repeated for the third time, the visiting prime minister addresses his colleague. 'My dear friend, I've seen many things in my life, but never anything as remarkabl as this. Would you be willing to share with me the secret of Rule Number 6?' 'Very simple,' replies the resident prime minister. 'Rule Number 6 is 'Don't take yourself so god**** seriously,' 'Ah,' says his visitor, "that is a fine rule.' After a moment of pondering, he inquires, 'And what, may I ask, are the other rules?' 'There aren't any.' - The Art of the Possibility, Penguin Books , 2002, First published by Harvard Business School Press, 2000)
I related the anecdote above to Professor Albert Ladores of AIM after the roundtable at UITM last friday. He was laughing away. We get to meet at roundtables, dialogues, once in awhile and when we do, we never fail to have something to tell, or exchange. Some funny stories, experience or jokes we just heard or came back to our minds after such a long time...hahaha. Most importantly, we never fail to cause pain to our jaws for a real d*** good joke... I hope you had a great weekend and may you have a great week ahead too, folks....
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