Hey Snake! Don't bite, just Hiss
Let me put the story in context here. Back in school days, we were taught a story and which goes like this.
"Once upon a time there was a snake living inside the hole of a big Banyan tree. This tree was in the middle of a path, which connected two villages, and it was the shortest route between the villages. But people use to take a long route in order to avoid the dangerous snake. One day a noble saint had a need to cross the path between villages. People warned him about the dangerous snake and not to take the short cut but instead use the long route, as it is much safer. The saint ignored the warning and took the short cut. As soon as he reached the Banyan tree the snake appeared before him as expected. The saint had some magical powers so was able to stop the snake from biting him. Realizing that the saint is much powerful, the snake started apologizing and asked for mercy. Upon asking, why he harassed the villagers who needed to cross this path, the snake replied as follows: " Sir, I was not like this before. I was a peaceful snake and never bothered anyone. But some mischief mongers took this as an opportunity and started harassing me. They started throwing stones at me and soon the word spread out that there is a very timid snake out there so the number of people harassing me increased and then finally when I couldn't take it any more I started biting people. I did not like biting people and causing pain and death to them but that was the only solution left for me to survive".
Hearing this story the Saint understood the situation and gave the snake an advice "Hey Snake! Don't bite, just Hiss" (Hiss: The type of sound a snake makes). The snake did not understand so asked for clarifications. The Saint replied, whenever you bite people you make the "Hissing" noise, right? The snake said, yes that’s pretty much my routine. The Saint said, well then, just "Hiss" and do not bite. Hearing your "Hissing" itself would easily scare of the people. This way you can stay here safely and people crossing this path will also be safe."
So how do we apply the moral of this age-old story to our modern times? Recently one of my friend had an opportunity to "Hiss" at his Manager and it worked out good for him. If you know you are good at what you do and it would be very expensive or sometimes almost impossible for the client to find a perfect replacement then you can safely "Hiss" if the need arises. If "Hissing" is not the option then think twice and make some good arrangements before "Biting" :)
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