Another story from the Mistress's Child series. The entire household was abuzz with the news – the Businessman had proclaimed that he welcomed feedback on the running of the business from the entire household. This was what the Mistress’s Child had been waiting all along. She had seen so many problems with the household as she grew up, and had learnt so much during her years of helping to run the family business. She set about drafting down the many ideas she had, to show to her father. Her Butler had seen her write out the words painstakingly upon the parchment, and was worried. “Little Mistress, don’t you think you should get your elder brother to say something? I did not hear anything from the other household of him saying anything to your father.” “Oh Alfred, Alfred, you are just so full of worries! I know my father has never asked for any ideas from us in his whole life as a businessman, but we can trust him. Don’t worry!” She smiled at her Butler. She looked very pretty when...
Once, there was a lion who gave the job of watching over 10 wolves to a leopard. Leopard started his day distributing the meat rations into 11 portion. The wolves were unhappy at the size of the portion and attacked him. A single leopard could not fight against 10 wolves and he had no choice but to surrender his portion of meat and tendered his resignation to Lion. Lion stopped Leopard, and told him to observe his management techniques. The next day, Lion divided the meat into 11 portions of different sizes. He took the largest one, and threw the rest to the wolves, telling them, "Divide them according to who deserves it more." The wolves started fighting among themselves for the meat, no longer thinking of how that piece of meat was smaller than what they got in total in the past. Leopard was amazed and asked, "What kind of management technique is that?" Lion smiled and replied, "This is called payment by performance." The second day, Lion div...
Another story from the Mistress’s Child series. It was a rare day off from work for the Butler, and he met up with some of his friends who happened to get their day off from work at the Mansion. They arranged to meet up at one of the best tea-houses in town. The good thing about working for the Businessman – he paid his servants handsomely, though not as well when compared to some other businessmen in town. “I heard that you are getting new horses for the Mansion!” The Butler exclaimed as he winked at his friends. “Yeah, the new breeds.” The reply came grumpily. “Hey, you guys are so lucky! I could do with some of these horses at my Mistress’ place!” He chortled. It was all he could say, so envious was he of the new horses they are getting. “Come on!” The three replied in unison, “You are only looking at all the good things we have! Look – do you know how difficult it is to clear the manure of these horses? And look at the effort we need just to get the special horse feed for these br...
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