Saturday, January 2, 2010

Thought 68: You have to put money in the bank first before you can issue a check


In normal financial transactions, we have to deposit some money in our account in the bank first, before we can issue a check. If the amount in your account is not sufficient to cover the amount for which you wrote the check, the check will not be honored by the bank – unless, of course, you have previously arranged an overdraft facility with the bank.

In human transactions too, you have to put in the bank sufficient amount first, before issuing a check. In human relations, overdrafts are seldom allowed.

However, if you first put in the bank sufficient amount, most of the times, you find people immediately recognize you for the kind of person that you are and then, they are really good to you in several ways.

When people do not behave well with you or when they are not cooperative, it means that they have no confidence in your capacity and willingness to be good to them. Once you demonstrate that you are capable of putting in their bank first, their confidence is built up and they also put enough amount into your bank. This is how the “Bank of Goodness” is started and promoted by leaders.

There could be a situation, however, when you notice, that in spite of your putting in the bank, the other person is not reacting properly. Obviously, he is one of those characters, who always wants to take from you but he is not want willing to give anything in return. In human transactions, we do not encourage one way traffic.

Having observed this person’s character, do not put any more into his account, unless the person demonstrates to your satisfaction later that he has changed completely. In general, give the benefit of doubt to the other person and put in the bank first, unless you have prior information of his miserly nature.

The next thought is about “What all you can do is to give inputs – the output will be directly proportional to it”

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