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Good morning! Hope you are doing great. Hope you are able to manage to spare a couple of minutes every week to read the Saturday stories. I would also like to thank all of you who have been mailing me your comments. This week, I would like to share with you a true story that has happened recently with an Indian student in the US. Here it is…
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The Story of Aditya Makhija and His Honesty
Aditya Makhija, a lad from Haryana, is a final year student of an undergrad program at Illinois Institute of Technology in the US. This year, on one of the days when his parents were also with him on their vacation, he received a call from one of the Universities where he applied for a summer internship. He was offered an internship with a stipend of US$ 18 per hour, which he immediately agreed and accepted to join them for his internship. Within an hour of this, he received another phone call from another organization with a more exciting offer of internship that included not only US$ 35 per hour stipend but also accommodation and boarding facilities. He did not accept it, and requested them for time to decide and get back to them. His dad who was listening to all this said, “Why did you not tell them that you would not be able to join as you had just accepted another offer? How could you go back on your word? Call them and inform them of your inability to join them.”
When Aditya immediately called up the concerned officer and told him of his inability, the officer asked him, “You have just now requested for time to decide, and what made you to call us back so soon and reject such a good offer?” Aditya replied, “Though yours is a much better offer, I am unable to accept it as I have given a word to someone else just a few minutes before talking to you. My dad advises me that it is proper to keep up my word and lose than to lose my word and gain a benefit, and accordingly to inform you so that you need not wait for my decision and you could make your own plans.”
Soon after this conversation, the General Manager of the company called up Aditya and told him, “We appreciate your decision. We will be glad to have you in our company. Anytime in future, you wish to join us, please contact me.”
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Honesty and sincerity are two great virtues of a person. At times, it might seem that one might have lost out on account of them. But in the long run, they pay rich dividends.
With love and regards,
Siva --------------------------------
B. Sivaprasad
Corporate Trainer and Motivational Speaker
SS Technologies, 401, Rajya Lakshmi Nivas
5-2-26/1, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500072, India
value4value@gmail.com
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Good morning! Hope you are doing great. Hope you are able to manage to spare a couple of minutes every week to read the Saturday stories. I would also like to thank all of you who have been mailing me your comments. This week, I would like to share with you a true story that has happened recently with an Indian student in the US. Here it is…
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The Story of Aditya Makhija and His Honesty
Aditya Makhija, a lad from Haryana, is a final year student of an undergrad program at Illinois Institute of Technology in the US. This year, on one of the days when his parents were also with him on their vacation, he received a call from one of the Universities where he applied for a summer internship. He was offered an internship with a stipend of US$ 18 per hour, which he immediately agreed and accepted to join them for his internship. Within an hour of this, he received another phone call from another organization with a more exciting offer of internship that included not only US$ 35 per hour stipend but also accommodation and boarding facilities. He did not accept it, and requested them for time to decide and get back to them. His dad who was listening to all this said, “Why did you not tell them that you would not be able to join as you had just accepted another offer? How could you go back on your word? Call them and inform them of your inability to join them.”
When Aditya immediately called up the concerned officer and told him of his inability, the officer asked him, “You have just now requested for time to decide, and what made you to call us back so soon and reject such a good offer?” Aditya replied, “Though yours is a much better offer, I am unable to accept it as I have given a word to someone else just a few minutes before talking to you. My dad advises me that it is proper to keep up my word and lose than to lose my word and gain a benefit, and accordingly to inform you so that you need not wait for my decision and you could make your own plans.”
Soon after this conversation, the General Manager of the company called up Aditya and told him, “We appreciate your decision. We will be glad to have you in our company. Anytime in future, you wish to join us, please contact me.”
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Honesty and sincerity are two great virtues of a person. At times, it might seem that one might have lost out on account of them. But in the long run, they pay rich dividends.
With love and regards,
Siva --------------------------------
B. Sivaprasad
Corporate Trainer and Motivational Speaker
SS Technologies, 401, Rajya Lakshmi Nivas
5-2-26/1, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500072, India
value4value@gmail.com
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