Rakhi: Did you hear? The common swimming pool was found all filthy today morning. Looks like a deliberate act by someone.
Ajay: Oh, thats unfortunate.
Rakhi: Everybody is saying the culprits must be those college kids who have newly rented a place in the apartment.
Ajay: Did someone see them doing it? Any CCTV visuals?
Rakhi: No. Its only a guess because people usually assume college students do such mischief.
Ajay: Theres this Zen story I read recently. A wood cutter couldnt find his axe one day. He searched everywhere, but the axe was missing. The neighbours son must have stolen it, he thought. So he looked over the compound wall and the boy was there.
Rakhi: Did he have the axe?
Ajay: No. But his body language looked like that of a thief. His speech sounded like that of a thief. His face appeared to be that of a thief.
Rakhi: Oh!
Ajay: The woodcutters wife then came looking for him. Found this from under our pile of woods, she said, handing over the axe to him. The man was speechless and looked over the wall again. The boy was still there. But neither his body language nor his face looked like that of a thief anymore. His speech didnt sound like that of a thief anymore.
Rakhi: I get your point.
Ajay: Im glad. We as a society need to be more open and less prejudiced. For entrepreneurs especially, this is very relevant. Because great business opportunities could come from anywhere – an old rival, a banished client, a country or market that’s notorious on other counts So, never rule out a possibility because of your prejudice, never lose an opportunity to your prejudice.