There’s was a longtime handyman named Sam who was once offered a full-time job by a mill owner who was having problems with muskrats at the mill’s dam. The owner asked Sam to rid the mill of the pests and even provided a rifle for him to do the job.
Sam was ecstatic because it was the first steady work with a regular paycheck that he’d ever gotten.
One day, several months later, a friend came to visit Sam. He found him sitting on a grassy bank, the gun across his knees.
“Hey, Sam. Whatcha doin’?” he asked.
“My job, guarding the dam.”
“From what?”
“Muskrats.”
His friend looked over at the dam, and just at that moment a muskrat appeared.
“There’s one!” the friend exclaimed. “Shoot him!”
Sam didn’t move. Meanwhile, the muskrat scurried away.
“Why the heck didn’t you shoot him?”
“Are you crazy?” replied Sam. “Do you think I want to lose my job?”
Source: John C. Maxwell,
The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
(Center Street, 2012) pages 160-161
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