Lesi sigameko senzeke noStephen Covey - umbhali wenye yezincwadi ezaziwa kakhulu ngokuthuthukiswa kobuntu - "Imikhuba Eyisi-7 Yabantu Abasebenza Kakhulu." Ake sikutshele ngomuntu wokuqala.
Ngelinye iSonto ekuseni esitimeleni saseNew York, ngabhekana nesiphetho sangempela engqondweni yami. Abagibeli bahlala ngokuthula ezihlalweni zabo - othile wayefunda iphephandaba, othile ecabanga okuthile okwakhe, othile, ovala amehlo, wayephumule. Konke okuzungezile kwakuthule futhi kuzolile.
Kusenjalo kungene indoda enezingane enqoleni. Izingane bezimemeza kakhulu, ziyihlazo kakhulu, kangangokuba umoya wenqola ushintshe ngokushesha. Le ndoda yahlala esihlalweni esiseduze kwami yavala amehlo, ngokusobala ayinaki okwakwenzeka nxazonke.
Izingane zamemeza, zagijimela emuva naphambili, zaziphonsa ngokuthile, futhi azibanikanga ukuphumula abagibeli nakancane. Kwakudabukisa. Kodwa-ke, indoda ebihleli eduze kwami ayenzanga lutho.
Ngazizwa ngicasukile. Kwakunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi ungazwela kakhulu uvumele izingane zakho ukuthi zihlukumeze, futhi ungasabeli kuzo nganoma iyiphi indlela, wenze sengathi akukho okwenzekayo.
Kwakusobala impela ukuthi bonke abagibeli enqoleni babhekana nokucasuka okufanayo. Ngamafuphi, ekugcineni ngaphendukela kule ndoda ngathi, njengoba kubonakala kimi, ngithule ngokungavamile futhi ngazithiba:
“Mnumzane, lalela, izingane zakho zihlupha abantu abaningi! Ngicela ungabathulisi?
Le ndoda yangibuka kwangathi ibisanda kuvuka ephusheni futhi ingaqondi ukuthi kwenzekani, yathula yathi:
- O, yebo, uqinisile! Mhlawumbe kukhona okudinga ukwenziwa ... Sisanda kuvela esibhedlela lapho umama wabo ashonele khona ehoreni eledlule. Imicabango yami ididekile, futhi, mhlawumbe, nabo uqobo lwabo akukhona konke lokhu.
Ungacabanga ukuthi ngangizizwa kanjani ngalesi sikhathi? Ukucabanga kwami kwaguqukela phansi. Ngokuphazima kweso ngabona konke ngokukhanya okuhluke ngokuphelele, okuhluke ngokuphelele kunalokho obekuyimzuzu edlule.
Vele, ngaqala ukucabanga ngokuhlukile, ngazizwa ngokuhlukile, ngenza ngendlela ehlukile. Ukucasuka kwase kuphelile. Manje sasingekho isidingo sokulawula isimo sami sengqondo kulo muntu noma ekuziphatheni kwami: inhliziyo yami yayigcwele ububele obujulile. Amagama angiphunyule ngokuzenzekelayo:
- Umkakho usanda kudlula emhlabeni? O, uxolo! Kwenzeke kanjani lokhu? Ngabe kukhona engingakwenza ukusiza?
Konke kwashintsha ngokuphazima kweso.
