…for all of you who frequent restaurants and understand the need for the service to be faster, this short story is a timeless lesson on how consultants can make a difference to an organization…

…We are chasing after that which we are insecure about…we are chasing after that which we are afraid of losing – but are going to lose anyway…we are chasing after that which has no meaning whatsoever in the eternal existence of the essence that we really are…we are chasing after cheap, meaningless, temporary, mundane, materialistic desires…

…We hear a lot about ‘helping others find their voice’, but when it comes to putting that in practice, our egos prevail – we would rather be surrounded by subservient ‘yes-people’ than folks who could give us the proverbial ‘run for our money’ if we don’t stay awake and keep up…

“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thoughts in clear form.” – Albert Einstein