Are you a "BALL WRECKER?"
I was reading a post here earlier about the intimidation factor of WF. It reminded me of something that happened years ago with one of my co-workers.
His name was Yaman and he and I worked at the same radio station. He was from Turkey and, although he lived here some time, he never lost his accent. Also, he would often "screw up" common American colloquialisms.
For example when I dropped and broke a coffee mug in the radio station kitchen he called me "Buttery" fingers instead of just "Butter" fingers. When I caught him at work one morning hours before the office opened he told me, "The early bird has worms."
One day Yaman was sent to a managers training session that included a presentation from a motivational business speaker who told his group there were two types of people in the workplace:
"Carpenters & Wrecking Balls"
"Carpenters," as you may imagine, are builders. They spend their entire lives creating amazing structures from a stack of lumber. They can take a truckload of 2x4's and make magic happen. Carpenters are creative. Carpenters are hard workers. Carpenters add something to society. Every great business needs as many Carpenters as it can get.
On the other side of the coin are the "Wrecking Balls." Wrecking balls are good for one thing and one thing only - destruction. They smash holes through other peoples creations. They tear down what other people have worked hard for. They offer nothing positive and all they leave behind is a pile of worthless rubble. Nobody likes a "Wrecking Ball." And a single wrecking ball can bring down an entire organization.
The moral of the story that my friend Yaman learned in his managers training course was to "Be a Carpenter, not a Wrecking Ball." It was a lesson that he enjoyed and that he intended to live by.
So, the next day I wandered into his studio and, being the wise-a$$ that I am, made some sarcastic remark about whatever it was he was doing.
Well he tried to be positive and brush off what I was saying, but I just kept joking with him. He began to boil up and eventually couldn't contain his aggravation. He looked at me and in an angry Turkish accent and blurted out at the top of his lungs:
"You know what you are? You are a BALL WRECKER!"
English is a very difficult language to master.
I wasn't in the presentation so I had no idea what he was talking about. He then began to explain (very angrily) that there are two kinds of people in this world, "Carpenters" and "Ball Wreckers." I was being a great big hairy "BALL WRECKER!"
Well, once I stopped laughing at him I realized that he was right and I needed to be more helpful with my comments. (It's hard, but I have made great strides!)
We all have a choice. We can be positive, constructive, and help to create, or we can be destructive and use all of our energy to tear down what others have made.
Before you post your next comment ask yourself this simple question:
"Am I being a Carpenter or a Ball Wrecker?"
His name was Yaman and he and I worked at the same radio station. He was from Turkey and, although he lived here some time, he never lost his accent. Also, he would often "screw up" common American colloquialisms.
For example when I dropped and broke a coffee mug in the radio station kitchen he called me "Buttery" fingers instead of just "Butter" fingers. When I caught him at work one morning hours before the office opened he told me, "The early bird has worms."
One day Yaman was sent to a managers training session that included a presentation from a motivational business speaker who told his group there were two types of people in the workplace:
"Carpenters & Wrecking Balls"
"Carpenters," as you may imagine, are builders. They spend their entire lives creating amazing structures from a stack of lumber. They can take a truckload of 2x4's and make magic happen. Carpenters are creative. Carpenters are hard workers. Carpenters add something to society. Every great business needs as many Carpenters as it can get.
On the other side of the coin are the "Wrecking Balls." Wrecking balls are good for one thing and one thing only - destruction. They smash holes through other peoples creations. They tear down what other people have worked hard for. They offer nothing positive and all they leave behind is a pile of worthless rubble. Nobody likes a "Wrecking Ball." And a single wrecking ball can bring down an entire organization.
The moral of the story that my friend Yaman learned in his managers training course was to "Be a Carpenter, not a Wrecking Ball." It was a lesson that he enjoyed and that he intended to live by.
So, the next day I wandered into his studio and, being the wise-a$$ that I am, made some sarcastic remark about whatever it was he was doing.
Well he tried to be positive and brush off what I was saying, but I just kept joking with him. He began to boil up and eventually couldn't contain his aggravation. He looked at me and in an angry Turkish accent and blurted out at the top of his lungs:
"You know what you are? You are a BALL WRECKER!"
English is a very difficult language to master.
I wasn't in the presentation so I had no idea what he was talking about. He then began to explain (very angrily) that there are two kinds of people in this world, "Carpenters" and "Ball Wreckers." I was being a great big hairy "BALL WRECKER!"
Well, once I stopped laughing at him I realized that he was right and I needed to be more helpful with my comments. (It's hard, but I have made great strides!)
We all have a choice. We can be positive, constructive, and help to create, or we can be destructive and use all of our energy to tear down what others have made.
Before you post your next comment ask yourself this simple question:
"Am I being a Carpenter or a Ball Wrecker?"
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