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Chicken soup for the soul Classic Story Five Bending the chimney and moving away the firewood • One day, one man being a guest to go to the house of another man. He saw the chimney of the owner was vertical and lots of firewood besided it. So he told the owner that he should bend the chimney and move away the firewood. Otherwise, there would be fire disaster. The owner heard and said nothing. • Soon, there was a fire disaster as expected. The neighbors come to fire fight. At last, the fire been put out. Then, for thanking the neighbors, the owner got a dinner party ready for them, but without inviting the people who reminded him to move away the firewood and bend the chimney. • Some people said to him. “If you had listened the suggestion of that man, you will not have to get ready for a dinner and without the fire disaster. Now, who should be thanked much? It is weird that the previous people does not be thanked and the people who put out the fire are the guests of the dinner.” The owner were aware immediately, and invited that man to come to the dinner. • Management implication: normal people think that the best manager is who can deal with the difficulty and solve the problems of operating company. Actually, this should be discussed. As an old saying goes: precaution is better than healing. Take preventive measures before the things happening rather than healing as it happening. So, the problems prevention experts are better than the problems solver of the enterprise. THANKS Classic Story Five