THE DENTIST AND THE LITTLE BOY
A man once took his ten year old son to the dentist to have
his tooth removed. When he got to the dentist’s clinic, the dentist took him to
the theater and told the father to wait outside.
While they were inside the dentist started shouting at the
boy and the dentist was so mean that he did not allow the anaesthetic agent to
take its full effect in the boy’s mouth before yanking out the decayed tooth
from the boy’s gum. The excruciating pain made the boy to scream but the father
could not hear him. The Dentist still did not have mercy on the boy; instead he
continued to criticize the boy. The boy left not only with severe physical and
mental pain but with the memory of the pain.
About 22 years later the boy, now a full grown man had
another decayed tooth that needed to be removed. He still remembered the ordeal
he had with the dentist when he was ten years old and now he wanted to know if
the dentist had changed so he started looking the same dentist to help him
remove his tooth but he could not find him. He later discovered that the dentist
was now old and hence had retired. For continuity he handed over to a younger dentist
whom he trained and mentored.
This young man
who was the boy the old Dentist had been nasty to when he was young now went to
meet the younger Dentist to have his tooth removed. But contrary to his
expectation, the new dentist was nice and he successfully removed the man’s
tooth without any pain. The young man was very happy, and he now narrated his
ordeal with the older dentist (the young dentist’s trainer/mentor). He asked
the young dentist one question; “Unlike your mentor who painfully removed my
tooth and with lack of consideration for me, how come your style and method of
tooth removal is so humane and painless? Is it that you studied in a better
Dental school than your mentor or your grades were better in dental schoo”l? The younger Dentist smiled and said; “No, the schools I went to are inferior to
my mentors own and so were my grades compared to his own. The only difference
is that I have sat on that chair before as a patient and I have experienced the
pain of having my tooth pulled out but my mentor hasn’t.”
Morale: Don’t be quick to judge anyone especially if you
have not been in their shoes.
Also remember that because a person has done something does not mean
she/he deserves to be punished always.
From your friend in releasing your effectiveness: D.A.Ayo.
D.A. Ayo
D.A. Ayo is a Medical doctor turned management consultant,
professional speaker, trainer and a coach specifically in the area of personal
effectiveness in different aspects of life and leadership.
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