One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company. He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV, that the youth’s academic result is excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research, never has a year he did not score.

The director asked, “Did you obtain any scholarship in school?” and the youth answered “None.”

The director asked, “Is it your father pay for your school fees?” the youth answered, my father passed away when I was one year old, it is my mother who paid for my school fees.

The director asked, “Where did your mother worked?” the youth answered, my mother worked as cloth cleaner. The director requested the youth to show his hands, the youth showed a pair of hands that is smooth and perfect to the director.

The director asked, “Did you ever help your mother washed the clothes before?” The youth answered, never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books, furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.

The director said, I had a request, when you go back today, go and help to clean your mother’s hand, and then see me tomorrow morning.

The youth felt that it’s a chance of landing the job is high, when he went back, he happily wanted to clean his mother’s hands, his mother feel strange, happy but mixed with fear, she showed her hands to the kid.

The youth cleaned his mother’s hands slowly, his tear drop down as he did that. It is first time he found his mother’s hands are so wrinkled, and there are so many bruises in her hand. Some bruises incites pains so strong that shiver her mother’s body when cleaned with water

This is the first time the youth realized and experienced that it is this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to earn him the school fees, the bruises in the mother’s hands is the price that the mother paid for his graduation and academic excellence and probably his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother’s hands, the youth quietly cleaned all remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director’s office.

The director noticed the tear in the youth’s eyes, asked: “Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?”

The youth answered, “I cleaned my mother’s hands, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes.”

The director asked, “please tell me your feelings.”

The youth said, Number 1, I knew what is appreciation, without my mother, there would not be the successful me today. Number 2, I knew how to work together with my mother, then only I can realize how difficult and tough to get something done. Number 3, I knew the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said, “This is what I am asking, I want to recruit a person that can appreciate the help of other, a person that knew the suffering of others to get thing done, and a person that would not put money as his only goal in life to be my manager. You are hired.”

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates, every employees worked diligently and in a team, the company’s result improved tremendously.

A child who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wants will develop “entitlement mentality” and always put himself first. He is ignorance of his parent’s effort. When he starts work, he assumed every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know how suffering his employees are and always blame others. For this kind of person, he can have good results, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel a sense of achievement, for he will grumble and full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, did we love the kid or destroy the kid?