One of the best executive coaching programs in the world, Sherpa is very aligned with servant leadership. * I got the story from Brenda Corbett and Judy Colemon Kinebrew, founders of the Sherpa executive coaching program. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( / ndi, ndi / 3 GAHN-dee 2 October 1869 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, 4 anti-colonial nationalist 5 and political ethicist 6 who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, 7 and to later inspire.
Ghandi and the sugar story download#
Thanks!Īnd download our latest ebook, Servant Leadership in the Workplace: A Brief Introduction. What do you think? Do you like the story?Īs always, we appreciate your views. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ** Maybe that makes them happier, for as Gandhi says: Servant-leaders avoid hypocrisy, double standards and duplicity. No matter how many times she tried to convince her son otherwise, he continued to gorge on sugary foods whenever he had a chance. The little boy preferred sugary foods and stuffed himself with sweets, and his mother was afraid that his health will be ruined soon.
Gandhi enters, looks at the boy and in a loud voice commands, QUIT EATING SUGAR pauses for a moment for effect and then turns and begins to walk out. At long last they are admitted to his chamber. Gandhi replied, “Three weeks ago, I was still eating sugar.” *Ĭall it want you want, “walking the talk” or “not eating sugar” – the point is the same: Servant-leaders don’t expect others to do anything they are unwilling to do themselves. One day Gandhi received a visit from a woman and her son. Two weeks later the woman and her son have made it back and once again are waiting for a meeting with Mahatma Gandhi. Surprised, the mother asked, “Why did you have me wait three weeks before you would say this?” The first critical, annotated edition of. She garnered widespread public support for. Gandhi looked at the son and said, “Stop eating sugar.” An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Hardcover). Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) served as India’s first female prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in October 1984. Three weeks later, the mother returned with her son. Peters was having lunch at the dining room of the University and Gandhi came along with his. Gandhi said to the mother, “Come back in three weeks.” When Gandhi was studying law at the University College of London, there was a professor, whose last name was Peters, who felt animosity for Gandhi, and because Gandhi never lowered his head towards him, their 'arguments' were very common. She asked Gandhi to tell her son to stop eating sugar. Out of desperation, the mother sought out Gandhi for help. He would not stop eating sugar and she could not get him to stop.
So, here is what the heck I am talking about – a story I heard last week about Mohandas Gandhi:Ī mother had come to her wit’s end with her son. Well, not the sugar part, but the latter two questions, I do. What the heck are you talking about, Joe? Have you lost your mind?
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