HOW ONE MAN'S ARROGANCE TURNED LEGENDARY.

A wise man once said " 99% of our problems are caused by the poor choice of words."

This is a real story of how one man's arrogance turned against him and brought out one of the epic rivalries of all time.

Sometime during the last century there lived a small time businessman in Italy. He was primarily a tractor manufacturer but had a sound knowledge in automobiles. Once an automobile giant released their latest model of cars. These received widespread accreditation but the tractor manufacturer felt that the model could be improved if certain modifications were made. And so, he penned a letter to the automobile giant stating the modifications which could make the car perform better than before.

Days later, he received a letter from the automobile giant. The letter insulted the tractor manufacturer and questioned his expertise for making suggestions along with some rude remarks. On the whole, the letter spelt Arrogance.

The tractor manufacturer wasn't heart broken. On the contrary, he took this insult as a challenge and vowed to built his own range of cars to supersede the automobile giant. Did he suceed?


YES.

Tractor manufacturer : LAMBORGHINI

Automobile Giant      : FERRARI.

Such an incident also took place after the millennium. This time it was between two corporate giants. MICROSOFT insulted GOOGLE and made google more than a search engine (It was after the encounter with Microsoft that Google started to work on various projects ie. Android, Chrome etc). Had Microsoft been quite, Google today would have been just a search engine.


The latest such rivalry is going on between APPLE and SAMSUNG. Though the story is not exactly similar, it is well known that these companies always look forward to snub the other.


There is a very thin line separating competitive spirit and Arrogance. One must tread along this line very carefully. If else, not only will you suffer but also help the growth of your competitor.

Act Wisely.