The story of watermelons by Late Shri Manohar Parrikar

“I am from the village of Parra in Goa, hence we are called Parrikars. My village is famous for its watermelons.
When I was a child, A rich farmer would organise & host a watermelon-eatingcontest at the end of the harvest season in May.
All the kids would be invited to eat as many watermelons as they wanted.
Years later, I went to IIT Mumbai to study engineering⚙. I went back to my village after 6.5 years.
I went to the market looking for watermelons. They were all gone. The ones that were there were so small.
I went to see the farmer who hosted the watermelon eating contest. His son had taken over. He would host the contest but there was a difference.
When the older farmer gave us watermelons to eat he would ask us to spit out the seeds into a bowl. We were told not to bite into the seeds. He was collecting the seeds for his next crop. We were unpaid child labourers, actually . He kept his best watermelons for the contest and he got the best seeds which would yield even bigger watermelons the next year.
His son, when he took over, realised that the larger watermelons would fetch more money in the market so he sold the larger ones and kept the smaller ones for the contest.
The next year, the watermelons were smaller, the year later even small. In watermelons the generation is one year. In seven years, Parra’s best watermelons were finished in just 7 generations.
Learnings from the story
1. What you sow, so shall you reap.
2. In business you should know what’s working and you should keep doing it.
3. If you are not happy with the results in business, you have an opportunity to understand what’s works and what not. Drop what⬇ does not and improve on what works.
Questions to ask ourselves
1. What works in my business?
2. How do I find what works in my business and what doesn’t?
3. Is there any blue print for business to be followed which can give me consistent desired results?
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