Renting a mind!

‘Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it’
Publilius Syrus

We rent a car, a house, equipment etc. Have you ever thought of renting a mind? In fact, we do it every day! 
If we want to achieve anything, it is not sufficient if we alone think and work. We need the ideas, goodwill and cooperation of others. Does it not amount to hiring their mind? 

There are many things common between renting a thing like a house and renting someone’s mind. For example: 
• If you rent a house, but not use it, you are the loser and not the house owner; similarly, if you hire people but do not allow them to think and contribute, you only lose!
• Depending on your life style, you rent a small or a big house; similarly depending on your project, you hire a person’s mind and his talent!
• If you misuse a rented house, the owner will evict you; similarly, if you do not treat the person you hired respectfully, he will remove you from his mind!
• Bigger the house, more will be rent; similarly, more the contribution from the person you hire, more he will cost you! Like we pay rent, we pay his salary.
Now tell me are we not renting a mind! 
N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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