Someone has told me that

When a manager gives forth

His orders and regulations

In accord to his own views

And enacts his righteous measures,

No one would venture not to obey them,

But all become reformed

And implemented completely. . .

That's but the hypocrisy of business,

Not a real business indeed.

When a mature manager runs affairs,

Does he manage men's outward acts?

He is himself correct and so

His management goes on;

This is the simple and certain way

By which he secures a success

Of his activities, and that's the secret.

Just think of a bird which flies high

To avoid being hurt by a shot

Of a crack shooter's gun. Take a look

At a little mouse which burrows

A whole system of holes deep

Under the mulberry field

To avoid the danger of being smoked

Or dug out. Are good managers

Less knowing than these little creatures?

This is the mostly doubtful thing

I have ever picked up in my life.