Olavo was transferred to a new project.
Right on the first day, to make a good impression with his new boss, he came out with this:
- Boss, you have no idea what they told me about Silva. They said that he...
He didn't even finish the sentence when the boss interrupted him:
- Wait a moment, Olavo. Does what you're going to tell me pass through the sieve of the Three Sieves?
- Sieves? What sieves?
- The first one, Olavo, is the sieve of TRUTH.
Are you sure that this fact is absolutely true?
- No, I'm not, no. How can I know?
What I know is what I was told, but I think that...
And again Olavo is interrupted by the boss:
- Then your story already failed the first sieve.
Let's move on to the second sieve, which is the sieve of KINDNESS.
What you're going to tell me, would you like others to say the same about you?
- Of course not! God forbid, Boss! (said Olavo, frightened)
- Then, - continues the boss - your story failed the second sieve.
Let's see the third sieve, which is the sieve of NECESSITY.
Do you really think it's necessary to tell me this fact or even pass it on?
- No boss. Thinking about it this way, I realized that nothing was left of what I was going to tell; (says Olavo, surprised)
- That's right, Olavo! Have you ever thought about how much happier people would be if everyone used these sieves? (said the boss smiling and continued)
- Next time before obeying the urge to pass a story along, submit it to the sieve of the THREE SIEVES:
TRUTH - KINDNESS - NECESSITY.
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IDEAS. ORDINARY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THINGS. PETTY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PEOPLE.
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