April 10, 2018
“Every time I call, it’s a [expletive] debate,” Devon fumed. “And I gotta call every month to get paid. I can’t stand it!” My client, Devon, runs a tech support and solutions business. He’s been grumbling about this business customer for many months. How the company never pays on time. Or follows the “rules” in his contract. It reminds me of an old story about monkeys on a golf course.* …. It was the late 1800s, during the days of the British Raj. The English had set up a golf course on the outskirts of Calcutta. Plenty of land. Plenty of monkeys. Monkeys loved golf. They’d scamper onto the grounds. Grab the little white balls once they landed. Fling them in all directions. Screech and whoop with delight. Golfers hated the monkeys. “They’re completely disrupting our round!” they’d cry. They tried to control the monkeys. Built high fences. (As if monkeys don’t climb). Lured them away with bananas. Trapped and relocated them. None of it worked. The monkeys kept finding their way back. Worn out—and…
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