The Three Monks

About the movie :
 The story is about three monks who come to live in a monastery. The story begins with arrival of first monk. The monastery is on top of a hill. The only biggest problem is water which is available down the hill. However he does all the work sincerely. The problem begins with arrival of second monk.


 Initially second monk was enthusiatic about fetching water but soon he realised that he is doing extra work while first one is enjoying. They had a fight and finally they both went to fetch water. However , now  they are able to bring just one bucket of water in one round instead of two earlier. And then the third monk arrives who is lazy and eat lot more than others . For sometime third fetches water but soon he also stops.They stop sharing  ration and resources.Now they start fighting over water meant for worship. 
During rain storm they stand outside to gather water in bucket but don't go down the hill. Suddenly there is fire at the monastery.Now they desperately try to extinguish fire without coordination in the beginning but soon they realise their folly and coordinate their effort with successful result. This teaches them team work. They install a pulley  and divide work appropriately amongst themselves for fetching water. Thus the story ends on happy note.

                                                  





Leanings  from the Movie:





We saw in the story that when at night, a rat comes to scrounge and then knocks the candleholder, leading to a devastating fire in the temple. The three monks finally unite together and make a concerted effort to put out the fire.




An ego is a heavy weight to carry around if it isn't kept in check. This is magnified tremendously when you have two, four, ten or even more egos trying to work in a group.  This is then further magnified when you have two, four, ten or more groups/departments in an organisation or sports team.  Making sure the group or groups are all energetically aligned will become recognised as the future of group dynamics. Jealousies, envy, wanting other people to fail are real emotions that plague our teams and organisations. By correcting these issues a happier partnership and a more efficient, profitable work environment is observed.



Synergy:


We saw in the story that when at night, a rat comes to scrounge and then knocks the candleholder, leading to a devastating fire in the temple. The three monks finally unite together and make a concerted effort to put out the fire.


A synergy is where different entities cooperate advantageously for a final outcome. Simply defined, it means that the effect of the whole is greater than the sum of the effects of the individual parts. Although the whole will be greater than each individual part, this is not the concept of synergy. If used in a business application it means that teamwork will produce an overall better result than if each person was working toward the same goal individually.


Every problem has simple solution:

In the end the problem faced by 3 monks of bringing water to the temple from the river by going downhill was solved with a simple solution of building a pulley.

We can also relate it to job specialization, the whole work was divided into parts and each monk was doing his part.

It is evident that  team work is necessary for successful organization. The animation needs further probing for learning the secret of effective team work.The first lesson for managers is to always remember that all members are not equal. Each has a different capability and should be assigned work accordingly. The second lesson is to assign right work to right people. We saw in the video that when third monk was given task of fetching water he was consuming most of it himself. So he was not the right person for such hard task. Finally not only his work was utilized, he was also not consuming the monastery resource as he was positioned near water pool down the hill.

The solution of three monks animosity turned out to be a pulley.This shows that story teller wanted us to realise that the solution not just lie in  hard work but also smart work. Hard work is key to progress but smart work is the magic behind a successful organization. Smart work saves time and energy which can be used for other productive work. Thus smart work brings in efficiency.With the use of pulley the animator wants to convey to us that it is important to remain aware of technologies in our respective field which will greatly enhance efficiency.

And most important lesson from the animation is that if you don't do your own work then you should not expect others to do it for you and this will eventually bring downfall of self and organization. After one point of time all three monk had stopped working .This made them consume resources without sharing. This promotes corruption and black marketing. Then the three monk started looking forward to rainstorm for water. The rainstorm can be treated as demand of help from external force or government. This is equivalent to loss of  individual self respect and marks the beginning of downfall of organization.Hence it is important to not only work as a team but also set examples by putting in extra effort at times .

With some creative problem-solving techniques you may be able to look at your problem in a different light. And that light might just be the end of the tunnel that leads to possible solutions.