Have you ever had an employee who just didn’t fit, who wasn’t quite cutting it, and your boss suggests you should let them go? Helping people find what they are truly good at is one of the many jobs of a leader and firing someone should be your last resort. So it’s good to have a story or two in your back pocket about those times when someone flourished when they found the thing they were made to do. The right story might just give you the time to find something better for your fish out of water. That’s what’s this week’s story is all about.

While our story is not from the realm of business it has the same message. It’s what I called an analogy story.