the quarrel between sun and wind

Esse é um trecho do livro "How to Win Friends and Influence People", que eu já havia postado num outro blog e que segue aqui novamente:

This is a fable about the wind and the sun quarreling about which one of them was the stronger:
‘the wind said, “I’ll prove I am. See the old man down there with a coat? I bet I can get his coat off him quicker than you can.”So the sun went behind a cloud, and the wind blew until it was almost a tornado, but the harder it blew, the tighter the old man clutched his coat to him. Finally, the wind calmed down and gave up, and then the sun came out from behind the clouds and smiled kindly on the old man. Presently, he mopped his brow and pulled off his coat. The sun then told the wind that gentleness and friendliness were always stronger than fury and force.’

Esse livro foi escrito por Dale Carnegie e publicado em 1936, 7 anos após o crack da Bolsa de Nova Iorque, numa época onde as pessoas estavam repensando como deveriam ser os relacionamentos no meio corporativo.
Um clássico ainda atual com muitos conceitos simples que ainda não são seguidos por muitos executivos do século 21.