Once upon a time
> there was a shepherd looking after his sheep on the side of
> a deserted road.
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> Suddenly a brand new Porsche screeches to a halt. The
>  driver, a man dressed in an Armani suit, Cerutti shoes,
> Ray-Ban sunglasses, TAG-Heuer wrist-watch, and a Pierre
> Cardin tie, gets out and asks the Shepherd:
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> “If I can tell you how many sheep you have, will you
> give me one of  them?” The shepherd looks at the young
> man, and then looks at the large flock of grazing sheep and
> replies:”Okay. ”
>
> The young man parks the car,connects his laptop to the
> mobile-fax,enters  a NASA Webster, scans the ground using
> his GPS, opens a da tabase and 60 Excel tables filled
> withlogarithms and pivot tables, then prints out a 10 page
> report on his high-tech mini-printer.
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> He turns to the shepherd and says, “You have exactly
> 1,586 sheep here.”
>
> The shepherd cheers,”That’ s correct, you can have
> your sheep.” The young man makes his pick and puts it
> in the back of his Porsche.
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> The shepherd looks at him and asks: “If I guess your
> profession, will you return my animal to me?” The young
> man answers, “Yes, why not”.
>
> The shepherd says, “You are a Management Consultant
> from a top-notch consultancy like McKinsey,etc. .”.
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> How did you know?” asks the surprised young man.
>
> “Very simple,” answers the shepherd.
>
> “First, you came here without being called.
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> Second, you charged me a fee to tell me something I already
> knew, And
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> third, you don’t understand anything about my
> business…
>
> Now can I have my DOG back?”