Natural Born "Oneself"

During a meeting today, my supervisor mentioned the story of "The Scorpion and the Frog" to tells the truth that "nature" cannot be changed. It's true, something is naturally born and cannot be changed.

One of the suggestions proposed by many books about marriage is "Don't expect you can change the other half. You can only accept him/her or not". This suggestion is in fact also applicable to management.

This recalled one of my recently read articles "Managing Oneself" from Peter Drucker, one of the best masters/scholars in business management. In the article, Drucker realized the same truth and suggested ways to improve ourselves:

"The conclusion bears repeating: do not try to change yourself-you are unlikely to succeed. But work hard to improve the way you perform. And try not to take on work you cannot perform or will only perform poorly."