Broth
is thin soup of meat.
If
we allow a cook to make the broth, he prepares it according to his knowledge
and experience of making it. If it is not good he can rectify it and make it
better next time. On the other hand, if too many cooks are allowed to make
broth, the result can be disastrous. One will say one thing and another cook
will say another thing totally contradictory. The result: a spoilt broth.
In
much the same way, a task that requires one person should not be assigned to
many. There is every chance that they may not get along well. The results will be
bad. In addition it will not be possible to hold any particular person
responsible for spoiling the task.
Any
job needs a certain amount of discipline and coordination. This is possible
only if the experts are limited in number. For instance take an office that has
too many officers bossing over their subordinates. In such a case the quality
of the job that the subordinates do suffers because of different and
conflicting directions that are given by the bosses.
Likewise
an army with too many generals will be unable to attack properly. A team with
too many captains is most likely to lose.
There
is a saying in Sanskrit, ‘Ati sarvatra varjayet‘. It means that too much is
always bad. The phrase ‘too many cooks’ in the saying can refer to anything in
excess.
The
proverb advises moderation in everything. Therefore, only the required number
of people, with their duties specified, should handle a job if that job is not
to duffer in quality.
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