INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

delivering to the society, youngsters bearing the aforesaid qualities.
The HRD cannot be realized for our countries’ managers only through
the sciences and usage of advanced management theories.
I conclude this presentation with an advice given in a poem of the
famous Iranian poet Sa’adi Shirazi of the 14 th century:
The sapling which is just born
Could be removed by a person,
If one lets it live for some years
No one can take it by forces,
If one hinders the fountain by sand
It may not be passed through by an elephant.
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