Which Type R WE???

"The Learning

 Curve Way..."

There were 2 colleagues named Shukan & Snehal. Both joined ABC Limited on same day at same level and started working in the same team under the same boss.

Days passed by, months passed by and years passed by. Shukan was excelling in his performance, became favourite of other team members including the boss, and was central point of contact for any advice/support for everyone. While on the other side, Snehal was comparatively infamous professionally, was happy going and fun loving person having good terms with all.

By end of 5 years, Shukan was promoted as Manager with double the remuneration drawn by Snehal who has reached to Sr. Executive grade till time.

Now the question to ponder upon is what created this huge difference between the career graph statistics of Shukan & Snehal? Most of us will think that it is-The difference in IQ and intelligence level of both.

But the fact is its not only the difference in capability/skillset level but it the difference in our Attitude, Passion & Determination towards Career that draws the leaps & plummets in our career graphs.

There are 2 types of person: Type A & Type B

Type A person wakes up in the morning, goes to office, works whole day as and when work comes, returns home, have dinner, watch TV/mobile/roam around, then sleep and wakes up again in the morning for the same schedule. By end of the month, salary is credited in the account and he feels ‘Balle-Balle’.

Type B person wakes up in the morning, goes to office, works whole day as and when work comes, returns home, have dinner, analyses entire day-what new did he learn, what good things he did which he needs to carry for tomorrow and what unproductive things he did which needs to be eradicated for tomorrow, plan the activities for tomorrow, measure the improvement in skills, then sleep and wake up again in the morning for the same schedule. By end of the month, salary is credited in the account by default but with it the real earning is increase in the skill level & learnings that take us to the next level.

Shukan was Type B and Snehal was Type A in the above scenario. Shukan had the will and urge to learn more and more and hence his learning curve was exponential. Due to this habit of self-learning and improvement on regular basis, Shukan became more learned and hence had productive output, fruitful suggestions at time of meetings and innovative ways of solving the problems. While, Snehal was least bother about his learnings and upliftment. He was working in his comfort zone and had no goals defined for the life. For him it was - 'khavanu, pivanu and maja ni life'...

Type B has aspirations, goals and all passion attached to it while Type A lives a carefree life without any aim/direction. Now its upto us-1^st to identify which type we are and 2^nd which type we want to become...as time never waits for anyone...once gone is gone for ever...

“Learning how to learn is one of the most important skills in life”

"Keep Learning; Keep Growing"

Have We Ever Introspected Ourselves???

“Importance of Knowing Thyself
- The Button Way”

There were 2 students named Kunjal & Ashish studying in class-X in the same school and same division. They were together since class-1 and had wild competition amongst each other for 1^st rank. Kunjal ranked 1^st in class-1, 3, 4, 7 & 9 while Ashish ranked 1^st in class-2, 5, 6 & 8. So now in class-X; the competition became more cut-throat.

While observing Kunjal one day, Ashish discovered something strange. In the last exam of board examinations, Ashish furtively managed to take off the 1^st button of Kunjal’s shirt without his knowledge. Now when exam started, Kunjal started sweating and panicking and was not able to write a single word in the exam paper. Finally the results were out wherein Ashish topped the school and Kunjal failed the examinations. The thing that Ashish discovered about Kunjal was that Kunjal has a habit of writing exams by holding his topmost shirt button again and again. On the last day of exam, since the button was not there, Kunjal was not able to concentrate on his exam and was feeling out of memory because of which he failed.

This small story urges us to ask few questions to ourselves:

·     Are we aware of our weaknesses?

·     Are we known to our habits that are making us helpless and dependent?

·     Are we alert on our competitors knowing of our weakness/habit/dependency?

· If yes then have we started with the remedial actions to eradicate them or are we procrastinating?

We all are aware of a well-known management concept of SWOT Analysis which says we shall be aware of our Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat. But the concern here is we are just aware about it; we don’t implement it.

              He who knows others is wise; 

                                      but he who knows himself is enlightened...

In practical lives, we sharpen our axe by focusing on strengths and creating the opportunities wherein in this heftiness of leading the race; we overlook the significance of identifying our weaknesses and thereby shrinking the radius of our threats!!! In order to mark an unbeatable success in life, all the four dimensions of SWOT concept needs to be followed hand in hand. Every single dimension is futile without the existence of other 3 dimensions…

“Know Thyself; Know Thy Success”

“Who is driving us?-The Playtime Way”

There was a village named Keshva and there lived 2 friends named Raghu & Teny. Raghu was 13 years old and Teny was 8 years old. Their friendship was appreciated in entire village and they were known as Jay & Veeru Jodi…

One fine day Raghu & Teny while playing reached to some distant place from village. While catching each other and doing mischief; accidentally Raghu falls in well. Both started screaming for help but alas no one was found around as it was a distant place and no life existed in nearby vicinity. The panicked Teny without any delay threw the bucket in well and shouted for Raghu to get on the bucket. The frightened Raghu without giving any thought climbed up the bucket. The little Teny then started pulling the rope with all his energy that he could gather to the peak level. Teny tried and tried hard and finally the bucket reached top and Raghu came out of the well. The duo with the mixed feeling of fear and happy of being out of danger; tightly held each other and cried out loud. Both after getting control on their emotions walked towards the village but they were afraid of parents to narrate this incident as they would be scolded for their carelessness.

There in the village, entire village was finding their Jay & Veeru Jodi. On seeing them, all ran up to them and asked where they were since long. Both narrated the incidence and the villagers were stunned to listen all. They denied believing them and started scolding them saying there is something else that they are hiding and hence making these stories. Both tried convincing the villagers but no one was ready to believe. Then they decided to take both of them to the most senior and intellectual person in village named Himmat Chacha who has been the only point of contact for any type of advice and problem solver for all. The entire incidence was presented to Himmat Chacha and the villagers asked how it is possible for an 8 year old kid to pull 13 year old out of the well. Himmat Chacha after listening to the kids replied that it is possible and the kids are telling truth. The villagers were astonished by the answer and asked how it is possible. The Chacha replied it was made possible because there was no one around the kids who could tell them that this is NOT possible!!!

The crux of the story says that nothing is impossible until we believe it is possible. One of the perspectives of ‘The locus of control’ theory says that there are 2 types of locus of control- Internal & External. The external locus is driven by factors like People, Environment, Chance, Luck, Fate etc. While the internal locus is driven by Self-confidence, Self-belief and Self-motivation.

There are certain external factors (PEOPLE) who will discourage, feed in negative thoughts in our mind and try to change our belief and thereby loose our confidence. We need to be cautious of such external factors and focus more on the internal control factors like confidence on ourselves to sail through the tides of our life.

Being deaf to the external factors and keeping faith in internal factors is the key to cross any hurdle of our life. It was the internal control of Teny that made it possible to save the life of Raghu as there was no external controlling factor to discourage his confidence on himself and belief that it is possible. The frog race story wherein the winner frog was found deaf also conveys the same concept.

So its up to us whether we want to be a puppet who acts in accordance with people or to have hold of our life’s strings in our own hands!!!

“Kuch to log kahenge, logon ka kaam hai kehna;

               

                                    Chhodo bekar ki batton main, kahin beet na jae raina”

    “Be Confident; Live Confident”

Concept Ref: Julian B. Rotter

“Perception about Life-The Sculpture Way”

What is the meaning of Perception???

* The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through senses

* Way we think about or understand someone or something

* Ability to understand or notice something easily

Let us understand how life changes by means of perception through a simple story-

One day a man was wandering around in jungles. While enjoying the beauty of nature, he suddenly noticed some tickling sound. On searching, he discovered that 3 workers are dismantling the small traditional temple for building a new one. The man went to 1st worker and asked-“What are you doing?” The irritated worker replied in a loud tone “Can’t you see, I am doing laborious and gruelling pathetic work of breaking the stones? Just go away and let me continue sweating by blood in this draining boredom.” 

The man moved ahead and reached the 2nd worker and asked-“What are you doing?” The tired worker replied in a pity tone “What else we would do sir? We are born to do such arduous work and earn our daily bread to run our family; so doing the same without choice.” The man became little sad on hearing both the workers and understanding their situations emotionally. 

Moving further he saw the 3rd worker. He asked him the same question expecting the same disappointment; but to his astonishment, the answer was completely unexpected. The 3rd worker replied “I am doing a historical work of building a residential place for my Almighty. I am the blessed one of thousands who is chosen for such a noble opportunity of creating shelter for one who gives shelter to all.” 

On listening to 3rd worker, the man understood the biggest crux of happy life which is nothing but our own perception about our own life. 

Some of us are like 1st worker who are frustrated with our lives and rather than looking out productive ways of coming out of problems, we tend to get more negative and frustrated. This creates anger which increases day by day and we end up living a horribly discouraged life!!!

Some of us are like 2nd worker who have accepted the life the way it is. Although dis-satisfactory but no aspirations and thereby no efforts to make it happy going. All fine to spend the whole life as a life waiting for end!!!

Very few of us are like 3rd worker who finds positivity in all the circumstances irrespective of being odd or even and this optimism keeps them happy going. They enjoy all that they do and lives life with a stint of satisfaction. These are the kinds that are always ready to welcome future with a smiling face and be firm in all the offbeat tracks of life too.

It all begins in mind. Our life is reflection of our mind. It is very rightly said-

“Life is based on perception; perception is based on opinion, opinion is based on thought, and thought comes from mind…So….

“Change your Mind; Change your Life…”