100m vs Marathon: In 100m race pace is important. In Marathon endurance is crucial. 100m race demands You to maintain do or die attitude in the short period of time. Marathon asks you to pick up all that you have just when are completely drained. A man who is the best in 100m race in all probability is not the best in Marathon. The field of sports can be compared to a 100m race while the fields which involve intellectual abilities are marathons.
Appraising the Boss: I don't understand why organizations do not allow bosses to be appraised by their subordinates. Today in India, they want us to address ever one by name(instead of our traditional 'sir') as a mark of equality but only the boss appraises his/her subordinates. If 15 to 20% of the appraisal is based on the subordinates review of an associate, there would be lesser grievances among the ground zero work force. It could reduce attrition by around 5-10%. Another 5-10% increase in productivity will be there in my opinion. This would increase the total productivity of the organization by at least 10-15%. Now, you may ask on what basis am I putting those percentages - but dude this is just a blog and not a researched paper.
Good, Bad and Ugly: Shakespeare said, "The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones." I am always reminded of Ramalinga Raju whenever I see the 108 vehicle going out for rescuing some one or attending an emergency. He was one of the main reason for its existence in India. And yet we are so cruel that we want to point fingers at him for his scam but don't have the courtesy to thank him for the good he did. The other day I had a small argument with a close friend of mine when Azharuddin came to watch an IPL match and was shown in the TV for a couple of minutes. My friend was all the time talking about his match-fixing but was not ready to acknowledge the fact that he was the most successful captain India had till then. We can give n number of examples in this regard.
Professionalism: This happened when I went to Kanyakumari almost a year and half ago. While I was travelling to Kanyakumari from chennai, I was pulled out by the TT for proof of identity. Till then I used to carry with me a colour photocopy of my DL without any problems. But the TT was not ready to accept it and took a bribe of 200 INR. I felt ashamed of myself for having given the bribe. Something more interesting took place on the day of my return. I got my sandals repaired by a cobbler at Kanyakumari. He took almost an hour and gave them almost a brand new look. He took 40 INR for his service. It was that day I decided to keep this unknown cobbler as one of my benchmarks of professionalism. It is so unfortunate that we live in a society where a corrupt official commands more respect than a very sincere professional doing a 'so called lesser job'. Let me quote Martin Luther King Jr. in this context. "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that the all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
Appraising the Boss: I don't understand why organizations do not allow bosses to be appraised by their subordinates. Today in India, they want us to address ever one by name(instead of our traditional 'sir') as a mark of equality but only the boss appraises his/her subordinates. If 15 to 20% of the appraisal is based on the subordinates review of an associate, there would be lesser grievances among the ground zero work force. It could reduce attrition by around 5-10%. Another 5-10% increase in productivity will be there in my opinion. This would increase the total productivity of the organization by at least 10-15%. Now, you may ask on what basis am I putting those percentages - but dude this is just a blog and not a researched paper.
Good, Bad and Ugly: Shakespeare said, "The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones." I am always reminded of Ramalinga Raju whenever I see the 108 vehicle going out for rescuing some one or attending an emergency. He was one of the main reason for its existence in India. And yet we are so cruel that we want to point fingers at him for his scam but don't have the courtesy to thank him for the good he did. The other day I had a small argument with a close friend of mine when Azharuddin came to watch an IPL match and was shown in the TV for a couple of minutes. My friend was all the time talking about his match-fixing but was not ready to acknowledge the fact that he was the most successful captain India had till then. We can give n number of examples in this regard.
Professionalism: This happened when I went to Kanyakumari almost a year and half ago. While I was travelling to Kanyakumari from chennai, I was pulled out by the TT for proof of identity. Till then I used to carry with me a colour photocopy of my DL without any problems. But the TT was not ready to accept it and took a bribe of 200 INR. I felt ashamed of myself for having given the bribe. Something more interesting took place on the day of my return. I got my sandals repaired by a cobbler at Kanyakumari. He took almost an hour and gave them almost a brand new look. He took 40 INR for his service. It was that day I decided to keep this unknown cobbler as one of my benchmarks of professionalism. It is so unfortunate that we live in a society where a corrupt official commands more respect than a very sincere professional doing a 'so called lesser job'. Let me quote Martin Luther King Jr. in this context. "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that the all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
