Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Everyday stories: Deserve before you desire!
Everyday stories: Deserve before you desire!: "Long time back, my Mama told me “Beta, deserve before you desire”. I was young and couldn’t understand what he meant. I recently said the s..."
Deserve before you desire!
Long time back, my Mama told me “Beta, deserve before you desire”. I was young and couldn’t understand what he meant. I recently said the same thing to someone else. I used the phase without knowing its depth. This post is an attempt to understand the phase I have been hearing from a really long time.
How do you know that you deserve something before you desire for it? I guess the cycle goes like this. First you desire for something then you try and figure out how much is the weight of that thing. Accordingly you decide what must be done to deserve it. Therefore, for deserving something it should first be desired for.
Next question, how do we know the value of a thing? What I’m trying to figure out here is how we ever know how much effort should be put into so that you deserve what you have desired for. I guess that’s why my cousins taught to take bribe. Ya, I agree, I take bribe from my family for every small thing I do. I’m the laziest person you’ll ever find and so I take bribe. I am proud to say that it works. At least for me, it works. They promise me a chocolate; I do the work and get it. I’m happy plus they are happy.
But how do you decide if the thing is more than just chocolates? If its something costly, if it’s about a person you like. How do you decide it? I never thought about it but now I know someone who thinks this way. It is new to me, as I have always been with people who either date multiple people at the same time or who just keep switching. But there do exist a really small number of people in my world who think before taking another step.
So is it at all correct saying them “deserve before you desire!”? I don’t have an answer but do hope to get it someday.
How do you know that you deserve something before you desire for it? I guess the cycle goes like this. First you desire for something then you try and figure out how much is the weight of that thing. Accordingly you decide what must be done to deserve it. Therefore, for deserving something it should first be desired for.
Next question, how do we know the value of a thing? What I’m trying to figure out here is how we ever know how much effort should be put into so that you deserve what you have desired for. I guess that’s why my cousins taught to take bribe. Ya, I agree, I take bribe from my family for every small thing I do. I’m the laziest person you’ll ever find and so I take bribe. I am proud to say that it works. At least for me, it works. They promise me a chocolate; I do the work and get it. I’m happy plus they are happy.
But how do you decide if the thing is more than just chocolates? If its something costly, if it’s about a person you like. How do you decide it? I never thought about it but now I know someone who thinks this way. It is new to me, as I have always been with people who either date multiple people at the same time or who just keep switching. But there do exist a really small number of people in my world who think before taking another step.
So is it at all correct saying them “deserve before you desire!”? I don’t have an answer but do hope to get it someday.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Seniors at Office
I’m finally on project now. Although, I haven’t started the real work but I’m learning a lot of things. I have been assigned to the NDH silo for the project. I work with Saikrishna. He joined last year. I also try and learn about other silos. Currently, I’m learning the work of inventory. Piyush is the senior who helps me with that.
Both of them are excellent guides and I cannot dare compare them. Both of them have their own style of transferring their knowledge. When I say knowledge it’s not only about the silo but life in general. I remember when Sai gave me my first assignment for training me, I was tensed. After trying the problem for one full day I was stuck and thus as I am, I freaked out. I remember pinging Sai ‘I give up’. I was stressed and had headache. He immediately replied back boosting up my confidence. The best thing about working with him is that he makes me feel that I can do the work. He shows confidence in me.
Piyush on the other hand, always discusses the harsh realities of this business. I don’t think any senior would ever do that. His work is related to functional and may be because of that he keeps talking about how the actually things work. Well, to be honest, I do know what Piyush says is true but its scares me at times. He shows how life can be difficult, although most of us from our batch are still in the college mood. Piyush has a fore-sightedness in him and he tries his best to guide us with his wisdom.
As for me, when I get frightened by Piyush’s tales, I come to Sai for the confidence. I guess each one of us would always want seniors like them so that we learn before we lose. And so I conclude by saying life is long and we keep changing as change is inevitable but everyone likes it if we change for good.
Both of them are excellent guides and I cannot dare compare them. Both of them have their own style of transferring their knowledge. When I say knowledge it’s not only about the silo but life in general. I remember when Sai gave me my first assignment for training me, I was tensed. After trying the problem for one full day I was stuck and thus as I am, I freaked out. I remember pinging Sai ‘I give up’. I was stressed and had headache. He immediately replied back boosting up my confidence. The best thing about working with him is that he makes me feel that I can do the work. He shows confidence in me.
Piyush on the other hand, always discusses the harsh realities of this business. I don’t think any senior would ever do that. His work is related to functional and may be because of that he keeps talking about how the actually things work. Well, to be honest, I do know what Piyush says is true but its scares me at times. He shows how life can be difficult, although most of us from our batch are still in the college mood. Piyush has a fore-sightedness in him and he tries his best to guide us with his wisdom.
As for me, when I get frightened by Piyush’s tales, I come to Sai for the confidence. I guess each one of us would always want seniors like them so that we learn before we lose. And so I conclude by saying life is long and we keep changing as change is inevitable but everyone likes it if we change for good.
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