Beating around the bush

All situations, characters and incidents are imaginary and any sort of resemblance to your experiences is pure hallucination on your part :)

Employee: You always stated me as one of the assets to the company and I deliver more than what you expect. Then why during the appraisal review you only give the average rating though internally you know IT’S NOT.

TL: You are always the great employee to have in our company. I never doubt your skills what you possess. I understand that you deserve more rating. So take this as an opportunity to show that you are best asset to our company.

Employee (:-S) : You mean, what more are you expecting !!!

TL : Hmmm… Good question, explore in and around your work. I’m sure you will come with some innovative idea where we can optimize our effort in the company.  We will project these values to the higher management and get you the required rating.

Employee: Last year, when I built an induction documents for the new joiners, you stated me that it was part of my work. And these documents are used across the different teams. When I built these documents in spare time though it was not part of my work you stated me that it was part of my work. Under these conditions how will I be assured that my additional efforts will not go into vain?

 TL : No No Nooo, never get into that opinion. Your works are always respected. Those documents are always given credit to your work.

Employee: Then why is it not given good rating

TL: I wanted you to perform more. Let me explain you, You know Parasurama(Hindu Mythological character)?

Employee: Yes

TL : Throughout the world he was respected as one of great icon. All godly beings appreciated him. But his father never appreciated him. One day Parasurama in revengeful attitude, wanted to teach his father a lesson, a good lesson. So he was hiding in his house and waiting for his father to come. When his father came, his mother received him with great delight. Asked his father why he never appraised his son when all celestial creatures worship him. To this his father …with politeness …stated that if everyone starts appraising he will stop performing better. So if I don’t appreciate he keeps up the good spirit of winning.

Employee: This is good for stories not on reality. This is life where I need many things to survive.

TL: We shouldn’t worry about the fruits, just work, success follows you later.

Employee: Come on I can’t get such low hikes and asking me to wait for success. It looks as though I’m not along with the market standards.

TL: See this where you need to stop comparing. Everyone will be given with different salary structure. You shouldn’t compare your salary with the guy who is getting higher salary.

Employee : Ok, then with respect to my experience do you think my salary is justifiable

TL : Don’t see whether its justifiable, there are many people outside who are just waiting to get this salary. We are lucky to have this job.

Employee: It’s not a social service company where I’m working. I anticipate some benefits for my work. Please make sure I’m in par with market standards.

TL : Yeah I agree but upper management thinks that you were not up to mark.

Employee: You mean…

TL : Hmmmm….. Upper management feels you’re not good at time management

Employee: How did they conclude that?

TL : You leave office around 9:30. So it looks as though you are unable to finish your work and you always need a extra time

Employee: I  go out for lunch outside and it takes me around one hour, since I’m involved with companies event organizing team, I work with them every day at least for an hour, above that I come to office at 11. I don’t feel it is reasonable if I don’t work at least for eight hours.

TL: This cannot be considered by upper management. Then only feel there is some difficult for you to complete the job on time. Be a smart worker. Finish your work within couple of hours and enjoy your spare time.

Employee: Do you think it’s good to send my results without any proper evaluation.

TL: It’s not like that. Be efficient, finish your task quickly, give importance to critical part of the quality work and enjoy your spare time with your family.

Employee( :@) : I enjoy my spare time with my family on early morning hours. But please don’t say that I’m not managing time correctly. If particular project requires 4 hours, I have given that 4 hours.

TL: See, this where you land into trouble. Finish within 3 hours and enjoy for an hour.

Employee: This is followed by everyone. But no one reports that project was finished quickly.

TL: I know but you are a hard worker. I want you to be a smart worker.

Employee: Hard worker and smart worker are just a terms to spoil the appraisal. I’m sure, there are no such guy, so called SMART WORKER in the company.

TL: It’s according to perceived values. Look at your fellow colleague everyday he leaves office at 5:30. 

Employee: So you feel leaving early from office is the definition of smart worker. It’s not how you finish the work.

TL: Unfortunately upper management feels that.

Employee: Then you should change that view.

TL: Let’s forget whatever upper management feels we will do something innovative so that you will have good rating in coming years.



BEYOND THE HORIZON

What stops us from thinking beyond the horizon?

It was fascinating experience to observe when some people transform the moral stories from one level to next level.

For example: The Hare and the Tortoise story

So I also tried this experiment from my side to expand the storyline.

Thanks for reading.

Original Story :

Two Brothers and the Geese Story

Two sons work for their father on the family’s farm. The younger brother had for some years been given more responsibility and reward, and one day the older brother asks his father to explain why.

The father says, “First, go to the Kelly’s farm and see if they have any geese for sale – we need to add to our stock.”

The brother soon returns with the answer, “Yes they have five geese they can sell to us.”

That father then says, “Good, please ask them the price.”

The son returns with the answer, “The geese are £10 each.”

The father says, “Good, now ask if they can deliver the geese tomorrow.”

And duly the son returns with the answer, “Yes, they can deliver the geese them tomorrow.”

The father asks the older brother to wait and listen, and then calls to the younger brother in a nearby field, “Go to the Davidson’s Farm and see if they have any geese for sale – we need to add to our stock.”

The younger brother soon returns with the answer, “Yes, they have five geese for £10 each, or ten geese for £8 each; and they can deliver them tomorrow – I asked them to deliver the five unless they heard otherwise from us in the next hour. And I agreed that if we want the extra five geese we could buy them at £6 each.”

The father turned to the older son, who nodded his head in appreciation – he now realized why his brother was given more responsibility and reward.

  

Learning form the story :

Initiative, responsibility, anticipation and adding value to service will always result in rewards!

Expanded Part :

Looking at this soon the elder son became more concerned about his attitude. Wanted to perform better. So gave a hard thought and started performing more.

After couple of years, finally one day he came to his dad and asked why he is still not given more responsibility.

The father say, “OK, Go to Charles place and check do they have Rabbits for sale”.

The son returns after couple of hours and says “Mr. Charles has 50 Rabbits in their farm, costing £ 10 pounds for 5, £ 8 pounds for 10, £7 pounds for 25 and £ 6 pounds for 50. They can deliver to our farm  any time we would like to have. Also I checked with Mr. Davidson and he has 75 Rabbits costing £ 8 pounds without any discount and there is no delivery from their side and Mr. Vincent has 40 Rabbits for………”

The father says, “Good you have done very good job, now call your younger brother”

As soon as younger brother comes, father says to younger son, “Go to Sam’s place and check whether they have Rabbits for sale”

Younger son removes his cell phone and says “Hello, Sam do you have Rabbits for sale”

Learning from story :

Keep on updated, Be smart, Stay competitive and finally think beyond the horizon



Dedicated to TV serial lovers

Being an Indian there were many common events occurring in everyone’s life. One such thing would be women’s watching the TV serial’s. After seeing the similar pains in my friend’s family and my family, I wanted record the 15 best quotes from the women. Some of them are my imaginative stuffs and some are the help from my wife, my friend and off course serial-lover “my mom”.

1. Honey, when did you come home I didn’t see you coming.

2. You told me to make coffee, sorry I was watching my serial at that time.

3. The serial is just for half an hour and I hardly watch.

4. No I don’t like to see the repetitive part of this serial on the next day morning. So please let me watch now.

5. I will start my cooking when the commercial break comes.

6. How were you able to follow the serial after a month break?

7. Come on there is a relation between the serial story and the serial name.

8. The lady in that serial is as cruel as my mother-in-law(or daughter-in-law).

9. Dear you can check the scores in the newspaper tomorrow.

10. I can’t come with you today. Today is Pardafash. (comment from the hard core Ekta fan :) )

11. It’s almost over.. two min..

12. Whenever there is something interesting they put the ads.. : (

13. What did Prerana tell to her first husband?

14. I’m not Shanthi who can accept everything you do to me(listener starts wandering that did she had any friend by name Shanthi) .

15. I’m not addicted to TV serials.

FINALE OF ASSERTION?

A conversation between two logicians:

Logician A:When we experience an unpleasant person, condition or circumstance (the stimulus), we can either react from the Victim Orientation or choose to respond from a Creator Orientation.
We can react in one of the roles of Victim, Persecutor or Rescuer “OR” we can make shift happen into the more empowered and resourceful roles of Creator, Challenger or Coach
“See all depends upon how we can make choice to be in most desirable condition we are its VERY MUCH true”.
Do u agree ?

Logician B:Its only the environment teaches the way u want to react
We don’t have sufficient time, so u can’t choose your role

Logician A:It’s our feeling that- we don’t have sufficient time, but u know our eye can capture so much of color in fraction of seconds and we can repeat what we glimpse?
Sorry, IF U CHOOSE ENVIRONEMENT to guide your life it’s wrong

Logician B:You will be a gentleman only when people around you are gentleman and u will be criminal if the people around u are criminal

Logician A:Not really
Sorry, I’m not criminal or gentleman, I respond to situation according my perceived values.
Gentleman, criminal are projection of other about me, but I’m not that

Logician B: Yes, Let me prove with a simple question, ready

Logician A:Yes

Logician B:You are going to home
Sudden one guy comes to you with a dragger in his hand and stops you on the road

Logician A:Ok

Logician B:What will u feel?

Logician A:I feel threat
May be person wants money or some valuable thing I have.

Logician B:This guy is “A professional knife sharpener”

Logician A:Ok, what’s the point …

Logician B:You thought him to be a thief because we have seen such a world
We don’t take much time to evaluate a person
Because we are influenced by environment
You were able to see him as a criminal because we have seen more thieves than a knife sharpener

COMPASSIONATE OF A PHRASE

As said by Sir Thomas Edison that “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work”.

In other words, nothing could have stopped Sir Thomas Edison from achieving his victory since his options for losing were getting reduced every time he failed.

EVERY SECOND COUNTS

Moment of life, it keeps changing.
After going through different phases of my life there was not a single calendar day where events got resurfaced. I learnt by heart that there is always something different coming tomorrow. Never stop dreaming, just keep harmonizing with the moment.
So why can’t we isolate from the miseries of the past and cherish the possessions what’s available?

Things you would like to try again ???

There will be one thing in the life that you would always like to do again...

Then which is that task you would like to try again???

For me, it’s getting married again!!!