Teach more, Learn More

In corporate world, I have come across many people, well skilled, well toned up practically to even smell the slightest problem in the process and have ready solution for all such problems. But, when it comes to sharing the knowledge, they become introvert and shy away from the responsibility of teaching the young recruits to face the cruel customers. They think, they will lose the edge over others, if they impart knowledge. In my opinion, its their short-sightedness which prevents them to do so and its also their lack of confidence in their own abilities, which holds them back from becoming the true leaders and mentors. By not sharing the knowledge, they take on the burden of each task on their own shoulders, which means they lack the value of delegating the work to their juniors. So, many a times, they get entangled themselves to small pity jobs and do not have time to look at the big picture. In my opinion, it hampers their own journey towards the Top because they make themselves Almighty Specialists for a task that even management do not want them to allocate more or greater responsibility.

I am in support function for last 19 yrs and known as "Free Consultant", not only for Related technical expertise but also for any personal problem among my friends and colleagues. I know for sure that each time, I give a suggestion to anyone, it also increases my own sphere of knowledge. Its like adding words or thoughts or knowledge or problem solving skills to your own database of inner Library and you can depend upon same ideas to sort out your own problems, many a times later on in Life. You do not have to think again of an idea in case u have suggested something earlier to a friend for similar issue and apart from that u must have known the result of that idea, so u can even change a bit accordingly.

The above thoughts started when I had answered a Question on Linkedin and the same was selected as a Good Answer, the same is shared below, enjoy the lanes of my thoughts..

Q - What has been your most valuable reward as a mentor? Mentee?
Asked by Vaughn Akins 7 days ago in Mentoring Closed
Your answer was selected as a Good Answer
Your public answer:
“By sharing my experiences, I do mentor many but more than that I learn myself new things, my self confidance increases. Above all, the best possible reward comes in the shape of glint in the eyes of the so called students, which reflects the gain in their confidence to handle things in much better manner. Their appreciating words do create a flutter in the mind and pump up the adrenaline to impart the knowledge in the best possible manner. I enjoy it..”

Add Value

Most of the time, we have seen people getting fired day in and day out, for the faults they commit, while carrying out their duties. Its very normal for humans to make mistakes. Some make very little mistakes, some have a habit of being the frontrunners in making errors. Apart from failing to perform up to the standards or expectations, people sometimes do tend to take the firing by the senior management in a different manner and start losing their self confidance and so fall in a kind of trap of self destruction. People should understand that there are always limitations of infrastructure, which holds up the processes and financially its not possible for every business organisation to build up so much backups to avoid any mishaps. Above all, customers at the receiving end have a right to shout at the every moment of breakdown, as his desires of getting the idle, ultimate production at much more than the rated speed, shatters at every breakdown. Every customer wants to wipe off the word "Downtime" from the dictonary of this high speed working environment.

People at the receiving end should take heart and should have to build heart to accept the blame of not performing up to the expectations of the esteemed paying customers. This does not mean that they should not worry about the mistakes and stop performing. It simply means that try to give the best possible out of you and then leave the rest for the almighty God to take care. One should learn to add value to the job he or she is performing, every moment for the best results, rest is not under his or her control.

I like to share a Question & answer from Linkedin, which invoked these thoughts out the lanes of my mind, enjoy it..if u can...

Q - Recruitment is a thankless job... Agree or Disagree?
Asked by Vineet Thakur [LION] vineetthakur@hotmail.com 6 days ago in Staffing and Recruiting Open
Your public answer:
“Life is like that. A person is known by the errors he or she makes. Even while studing, the person making it to the Top is the one who made minimum errors, 99.99% also means there is still an error involved. Similarly, many a times, a person is appreciated just because his or her colleagues makes much more errors in a day than that particular person. I am in a support function for last 19 yrs and always heard shouting noises from management and customers for the 2% of the complaints not solved on time, no one even bothers to look at the infrastructure provided by the management or the reasons how the other 98% of the cases are solved on time. I have learnt to happily accept my fault when I fail to deliver as per the expectations of others, everyone should do it to enjoy the life. Just try to give ur best shot in every move and add value to the every job u r doing and try to make minimum mistakes in Life, rest is beyond ur control at present and the same failure is a learning path for ur future. Enjoy it..”

Advantage of being a Delhiete..

A few days back, while browsing through open questions, I read a question about cities which inspires. The moment I started writing, my thought process completely transformed from what I had planned to put down. It really even surprised me, how the mind moves from one thought to another while unfolding the new unknown vistas. Sometimes, I feel like writing is an art which develops an individuals mind to wander into sky and unfold the mysteries of unknown... I am not finding exact words to define the feelings. I like to share the question and answer, to showcase the movement of mind from one thought to another..

Q - What are the most inspiring cities around the world?
Asked by Sharon Reus 3 days ago in Business Dining and Entertainment Open
Your public answer:
“Every one of us has heard that the Beauty lies in the eyes of the Beholder. Similarly, each bit of space on this earth beautifully created by God and destructed by Man, inspires everyone of us attached to that bit and make us learn something new, if we want to..finally its our observation power and learning capabilities, which creates new ideas, not the place. The Law of gravity was inspired by an apple falling towards the earth, its the observation which matters, not the place, as the apples are falling almost all around the world. So, I love my place of birth, New Delhi, the capital of India. This is a city of extremes, too hot in summer, too cold in winters, too much rain in rainy season, except snow, we see almost all possible seasons, starting with winter, fall, spring, summer,rain, autumn and winter again. Even the restaurants, pubs, discos, theatres are either of 5 star quality or absolute cheap dirt...Life is like that in every aspect and we learnt to adapt to all such situations easily. May be thats the reason, I am adaptable enough to fit in every situation..”

Enjoy the game of adapting to be the best fit..