Why do we expect foreigners (read whites) to be better than ourselves.
A racist attack in australia is seen as a totally unacceptable, but the similar attack in Ludhiana against Biharis or against people from UP in Maharashtra does not draw as much attention in India.
We can be racist , but they - they can't be. Why not?
Monday, June 01, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Mirza Ghalib
हज़ारो ख्वाहिशे ऐसी, कि हर ख्वाहिश पर दम निकले,
बहुत निकले मेरे अरमान, लेकिन फिर भी कम निकले
हम वहाँ हैं जहाँ से हमको भी,
कुछ हमारी खबर नहीं आती
आगे आती थी हाले दिल पे हँसी,
अब किसी बात पे नहीं आती
न सुनो गर बुरा कहे कोई,
न कहो गर बुरा करे कोई,
रोक लो गर गलत चले कोई,
बख़्श दो गर खता करे कोई
रगो में दौड़ते रहने के हम नहीं क़ायल,
जब आँख से ही न टपका तो लहू क्या है
हर इक बात पे कहते हो तुम, कि तू क्या है,
तुम्ही कहो कि यह अन्दाज़े गुफ्तगू क्या है
जला है जिस्म जहाँ, दिल भी जल गया होगा
कुरेदते हो राख़, जुस्तजू क्या है
पुर हूँ मैं शिकवे से यूँ, राग से जैसे बाज़ा,
इक ज़रा छेड़िये, फिर देखिये क्या है होता
इस सादगी पर कौन न मर जाये, अय खुदा,
लड़ते हैं और हाँथ में तलवार भी नहीं
जब तवक्को ही उठ गयी गालिब,
क्यों किसी का गिला करे कोई
तवक्को = आस, उम्मीद
निकलना खुल्द से आदम का सुनते आये थे लेकिन,
बड़े बेआबरू हो, तेरे कूचे से हम निकले
खुल्द = स्वर्ग
चाहिये अच्छो को जितना चाहिये,
अगर ये चाहें तो फिर क्या चाहिये
like the fair ones, as much as you like, and if they like you, then what do you want
बक रहा हूँ ज़ूनूँ में, जाने क्या क्या कुछ,
कुछ ना समझे, ख़ुदा करे कोई
कब सुनता है वो कहानी मेरी,
और फिर वह भी ज़ुबानी मेरी
हमको मालूम है ज़न्नत की हकीकत लेकिन,
दिल को खुश रखने को गालिब ख़्याल अच्छा है
कसम जनाजे पे आने की मेरे खाते हैं गालिब,
हमेशा खाते थे जो, मेरी ज़ान की कसम आगे
रात दिन गर्दिश में हैं सातों आस्माँ
होकर रहेगा कुछ न कुछ, घबराये क्या
की वफ़ा हमसे तो गैर उसको जफ़ा कहते हैं,
होती आयी है कि अच्छो को बुरा कहते हैं
मेरी किस्मत में गम गर इतना था
दिल भी या रब, कई दिये होते
इश्क ने गालिब निक्कमा कर दिया,
वर्ना हम भी आदमी थे काम के
केहर हो या बला हो, जो कुछ हो
काश़ के तुम मेरे लिये होते
गालिब बुरा न मान, जो वाअिज़ बुरा कहें
ऐसा भी कोई है कि सब अच्छा कहें जिसे
वाअिज़ = धर्मोपदेशक
रोने से और इश्क में बेब़ाक हो गये,
धोये गये ऐसे कि बस पाक हो गये
गैर से, देखिये क्या खूब निभाई उसने
न सही हमसे, पर उस बुत में वफ़ा है तो सही
चन्द तस्वीर ऐ बुताँ, चन्द हसीनो के खतूत,
बाद मरने के मेरे घर से ये सामाँ निकला
बोझ़ वो सर से गिरा है कि उठाये न उठे,
काम वह आन पड़ा है कि बनाये न बने
दोस्त गमख्वारी में मेरी, सअि फरमायेंगे क्या,
ज़ख्म के भरने तलक, नाखून ना बढ़ आयेंगे क्या
हैं और भी दुनिया में सुखनवर बहुत अच्छे,
कहते हैं कि गालिब का है अंदाज़े बयाँ और
पूछते हैं वह, कि गालिब कौन है,
कोई बतलाओ, कि हम बतलायें क्या
कर्ज़ की पीते थे मै, लेकिन समझते थे, कि हाँ,
रँग लायेगी हमारी फ़ाक़ः मस्ती, ऐक दिन
मुझसे मत कह, तू हमें कहता था अपनी ज़िन्दगी,
ज़िन्दगी से भी मेरा ज़ी इन दिनो बेज़ार है
फिर उसी बेवफ़ा पर मरते हैं,
फिर वही ज़िन्दगी हमारी है
मुहब्बत में नहीं है फर्क, ज़ीने और मरने का,
उसी को देख कर जीते हैं, जिस काफिर पर दम निकले
उनके देखे से आ जाती है मुहँ पर रौनक,
वो समझते हैं कि बीमार का हाल अच्छा है
न था कुछ तो खुदा था, कुछ न होता, तो खुदा़ होता,
डुबोया मुझको मेरे होने ने, न होता मैं तो क्या होता
हुई मुद्दत, कि गालिब मर गया, पर याद आता है
वह हर इक बात पर कहना, कि यों होता तो क्या होता
कहूँ जो हाल तो कहते हो कि मुद्दा कहिये,
तुम्ही कहो, जो तुम यूँ कहो तो क्या कहिये
रहिये अब ऐसी जगह, चल कर जहाँ कोइ न हो,
हमसुख़न कोई न हो, हमज़ुबां कोई न हो
बहुत निकले मेरे अरमान, लेकिन फिर भी कम निकले
हम वहाँ हैं जहाँ से हमको भी,
कुछ हमारी खबर नहीं आती
आगे आती थी हाले दिल पे हँसी,
अब किसी बात पे नहीं आती
न सुनो गर बुरा कहे कोई,
न कहो गर बुरा करे कोई,
रोक लो गर गलत चले कोई,
बख़्श दो गर खता करे कोई
रगो में दौड़ते रहने के हम नहीं क़ायल,
जब आँख से ही न टपका तो लहू क्या है
हर इक बात पे कहते हो तुम, कि तू क्या है,
तुम्ही कहो कि यह अन्दाज़े गुफ्तगू क्या है
जला है जिस्म जहाँ, दिल भी जल गया होगा
कुरेदते हो राख़, जुस्तजू क्या है
पुर हूँ मैं शिकवे से यूँ, राग से जैसे बाज़ा,
इक ज़रा छेड़िये, फिर देखिये क्या है होता
इस सादगी पर कौन न मर जाये, अय खुदा,
लड़ते हैं और हाँथ में तलवार भी नहीं
जब तवक्को ही उठ गयी गालिब,
क्यों किसी का गिला करे कोई
तवक्को = आस, उम्मीद
निकलना खुल्द से आदम का सुनते आये थे लेकिन,
बड़े बेआबरू हो, तेरे कूचे से हम निकले
खुल्द = स्वर्ग
चाहिये अच्छो को जितना चाहिये,
अगर ये चाहें तो फिर क्या चाहिये
like the fair ones, as much as you like, and if they like you, then what do you want
बक रहा हूँ ज़ूनूँ में, जाने क्या क्या कुछ,
कुछ ना समझे, ख़ुदा करे कोई
कब सुनता है वो कहानी मेरी,
और फिर वह भी ज़ुबानी मेरी
हमको मालूम है ज़न्नत की हकीकत लेकिन,
दिल को खुश रखने को गालिब ख़्याल अच्छा है
कसम जनाजे पे आने की मेरे खाते हैं गालिब,
हमेशा खाते थे जो, मेरी ज़ान की कसम आगे
रात दिन गर्दिश में हैं सातों आस्माँ
होकर रहेगा कुछ न कुछ, घबराये क्या
की वफ़ा हमसे तो गैर उसको जफ़ा कहते हैं,
होती आयी है कि अच्छो को बुरा कहते हैं
मेरी किस्मत में गम गर इतना था
दिल भी या रब, कई दिये होते
इश्क ने गालिब निक्कमा कर दिया,
वर्ना हम भी आदमी थे काम के
केहर हो या बला हो, जो कुछ हो
काश़ के तुम मेरे लिये होते
गालिब बुरा न मान, जो वाअिज़ बुरा कहें
ऐसा भी कोई है कि सब अच्छा कहें जिसे
वाअिज़ = धर्मोपदेशक
रोने से और इश्क में बेब़ाक हो गये,
धोये गये ऐसे कि बस पाक हो गये
गैर से, देखिये क्या खूब निभाई उसने
न सही हमसे, पर उस बुत में वफ़ा है तो सही
चन्द तस्वीर ऐ बुताँ, चन्द हसीनो के खतूत,
बाद मरने के मेरे घर से ये सामाँ निकला
बोझ़ वो सर से गिरा है कि उठाये न उठे,
काम वह आन पड़ा है कि बनाये न बने
दोस्त गमख्वारी में मेरी, सअि फरमायेंगे क्या,
ज़ख्म के भरने तलक, नाखून ना बढ़ आयेंगे क्या
हैं और भी दुनिया में सुखनवर बहुत अच्छे,
कहते हैं कि गालिब का है अंदाज़े बयाँ और
पूछते हैं वह, कि गालिब कौन है,
कोई बतलाओ, कि हम बतलायें क्या
कर्ज़ की पीते थे मै, लेकिन समझते थे, कि हाँ,
रँग लायेगी हमारी फ़ाक़ः मस्ती, ऐक दिन
मुझसे मत कह, तू हमें कहता था अपनी ज़िन्दगी,
ज़िन्दगी से भी मेरा ज़ी इन दिनो बेज़ार है
फिर उसी बेवफ़ा पर मरते हैं,
फिर वही ज़िन्दगी हमारी है
मुहब्बत में नहीं है फर्क, ज़ीने और मरने का,
उसी को देख कर जीते हैं, जिस काफिर पर दम निकले
उनके देखे से आ जाती है मुहँ पर रौनक,
वो समझते हैं कि बीमार का हाल अच्छा है
न था कुछ तो खुदा था, कुछ न होता, तो खुदा़ होता,
डुबोया मुझको मेरे होने ने, न होता मैं तो क्या होता
हुई मुद्दत, कि गालिब मर गया, पर याद आता है
वह हर इक बात पर कहना, कि यों होता तो क्या होता
कहूँ जो हाल तो कहते हो कि मुद्दा कहिये,
तुम्ही कहो, जो तुम यूँ कहो तो क्या कहिये
रहिये अब ऐसी जगह, चल कर जहाँ कोइ न हो,
हमसुख़न कोई न हो, हमज़ुबां कोई न हो
Friday, February 29, 2008
Kahe Kabir suno bhai sadho
साँई इतना दीजिये, जाँ मे कुटुम्ब समाये
मैं भी भूखा ना रहूँ, साधू न भूखा जाये
धीरे धीरे रे मना, धीरे से सब होए
माली सीँचे सौ घड़ा, ऋत आये फल होए
काल करे सो आज कर , आज करे सो अब
पल में परले होएगी, बहूरि करोगे कब
ऐसी वाणी बोलिये, मन का आपा खोए
अपना तन शीतल करे , औरन को सुख देय
माला तो कर में फिरे, जीभ फिरे मुँख माँहि
मनुआ तो चहुँ दिस फिरे, ये तो सिमरन नाँहि
बड़ा हुआ तो क्या हुआ , जैसे पेड़ खज़ूर
पंछी को छाया नही, फल लागे अति दूर
जब मैं था तब हरि नहीं, जब हरि हैं मैं नाहि
सब अँधियारा मिटि गया, जब दीपक देख्या माँहि
माला फेरत जुग भया, गया ना मन का फेर
कर का मनका डार देय, मन का मनका फेर
कबीरा खड़ा बज़ार में, माँगे सबकी खैर
ना काहू से दोस्ती, न काहू से बैर
मैं भी भूखा ना रहूँ, साधू न भूखा जाये
धीरे धीरे रे मना, धीरे से सब होए
माली सीँचे सौ घड़ा, ऋत आये फल होए
काल करे सो आज कर , आज करे सो अब
पल में परले होएगी, बहूरि करोगे कब
ऐसी वाणी बोलिये, मन का आपा खोए
अपना तन शीतल करे , औरन को सुख देय
माला तो कर में फिरे, जीभ फिरे मुँख माँहि
मनुआ तो चहुँ दिस फिरे, ये तो सिमरन नाँहि
बड़ा हुआ तो क्या हुआ , जैसे पेड़ खज़ूर
पंछी को छाया नही, फल लागे अति दूर
जब मैं था तब हरि नहीं, जब हरि हैं मैं नाहि
सब अँधियारा मिटि गया, जब दीपक देख्या माँहि
माला फेरत जुग भया, गया ना मन का फेर
कर का मनका डार देय, मन का मनका फेर
कबीरा खड़ा बज़ार में, माँगे सबकी खैर
ना काहू से दोस्ती, न काहू से बैर
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
What is real
"What is 'real'? How do you define 'real'? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then "real" is nothing more than electrical signals interpreted by your brain."
Morpheus, 'The Matrix'
Morpheus, 'The Matrix'
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Burn your bridges or play it safe ?
What is the benefit of burning your bridges?
Which decisions call for taking a "burn your bridges" call to be taken ?
Should I burn my bridges or create multiple bridges.
Benefit - The decision gets firmed up, you have no way of backtracking - only way to go is forward.
Which decisions call for Burning your bridges?
I guess situation where
1. The stakes are very high. It is very very important for you - though it may not be so for all stakeholders. You got nothing to loose - atleast compared to what you stand to gain, but other stakeholders may have a lot to loose (or they don't value the rewards as much).
2. The chances of you being successful are low. You are attempting something which is very diffcult, a few setbacks will make you/other stakeholders want to abondon the decision.
Once you have identified that the decison will impact your life/ purpose and by delaying it you are loosing the opportunity, You should you burn your bridges, ie close all your options for return to base. However if you have a lot to loose vi a viz what you stand to gain - you will not be able to burn your bridges.
Very important : Know your purpose. Know the Value of you stand to loose, and what you stand to gain.
If you have a lot to loose - as compared to what you stand to gain (value terms, not monetory terms only), you are better off to take the decision of creating multiple bridges.
Which decisions call for taking a "burn your bridges" call to be taken ?
Should I burn my bridges or create multiple bridges.
Benefit - The decision gets firmed up, you have no way of backtracking - only way to go is forward.
Which decisions call for Burning your bridges?
I guess situation where
1. The stakes are very high. It is very very important for you - though it may not be so for all stakeholders. You got nothing to loose - atleast compared to what you stand to gain, but other stakeholders may have a lot to loose (or they don't value the rewards as much).
2. The chances of you being successful are low. You are attempting something which is very diffcult, a few setbacks will make you/other stakeholders want to abondon the decision.
Once you have identified that the decison will impact your life/ purpose and by delaying it you are loosing the opportunity, You should you burn your bridges, ie close all your options for return to base. However if you have a lot to loose vi a viz what you stand to gain - you will not be able to burn your bridges.
Very important : Know your purpose. Know the Value of you stand to loose, and what you stand to gain.
If you have a lot to loose - as compared to what you stand to gain (value terms, not monetory terms only), you are better off to take the decision of creating multiple bridges.
Sunday, March 11, 2007
जाग तुझको दूर जाना
Yet another one noted in my diary about a decade back.. dont know the name of the Poet.
चिर सजग आँखे उनींदी, आज कैसा व्यस्त बाना ।
जाग तुझको दूर जाना ॥
अचल हिमगिरी के ह्रदय में, आज चाहे कम्प हो ले,
या प्रलय के आंसुओ में, मौन अलसित व्योम रो ले ।
आज पी आलोक को डोले तिमिर की घोर छाया,
जाग कर विद्युत शिखाओं में निठुर तूफान बोले ।
पर तुझे है नाश पथ पर चिन्ह अपने छोड़ जाना
जाग तुझ को दूर जाना ॥
बाँध लेंगे क्या तुझे ये मोम के बँधन सजीले ?
पथ की बाधा बनेंगे तितलियों के पर रंगीले ?
विश्व का क्रंदन भुला देगी मधुप की मधुर गुनगुन ?
क्या डुबो देंगे तुझे ये फूल के दल ओस गीले ?
तू न अपनी छाँह को अपने लिये कारा बनाना ।
जाग तुझ को दूर जाना ॥
वज्र का उर एक छोटे अश्रु कण में धो गलाया,
दे किसे अमृत सुधा दो घूँट मदिरा माँग लाया ।
सो गयी आँधी मलय की बात का उपधान ले क्या ?
विश्व का अभिशाप क्या चिर नीँद बन कर पास आया ?
अमरता के सुत क्यों चाहता मृत्यु को उर में बसाना ?
जाग तुझ को दूर जाना ॥
कह न ठंडी साँस में अब भूल वह जलती कहानी,
आग हो उर में तभी द्रग में सजेगा आज पानी
हार भी तेरी बनेगी मानिनी जय की पताका
राख क्षणिक पतंग की है अमर दीपक की कहानी
है तझे अगाँर शैय्या पर मृदुल कलियां बिछाना ।
जाग तुझ को दूर जाना ॥
चिर सजग आँखे उनींदी, आज कैसा व्यस्त बाना ।
जाग तुझको दूर जाना ॥
अचल हिमगिरी के ह्रदय में, आज चाहे कम्प हो ले,
या प्रलय के आंसुओ में, मौन अलसित व्योम रो ले ।
आज पी आलोक को डोले तिमिर की घोर छाया,
जाग कर विद्युत शिखाओं में निठुर तूफान बोले ।
पर तुझे है नाश पथ पर चिन्ह अपने छोड़ जाना
जाग तुझ को दूर जाना ॥
बाँध लेंगे क्या तुझे ये मोम के बँधन सजीले ?
पथ की बाधा बनेंगे तितलियों के पर रंगीले ?
विश्व का क्रंदन भुला देगी मधुप की मधुर गुनगुन ?
क्या डुबो देंगे तुझे ये फूल के दल ओस गीले ?
तू न अपनी छाँह को अपने लिये कारा बनाना ।
जाग तुझ को दूर जाना ॥
वज्र का उर एक छोटे अश्रु कण में धो गलाया,
दे किसे अमृत सुधा दो घूँट मदिरा माँग लाया ।
सो गयी आँधी मलय की बात का उपधान ले क्या ?
विश्व का अभिशाप क्या चिर नीँद बन कर पास आया ?
अमरता के सुत क्यों चाहता मृत्यु को उर में बसाना ?
जाग तुझ को दूर जाना ॥
कह न ठंडी साँस में अब भूल वह जलती कहानी,
आग हो उर में तभी द्रग में सजेगा आज पानी
हार भी तेरी बनेगी मानिनी जय की पताका
राख क्षणिक पतंग की है अमर दीपक की कहानी
है तझे अगाँर शैय्या पर मृदुल कलियां बिछाना ।
जाग तुझ को दूर जाना ॥
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Existence
Here is one more piece of poetry which was noted down in my diary some 10years back..
Little fly
thy summer’s play
my thoughtless hand
has brushed away
Am not I
a fly like thee?
Or art not thou
a man like me?
For I dance
and drink and sing
till some blind hand
shall brush my wing.
William Blake
Songs of Experience, ‘The Fly’ (1795)
This makes you realize the small pleasures and pains that you come across in daily life do not matter.
And makes one think
Is my life as inconsequential as that of a fly –
well ….
ummmm….
Yes.
At least when you take a macro view.
It’s difficult to accept.
But look at it this way, if you were to find out some information about someone of your stature in society, who would have existed 100 years back, what would you find out? I am not talking about any poet like William Blake, or any big historical figure, but about a common man.
Did that guy matter.. except for his progeny , he is non entity. Inconsequential.
So is the stature in society really what matters. Or is it same as being the biggest or fastest fly?
Or more fundamentally, being known and remembered when you are gone and dead, this parameter in itself is a wrong parameter.
So, for that matter when you are alive, being rich and famous matters?
Probably collecting experiences is what matters..A part of me feels yes. why?
Well, let me take an analogy, assume you were on a trip to a foreign country - for the first AND the last time (for some reason you know you may never get to come back). It's a beautiful country, but still you end up spending all your time in one room. You get to see nothing but the walls, smell nothing but the same room, and get to speak to no one. How would you feel?
Do you want the same thing when you leave this world?
A part of me feels , may be its not wrong to experience, but it still is of no consequence.
Why ?
Well how different is it from being a fly which has tasted all fruits (or a few for which all flies were fighting) in the in the small market - which the fly thinks is the complete world.
... is it of any consequence?
So, where does this lead us to??
You are inconsequential.
No matter what.
There is nothing to be ashamed of, there is nothing that you can do about it.
And it is fine that way, accept it.
You do not know where you are going. You do not have any control on what will happen to you. (watch documentary on earthquakes, tsunami on national geographic if you have any doubts) And you DO NOT matter.
Realise that you are inconsequential, and so is most of humdrum of your life.
So.
Be aware.
Be aware that not only you but everything adn everyone else as well, is inconsequential.
Do things that you think are right. Follow your heart.
And have fun.
Don’t forget - any day might be the last day for the fly.
Do not worry about what others think about you. You are inconsequential, and so are they as well as their thoughts about you.
Little fly
thy summer’s play
my thoughtless hand
has brushed away
Am not I
a fly like thee?
Or art not thou
a man like me?
For I dance
and drink and sing
till some blind hand
shall brush my wing.
William Blake
Songs of Experience, ‘The Fly’ (1795)
This makes you realize the small pleasures and pains that you come across in daily life do not matter.
And makes one think
Is my life as inconsequential as that of a fly –
well ….
ummmm….
Yes.
At least when you take a macro view.
It’s difficult to accept.
But look at it this way, if you were to find out some information about someone of your stature in society, who would have existed 100 years back, what would you find out? I am not talking about any poet like William Blake, or any big historical figure, but about a common man.
Did that guy matter.. except for his progeny , he is non entity. Inconsequential.
So is the stature in society really what matters. Or is it same as being the biggest or fastest fly?
Or more fundamentally, being known and remembered when you are gone and dead, this parameter in itself is a wrong parameter.
So, for that matter when you are alive, being rich and famous matters?
Probably collecting experiences is what matters..
Well, let me take an analogy, assume you were on a trip to a foreign country - for the first AND the last time (for some reason you know you may never get to come back). It's a beautiful country, but still you end up spending all your time in one room. You get to see nothing but the walls, smell nothing but the same room, and get to speak to no one. How would you feel?
Do you want the same thing when you leave this world?
A part of me feels , may be its not wrong to experience, but it still is of no consequence.
Why ?
Well how different is it from being a fly which has tasted all fruits (or a few for which all flies were fighting) in the in the small market - which the fly thinks is the complete world.
... is it of any consequence?
So, where does this lead us to??
You are inconsequential.
No matter what.
There is nothing to be ashamed of, there is nothing that you can do about it.
And it is fine that way, accept it.
You do not know where you are going. You do not have any control on what will happen to you. (watch documentary on earthquakes, tsunami on national geographic if you have any doubts) And you DO NOT matter.
Realise that you are inconsequential, and so is most of humdrum of your life.
So.
Be aware.
Be aware that not only you but everything adn everyone else as well, is inconsequential.
Do things that you think are right. Follow your heart.
And have fun.
Don’t forget - any day might be the last day for the fly.
Do not worry about what others think about you. You are inconsequential, and so are they as well as their thoughts about you.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
आज न कोई दूर, न कोई पास है, फिर भी जाने क्यों मन उदास है
while going thru my almirah full of old books , came across an old diary of mine, in which I had noted down this beautiful piece of poetry.
I don't remember who is the author of these lines, if you do, please let me know.
आज न कोई दूर, न कोई पास है,
फिर भी जाने क्यों मन उदास है ।
आज न सूनापन भी मुझसे बोलता,
पात न पीपल पर भी कोई डोलता ।
ठिठकी सी है वायु, थका सा नीर है,
सहमी सहमी रात, चाँद गभींर है,
गुपचुप धरती, गुमसुम सब आकाश है,
फिर भी जाने क्यों, मन उदास है ।
आज शाम को झरी नही कोई कली,
आज अंधेरी रही नही कोई गली,
आज न कोई पंथी भटका राह में,
जला पपीहा न आज प्रिय की चाह में,
आज नही पतझर, नही मधुमास है
फिर भी जाने क्यों मन उदास है ।
आज अधूरा न कोई गीत रह गया,
चुभने वाली बात न कोई कह गया,
मिल कर कोई मीत आज छूटा नही,
जुड़ कर आज स्वप्न कोई टूटा नहीं,
आज न कोई दर्द, न कोई प्यास है,
फिर भी जाने क्यों मन उदास है ।
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Cracked Pot & moral of the story in corporate world
This is a story received as a forward.. and my interpretation of the moral of the story.
The Cracked Pot A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.
"I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you." "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?" "I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."Each one of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. One should not be afraid of one's flaws. We should acknowledge them, and we too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find strength.
True leaders use these very disparate but very powerful forces for the benefit of one and all. Ultimately the ability to harness the forces and use them to the benefit of all is what sets a true leader apart from a leader.
Moral of the story:
1.The objective defined by the company (Master) and your immediate boss (bearer) may not be same.
2.A crackpot with lesser skills / half the performance might be appreciated / tolerated by your boss - as your boss might be taking ADVANTAGE of him/her.
3.Although your boss may appreciate one crack pot ( the first one), he would not be happy with second cracked pot, and may not tolerate it.
The Cracked Pot A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do. After two years of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream.
"I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you." "Why?" asked the bearer. "What are you ashamed of?" "I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house. Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't get full value from your efforts," the pot said.
The water bearer felt sorry for the old cracked pot, and in his compassion he said, "As we return to the master's house, I want you to notice the beautiful flowers along the path."
Indeed, as they went up the hill, the old cracked pot took notice of the sun warming the beautiful wild flowers on the side of the path, and this cheered it some. But at the end of the trail, it still felt bad because it had leaked out half its load, and so again the pot apologized to the bearer for its failure.
The bearer said to the pot, "Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of your path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I took advantage of it. I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back from the stream, you've watered them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table. Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this beauty to grace his house."Each one of us has our own unique flaws. We're all cracked pots. One should not be afraid of one's flaws. We should acknowledge them, and we too can be the cause of beauty. Know that in our weakness we find strength.
True leaders use these very disparate but very powerful forces for the benefit of one and all. Ultimately the ability to harness the forces and use them to the benefit of all is what sets a true leader apart from a leader.
Moral of the story:
1.The objective defined by the company (Master) and your immediate boss (bearer) may not be same.
2.A crackpot with lesser skills / half the performance might be appreciated / tolerated by your boss - as your boss might be taking ADVANTAGE of him/her.
3.Although your boss may appreciate one crack pot ( the first one), he would not be happy with second cracked pot, and may not tolerate it.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
हिन्दी में ब्लोगing
यह मेरी पहली ब्लोग ऐत्ट्री है हिन्दी में।
बहुत ज्यादा मुशकिल नही है हिन्दी में लिखना।
थोडा समय तो लगेगा हिन्दी fonts का प्रयोग करना सीखने में, मगर उस से ज्यादा समय अपने thought process को हिन्दी में तबदील करने में।
बहुत ज्यादा मुशकिल नही है हिन्दी में लिखना।
थोडा समय तो लगेगा हिन्दी fonts का प्रयोग करना सीखने में, मगर उस से ज्यादा समय अपने thought process को हिन्दी में तबदील करने में।
Monday, September 18, 2006
You may give your child your love but not your thoughts.
I was reading The Prophet by Khalil Gibran, its a book worth understanding – not just reading.
Found this chapter on Children very pertinent.
“Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.”
Invariably parents esp the mother starts treating the child as the extension of self, and tries to achieve what they have not been able to in their lifetime. The parents start deriving a vicarious pleasure from the life of the child. This is how they end up spoiling the child. They were deprived of certain things during their childhood, and they want their kids to have it more than they could have ever dreamt of having in their child hood. Live examples: My wife wants to buy every toy whose name our son, has ever uttered. For mothers it is even more difficult to believe the fact that the child does not belong to her, and just that they are with us – independent individuals who can not be owned.
My job as a father is to expose him to life - gradually. To provide him access to opportunities of realizing his potential, of developing himself.
Walk with him through this process as a friend, till it becomes a self sustaining process.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
What do you want in life
Someone asked me a couple of days back, what do you want in life ?
I dont know what his objective was, probably to get into a more challenging job profile or.. anything for that matter.
The spontaneous answer was make it big in life.
Thats true.
I want to make it big in life.
but should this be the aim?
esp when one knows the futility of it adn believes it does not really matter.
So, is it worth it ?
on the contrary, why not? What's there to loose?
Whatever is there to loose does not matter either.
:-)
I dont know what his objective was, probably to get into a more challenging job profile or.. anything for that matter.
The spontaneous answer was make it big in life.
Thats true.
I want to make it big in life.
but should this be the aim?
esp when one knows the futility of it adn believes it does not really matter.
So, is it worth it ?
on the contrary, why not? What's there to loose?
Whatever is there to loose does not matter either.
:-)
Monday, September 04, 2006
NDLS - has missed the train
If someone has come to
Flyovers all over the place, Metro reaching out to most crowded bazaars in the heart of city as well as outskirts. Construction on metro is still going on at a frenetic pace to include more places in NCR. Excellent facilities at all the metro stations.
However untouched by this wave of development are the Railway stations of
You may choose to go to any station – New Delhi Railway station or Old Delhi or any other. all of them have are still not still in previous century.
This morning I discovered to my horror how difficult it is to move a physically challenged / sick passenger on wheel chair from platform no 2 platform no 1 at New Delhi Railway Station.
There is no proper cemented route for the wheel chair. The route which is used is made of bricks, and has a lot of pot holes. It crosses the railway track at unmanned level crossing, perfect recipe for an accident. It is of course uncovered, i.e. if it is raining you should be prepared to let your passenger drenched / and brave the pot holed brick laden route, which has a lot of goods carts (rushing for unloading their goods).
Top it all – wheel chairs are not in best shape, finding a wheel chair with both the guide wheels is a task in itself. Further the coolies are not interested unless you are willing to shell out at least six times the official tariff of Rs. 25.( that too only if it is not raining).
This is just one part of the story,
- There are not enough seats for you to wait at the platforms
- No clean toilets
- Very little parking space
- No proper drainage – little bit of rain and you have clogged roads
Passengers here are seen as botheration, not as customers who should be welcomed. Somehow you get a feeling that they think they are doing ehsaan (loosely translated – charity for you), and we the passengers are beggars and not customers. Passengers (beggars) can’t be choosers, jo mil raha hai le lo, haq se mat maango.
Rest of
Looks like the railway stations in
Clearly New Delhi Railway station has missed the train – the development train.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Blog thru mail
The Technology is moving fast. Very fast.
This blog is getting published by dropping a mail to a mail id.
That is if I send a mail to a particular id, it will get published automatically. Great.
Saves me the effort of logging in to the blogger.
It also lets some of my friends evade websense - incase their organization does not allow to blog.
It can also be used for creating an open id, where people can just drop an email to publish their views.
Cool.
Fixing the wrong problem
I am surprised at the lack of clarity on part of Government of India on the reservation issue.
The problem here is not that historically some castes had been given a raw deal, that is a fact.
Problem that they are supposed to solve is to ensure that individuals of free India do not get punished or promoted because of their caste.
What was the stated objective of doing all this reservation - Equality of status and oppertunities for all Indians.
What are they aiming at, to achieve the stated objective : reserving oppertunities for certain castes.
Can we achieve EQUALITY OF STATUS & OPPERTUNITY for ALL INDIANS thru Caste based reservations ?
For that matter can we achieve equality through reservations?
All Individuals are equal, as long as you have no reservations.
There has to be some way of identifying who should get that reserved seat , and the guy who gets it is NOT EQUAL TO EVERY INDIAN (otherwise you cant identify him).
Mundane example :
A long queue in front of the railway reservation (ironically) counter.
Here the merit is - first come first serve.
No reservations ( ;-) ) for reservation. ie issual of ticket is not based on caste creed colur.
As all people are identified as Indians.
Unless you put in a criteria that sets some people apart, you would not be able to give them special status.
Assume you have been standing in such a queue for last six hours and suddenly an officail in black coat comes out and announces that all people in blue shirts ( or shades of it) will get a preferance and will have a separate queue.
He eloborates the reason for it is that till last week there was a different guy at the ticket issual counter who had a partisan view towards the people in blue shirts. That guy used to send the guys in blue shirts to the back of the queue once they had reached the counter. This guy in black coat wants to avenge for the mistakes of his predecessor, and ofcourse establish equality through this.
What will be your reaction?
Caste is to our society , what a the colur of shirt is to the queue.
The people who had suffered three months or three years back, are not there in the queue, but the people with similar colur of shirt ( or the caste) are there now.
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Now lets talk about something else. About the strategy or the method itself (assuming that the aim was right, is the strategy to reach that aim correct?)
Why are they reserving seats for various scheduled castes and scheduled tribes ( and the list has been growing) .
Why not create reservations one homogeneous block of reservation for all who need reservation as per their logic.
Everyone knows it will not work.
Lets drill down, Why is it a problem?
Stated reason : This will not provide equality for all. (taking from the above example, there are people with royal blue and some with sky blue coloured shirt)
We will not say it is vote bank, and agree to their logic momentarily.
So you identify subgroups. ( Scheduled caste & Scheduled Tribe -two groups)
Does it serve the purpose?
No. ( example : sky blue complete shirt or sky blue collors only)
So you identify sub sub groups ( break homogeneous scheduled caste group into sub groups)
Does it serve the purpose
No. They still want more divisions.
(Same tribe in UP might be more oppressed and in larger number than say in Kerala, you actually need more divisions , as you cant achieve your stated objective)
Where can it actually stop ?
Ofcourse at the individual level - from where you cant break it into any smaller group.
So can you reserve seats for everyone, whose great grand parents were at a disadvantage?
Is this method/strategy implementable fully ? Can you reserve seats for every SC/ST?
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Assuming this process is a time taking one ( as we and our parents have seen it evolve) , let us look at the impact on the society at large ( or the queue discused in our example.)
Those who have merit but are aware that they may loose because of this system will look for places to study / settle where such system is not in place ( natural , if you were in the queue mentioned in the example , you might quit the queue and look for alternate means of travel) .
People will give up faith in the system, and try to break the system. Some youth will get into revolt mode, or worse resort to unlawful methods to success. (if you had a set of like minded individuals in the queue who had no strain of blue/or were in favour of justice , you might try to throw this new guy at reservation counter out of office. OR worse just board the train without ticket and evade / fight the ticket checker)
What do we need?
More oppertunities. And ofcourse Equality. You cant undo what happend pre-independence. Post independence it is goverment's job to ensure that there is no racial discrimination.
The revolution will happen once we have more oppertunities than the people to avail them.
More options for reaching out to where they want to go.
Government needs to focus on creating new oppertunities. And they better do it fast.
The problem here is not that historically some castes had been given a raw deal, that is a fact.
Problem that they are supposed to solve is to ensure that individuals of free India do not get punished or promoted because of their caste.
What was the stated objective of doing all this reservation - Equality of status and oppertunities for all Indians.
What are they aiming at, to achieve the stated objective : reserving oppertunities for certain castes.
Can we achieve EQUALITY OF STATUS & OPPERTUNITY for ALL INDIANS thru Caste based reservations ?
For that matter can we achieve equality through reservations?
All Individuals are equal, as long as you have no reservations.
There has to be some way of identifying who should get that reserved seat , and the guy who gets it is NOT EQUAL TO EVERY INDIAN (otherwise you cant identify him).
Mundane example :
A long queue in front of the railway reservation (ironically) counter.
Here the merit is - first come first serve.
No reservations ( ;-) ) for reservation. ie issual of ticket is not based on caste creed colur.
As all people are identified as Indians.
Unless you put in a criteria that sets some people apart, you would not be able to give them special status.
Assume you have been standing in such a queue for last six hours and suddenly an officail in black coat comes out and announces that all people in blue shirts ( or shades of it) will get a preferance and will have a separate queue.
He eloborates the reason for it is that till last week there was a different guy at the ticket issual counter who had a partisan view towards the people in blue shirts. That guy used to send the guys in blue shirts to the back of the queue once they had reached the counter. This guy in black coat wants to avenge for the mistakes of his predecessor, and ofcourse establish equality through this.
What will be your reaction?
Caste is to our society , what a the colur of shirt is to the queue.
The people who had suffered three months or three years back, are not there in the queue, but the people with similar colur of shirt ( or the caste) are there now.
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Now lets talk about something else. About the strategy or the method itself (assuming that the aim was right, is the strategy to reach that aim correct?)
Why are they reserving seats for various scheduled castes and scheduled tribes ( and the list has been growing) .
Why not create reservations one homogeneous block of reservation for all who need reservation as per their logic.
Everyone knows it will not work.
Lets drill down, Why is it a problem?
Stated reason : This will not provide equality for all. (taking from the above example, there are people with royal blue and some with sky blue coloured shirt)
We will not say it is vote bank, and agree to their logic momentarily.
So you identify subgroups. ( Scheduled caste & Scheduled Tribe -two groups)
Does it serve the purpose?
No. ( example : sky blue complete shirt or sky blue collors only)
So you identify sub sub groups ( break homogeneous scheduled caste group into sub groups)
Does it serve the purpose
No. They still want more divisions.
(Same tribe in UP might be more oppressed and in larger number than say in Kerala, you actually need more divisions , as you cant achieve your stated objective)
Where can it actually stop ?
Ofcourse at the individual level - from where you cant break it into any smaller group.
So can you reserve seats for everyone, whose great grand parents were at a disadvantage?
Is this method/strategy implementable fully ? Can you reserve seats for every SC/ST?
_________________________________________________________________
Assuming this process is a time taking one ( as we and our parents have seen it evolve) , let us look at the impact on the society at large ( or the queue discused in our example.)
Those who have merit but are aware that they may loose because of this system will look for places to study / settle where such system is not in place ( natural , if you were in the queue mentioned in the example , you might quit the queue and look for alternate means of travel) .
People will give up faith in the system, and try to break the system. Some youth will get into revolt mode, or worse resort to unlawful methods to success. (if you had a set of like minded individuals in the queue who had no strain of blue/or were in favour of justice , you might try to throw this new guy at reservation counter out of office. OR worse just board the train without ticket and evade / fight the ticket checker)
What do we need?
More oppertunities. And ofcourse Equality. You cant undo what happend pre-independence. Post independence it is goverment's job to ensure that there is no racial discrimination.
The revolution will happen once we have more oppertunities than the people to avail them.
More options for reaching out to where they want to go.
Government needs to focus on creating new oppertunities. And they better do it fast.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Converged ICE is hot, everything else is not
Convergence of Information Communication and Entertainment is real and is already there in India. Today I use my Nokia phone to not only to make normal phone calls but make Skype calls , browse internet, listen to internet radio, apart from ofcourse recording videos, listening to songs on the 512 MB card.
True there are limitations, phone becomes unreachable while using inetrnet radio, a problem which 3G will solve.
I am sure the speed at which technology is advancing and becoming affordable, we will see a lot of new features getting integrated.
There will be a lot of oppertunities to make more money, create innovative ways to make money around this.
However are we as a nation enamoured with technology, for the sake of technology?
Has this ICE revolution done anything to better our life, add to productivity?
Certainly yes, suddenly the location has become less important, number of hours have reduced to minutes (Queue at IRCTC vs online booking is prime example). Productivity has improved ("radio" cabs on road reach to nearest customer), and much more.
Today a phone is much more than a communication device - a handheld computer that provides them access to Information Communication and Entertainment - on the move.
For people who were waiting for a commuincation deivce- a land line phone for years, this might be a bit too much and too sudden. But no one is complaining.This revolution is here to stay and pace of change will increase.
True there are limitations, phone becomes unreachable while using inetrnet radio, a problem which 3G will solve.
I am sure the speed at which technology is advancing and becoming affordable, we will see a lot of new features getting integrated.
There will be a lot of oppertunities to make more money, create innovative ways to make money around this.
However are we as a nation enamoured with technology, for the sake of technology?
Has this ICE revolution done anything to better our life, add to productivity?
Certainly yes, suddenly the location has become less important, number of hours have reduced to minutes (Queue at IRCTC vs online booking is prime example). Productivity has improved ("radio" cabs on road reach to nearest customer), and much more.
Today a phone is much more than a communication device - a handheld computer that provides them access to Information Communication and Entertainment - on the move.
For people who were waiting for a commuincation deivce- a land line phone for years, this might be a bit too much and too sudden. But no one is complaining.This revolution is here to stay and pace of change will increase.
Saturday, December 31, 2005
You are the guy who'll decide where to go
These are some of my fav quotes , I am reorganising my blogs, and have moved some of the posts that were on the other two blogs to this one.
"Try Not. Do or do not. There is no try"
-- Yoda, Star Wars
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be."
-- Douglas Adams
"Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count."--Dr. Robert Anthony"
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing."--Abraham Lincoln
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
--Ralph Marston
There is just one life for each of us: our own. --Euripides
You have brains in your head.You have feet in your shoes.You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.You're on your own.And you know what you know.You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
--Dr. Seuss
"Try Not. Do or do not. There is no try"
-- Yoda, Star Wars
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be."
-- Douglas Adams
"Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count."--Dr. Robert Anthony"
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing."--Abraham Lincoln
Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.
--Ralph Marston
There is just one life for each of us: our own. --Euripides
You have brains in your head.You have feet in your shoes.You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.You're on your own.And you know what you know.You are the guy who'll decide where to go.
--Dr. Seuss
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Fair Raise
A few days back, I had my annual performance appraisal due and was wondering what is happening all around me- some employees are getting much more than I am and some are still languishing.
In last one year, I had received one raise without an appraisal, even without asking for it. Must say it was a real pleasant surprise – it came in an email in month of June & was with effect from October last year. I reckon I got this raise to ensure that this October’s appraisal does not look too high in percentage terms.
but then am I getting, what I deserve?
What is the cost of replacing me?As a business guy I believe every one should get equal to the cost of replacing him/her. If one is not becoming more expensive to replace, he / she should not expect a raise. The business that does not follow this rule will loose out in the market place.Some of the real hard working & intelligent people are not getting as lesser than what people with lower capability are, because market dynamics, their skill set is in abundance today, and hence cost of replacing them is low.
Since whatever I remember from the HR stuff that I studied during my MBA was not sufficient to carry out a scientific / empirical analysis, I thought of evolving one. Here is what I evolved (Probably this will come in handy incase I need to fight for higher raise or maybe later at a more responsible position) :
Here we go,
Following parameters that need to be taken into account at the time of determining a raise:
1. Competence/ expertise in area of operation - This factor denotes conceptual clarity and is important for the knowledge driven industry where the success of business is a function of depth/ breadth of knowledge. Hence an industry which has scarcity of skilled people i.e. a an industry which has not reached a significant level of maturity, this factor has to be given high weightage. In a mature industry the competence of employee A vs. that of employee B would not be very disparate (one employee would be at 8 and the other at 8.5 in a scale of 1 to 10) . eg of subsegment of industry where this is important - IT Security.
2. Total Number of years of Experience - This factor denotes the maturity of the employee and is important where there is a client relationship engagement. Even if the experience is not from the same industry, a mature person can handle client engagements better than a new joinee. The weightage for this factor is, therefore dependent on the role.
3. Number of years in the same company / same department - This factor denotes the contextual familiarity. A person who has spent three years in the same company/ same department is likely to know a lot about the context / customer behavior/ limitations & capability of organization - hence is likely to make a better judgment / commitment to client.
4. Dependability: This factor denotes quality of work as well as passion. If you have to still vet a document / excel before sending it to client OR if you have to keep on reminding some one of deadlines - he is not dependable. Also it denotes commitment to organisation / to your work. If you understand that although there has been a demand from the customer for a deliverable at a very short notice, a dependable employee will understand the situation and deliver - even if by stretching himself to work late at night. Of course such dependability tests can not happen very often. This factor is very important for profiles that have bursty workload, ie there will be times when there is lot of work to be done at a short notice.
5. Potential : This factor denotes the ability to proactively learn new technologies/ drive new initiatives/ spot new markets or opportunities and exploit these to impact business in a significantly positive manner.
6. Certificates/ Qualification / Pedigree : These need to be given due respect as these represent latent knowledge that can be a significant use to the organization at some point of time.
7. Team Player : If all above are factors are present in good amount but the employee is not a team player, there are chances that the organization will not meet its objective. This factor is is not so important in roles that depend on individual brilliance more than the team output (eg consultant) , but can not be ignored in any case.
These seven factors need to be given weightage depending upon the nature of organization/department ( ie what business you are in, which of these attributes are critical to your business success).
The various employees than rated ( not ranked) on a scale of 1 to 10. The rating to be multiplied by the weightage of the factor ( ie if factor 1 is given a weightage of 12% then multiply the rating of employee by 0.12 to arrive at the weighted rating) Sum total of these weighted ratings across various parameters gives a measure of individual's worth to your department / organisation's success.
This has to be the basis of determining the raise.
There will be times when there will be a need to tweak this model.
The deviation from Ideal raise can be used to bring the salaries closer to market rate. This raise now has to be compared with the market rate to tweak it further. eg of a scenarios that would need tweaking: If some one has a high market rate, and raise as per your calculations is far below the market rate - but you still need him for a project ( eg the employee is not a team player/ not dependable however has the certifications that are needed for this project) - you can give him a tactical short term ONE TIME Bonus related to this project milestone and not increase his salary. This one time bonus will ensure that the employee is not leave you till the end of the project, and give you a time to find / groom a more suitable employee. There is also a possibility that the skill set that is having a very high market rate right now may not be as hot, six month down the line ( ie when your project ends) and hence you will be not only saving some amount but also being fair to your workforce. This one time Bonus related to project will also ensure that you as an employer will not be stranded with employee E kind of scenarios where the employee is getting more than the then market rate.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Stop and THINK
Stop and THINK
Here is Pooh Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. ---AA Milne, Winnie the Pooh
Days , weeks and months passby... and no time to step aside and think. Maybe its not lack of time, but lack of a reason. Maybe I have got used to the bumpy way of coming downstairs.
Here is Pooh Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. ---AA Milne, Winnie the PoohDays , weeks and months passby... and no time to step aside and think. Maybe its not lack of time, but lack of a reason. Maybe I have got used to the bumpy way of coming downstairs.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
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