My Reflections , My insights

  I want to see chips flying There was a woodcutter who was very sincere and hardworking. He used to make his living by cutting wood and selling across. He was happy with his work, and life was going on. One day a businessman came across and liked his work; he said, “I would give you double of what you earn, come and work with me. “             Seeing the double salary, he happily started working for him. Woodcutter gave the axe and asked him to cut the wood from the round end of an axe (from the other blunt side). The woodcutter was puzzled, but he didn’t think much as he thought he was getting a double salary, so why bother.             Continuing with the same work, day by day; eventually, he got fed up with his work. He quit the job; the businessman asked why so, as he is getting a double salary, why bother. He said, “ he loved seeing the chips fly. I want challen...

  Work Martyr                81% of salaried employees in the US report that they work outside of their standard work hours (~8hrs), with 29% doing it three or more days per week , according to New Study by Workforce Institute at Kronos. A work martyr is defined as  someone who feels a sense of shame for taking time off. They are driven to overwork out of fear that they're disposable or otherwise not valuable if they aren't burning the candle at both ends.             How many of you have even consumed 50% of your annual leaves last year? How many of you went on holiday with your families and spent time with them? (this doesn’t include visiting your hometown for festivals). We all are in the same work-life balance predicament, which needs serious thinking. Working too hard is a recipe for burnout. After the initial praise and recognition fade, can you re...

     Choices in Life   It was a quiet room with dim lights, rhythmic Beep, bip, bip sound from the monitors, making the atmosphere perturbed. Various tubes were coming out of the patient’s body in ICU, making way to monitors for analysis of vital statistics. A nurse Named Bronnie Ware was sitting near the patients   and   trying to question her terminally ill patients about 1.       If any regrets they had or 2.        anything they would do differently , and Surprisingly, common themes surfaced again and again. She researched this for eight years , Which turned into a best seller.                When our kids are in teenage, we have seen that they try making choices for their careers .    Even if they wanted to pursue a profession bit unconventional like being poet, writer, painter, drama artist, fitness expert. BUT somehow, they...

“Thank GOD it’s MONDAY “ If you  have all the money in the world, would you still be doing the same work that you are doing now? Please think,   If the answer is YES, you are pursuing the right job, and if the answer is NO, you should re-think on how to think.  As many of us already in the Friday mood as tomorrow is Holiday,   we all always say TGIF as if we have worked very hard all over the week and we need a break. Correct?    According to statistics and calculation, we ONLY work for 18-33% of days out of 365. (remove 104 Sat/Sun, 12 general leaves, assume 20 annual leaves, then assume we work 12 hrs. a day, so the half number of days remaining,  we only work for 69-121 days of WORK .  And even for this we all crib, celebrate Fridays, suffer from Mondays blues Have we thought about  why it is like this? Work for all of us is an effort or an endeavour?? If we enjoy doing the same, it wouldn't have been like ...