THE ART OF NOTHING

This article is dedicated to all those people, who at any point in their life, feels like doing JUST “NOTHING”.

Every day we all strive for completion of our long list of events ….assignments , case studies , meetings and more meetings , we keep on adding stuff to the “TO DO LIST” to keep ourself more satisfied and busy , but there is one thing we never think to add to our list ,which is “NOTHING”.

By doing nothing, I don’t mean being Idle or lazy, but it is more related to be oneself. It is like walking down the street with free thoughts and ideas which can inspire you ignite you or make you more natural. We all are aware of the changing season , time , nature ,&  government , but are we aware of the change in ourselves , are we still the way we wanted to when we were kids, or probably a little sensible on thinking the same.

Sometimes, we can achieve a lot by doing nothing. You can day dream about the various things you want to do in your life, or you can make a mental list of “100 things I want to do, before I die”.  The dream will be the fire that will light up your thoughts in the darkest of the days, and will be the winning edge at the finish line.

This does not mean that you bring the life to a stop, and start doing nothing in the vein of making yourself more relaxed or productive, experience the difference of this nothing by understanding yourself and your priorities in life. Detach yourself from the regular and monotonous work, and go out for a walk is a part of doing nothing, sitting calmly in the garden, or taking shower for more than required is also a part of doing nothing.

It’s not possible to completely avoid the regular work, but reducing the “all time” exposure on your mind can give you a little extra space to live your life your way. It is important that people read the fine line of difference between doing nothing and being idle and start making the new list of events in a smart manner, in “their manner”.

Thank you for reading :)

Ujjawal Sharma

1/12/11

ARE WE FIT FOR TOMMOROW????????

Organisations, companies, enterprises and free markets all are unlocking the doors for creative Potential; they have come to a realisation as to how important Managers are for any organisation. Developing leaders is a prime-facia for the business world, but still some companies are failing to determine the right kind of people they want, and hence they are lacking in the competitive world.

Nowadays, corporate giants are spending millions and billions in training the executives, and shaping them into the right toy for their Game. They are building amazing infrastructure, huge development centres and large training departments to lure the crowd.

The above line sounds critical, but the reality is much more haunting. Companies pay huge amount of development budgets in training and development programmes, which at times disturbs their credit situation and leads to Job Loss. And the whole reason behind this is inappropriate choice of workforce for their business. They assume that they can develop the personality of a person in a time span of 3-4 months, and this practice is still continuing………..

The question here is, does this training actually help? Do these subtle and soft skills pay all the time? Do they work in all circumstances?

We have heard this statement thousands of times in our lives, but I am not very sure as to how many times do we ever think about this?

“All that glitters is not gold”

This is exactly what is happening in the business world .Companies are hiring people on random basis and low wages , just keeping in mind that their Organisational training will mould this unskilled labour into an efficient workforce, which is undesirable and questionable.

The confusion is that it is not easy to teach and mould a person physiologically and just fill in the qualities of a leader. A leader has to have qualities like being intellectually strong, aware, intelligent and courageous. The organisations and the human resource planners need to understand that there is a difference between being cunning and smart, and it’s highly improbable to change the first into the second form.

The world is changing, and so are the definitions of words like Intelligence and Activeness. Evaluating an individual’s skills by his marks and grades is no more a trend. A manager has to manage and decide, rather than doing a scientific research, for which the criteria has to be different. It is imperative for the individual and the organisations to understand that the talent is no more found in books. Diversity in skills and passion for work is what matters today.

This is a mere attempt of sharing the complexity that the world holds, and preparing ourselves for the same ……………………

Thank you,

Ujjawal Sharma

 7/12/11