The real world is however quite different from student life and more demanding.
People will not always be logical, polite or kind. Unless your parents own the organisation where you will work, most often the rule is that as a fresh joiner and intern you can expected to be treated rather impatiently and often impolitely.
Getting a job these days is not difficult, however whether you will be successful, happy or satisfied is debatable. Even in a recession most employers complain of not being able to get and retain good people. It is your choice whether you want to be recognised as good or just another 'has been'.
Here are some tips that should make your career journey smoother, more meaningful and likely to project you as a winner.
- Perception lasts longer than fact. Your reputation will make or break you. Your reputation will come from your conduct and more important from your ability to deliver results.
- Never argue with others, particularly your boss on basis of opinions. Facts are difficult to dispute where as it is easy to dismiss an opinion.
- I believe in the philosophy “Do not say , show. Do not claim, prove”.
- It is more important to be respected than to be liked.
- When two people agree on everything one of them is useless. When two people disagree on everything then both of them are useless.
- Your education never ends, you must constantly learn, unlearn and relearn. So keep your old books, acquire new ones and stay up to date. Remember a well educated person should know something about most things and everything about something.
- Try to work for and with people with whom you share similar values. It does not mean you will not have disagreements, it just helps you to resolve differences quicker and understand each other.
- If you seek career and personal development and progress, you must win the trust of your colleagues and particularly your boss. Trust comes from trust worthy actions.
- We Indians are the world’s leaders in making excuses for non performance. Success needs no explanation and failure tolerates no excuses. In today’s challenging and competitive world performance talks and failure walks.
If you want to have a meaningful career and personal life it might help to look at the story of the pickle bottle and two cups of tea.
The Pickle Bottle.
When things in your life seem, almost too much to handle,
When 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
Remember the pickle bottle and 2 cups of tea.
A professor once stood before his class of students who were about to graduate
When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty pickle bottle and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students, if the bottle was full.
They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the bottle. He shook the bottle lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again if the bottle was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the bottle.
Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He asked once more if the bottle was full. The students responded with a unanimous ‘yes.’
The professor then produced two cups of tea from under the table and poured the entire contents into the bottle, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
‘Now,’ said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
‘I want you to recognize that this bottle represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - family, children, health, Friends, and favourite passions
Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, Your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.
The sand is everything else –The small stuff.
‘If you put the sand into the jar first,’ He continued, there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
So…
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
‘Take care of the golf balls first - The things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.’
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the tea represented.
The professor smiled. ‘I’m glad you asked’.
It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for a cup of tea with a friend.’
This article is written by Gurvinder Singh for the SIMC student website at the request of Mr. Mohan Sinha.
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