Anjali madam is so sweet!!! She s completely chilled out. The other day she praised me for my writing, I was very happy yet from within I felt something was wrong. There is something seriously wrong with me. I don’t feel like hearing praises anymore, because I know that at the end of the day it’s of no value. I have had this experience while I was at work. 100 good things I do and no one remembers; 1 wrong thing I do and no one ever forgets nor forgives. That’s life. I hardly got praised when I did good work but I was often screwed on making an error. What really ticked me off was that Anjali madam has been around in the industry for a while now, she knows all this and still why is she being so soft on us? Instead she could have given us a taste of how it is like when you are working for a company. The stress that I face today will make my life easier in the corporate world tomorrow. I don’t like being called a “bachha”. This is a b-school and I want to be treated the same way in which professionals are treated and that is what I am here for, to learn how things work in a corporate wherein there are deadlines and target to meet at the end of each day. Two years down the line I know that I have to go in the real world. It’s a very mean and nasty place out there. If the newsletter does not reach on time how can she pardon us just like that? I felt like asking her what if you were the editor and I had violated the dead line would be o.k. with it…
That is why I like Shannon sir. He is arrogant but upfront and brutally honest when it comes to feedback. He gives all his students a hard time. He never allows you in his class if you are late. He has an eye for detail; He is very particular about dressing and just needs one reason to throw you out of his class. People curse him and despise him like anything. But there is a reason why he is being the monster that he is portrayed to be. What If I get placed in a company where the person whom I am reporting to is just like him? What if I have got all the managerial skills but I am not able to manage my time? He stresses on just one thing and that is discipline. From him I have learnt, I might as well have the talent but without the right kind of attitude and discipline, I can never succeed. Once I walk out of this campus two years from now, I will have to face hundreds of Shannons who would be on a lookout for every opportunity to screw me over and to do me down. What am I going to do then? The only way out at that time is to deliver and perform. It s been so many years and now I remember this man for his wise words that he used to say to me every time I walked in late for his class. I recall him saying “SUYOG, If you want to become something in life stop giving excuses.”
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