Submitted
by Vijay Batra
A
youngster came across an advertisement in the newspaper about a walk-in
interview for a job to held next the day starting at 8am, on first come first
basis.
The
youngster went to the interview venue the next day at around 7:15am, 45 minutes
before the scheduled time of 8am. He was surprised to see that there were
already 30 or more youngsters who were already there and had lined up to form a
cue.
The
youngster took his place in the queue, and started to think as to what he could
do to optimize his chances to be hired for the job inspite of the fact
that he was the 31st in the line to be interviewed. He thought and thought and
around 15 minutes before 8am, he wrote a note and handed it to the receptionist
and requested her to give it to the interviewers.
The
note read:
I am Sanjay and am 31st in the line. I request you not to make any decisions
about hiring before you have interviewed me.
The
interviewer liked the initiative and the thought of Sanjay, and ended up hiring
him.
Life
is a series of opportunities to hone one’s skill of making good to great
choices in challenging situations
Learning
to maintain dignity and calmness in challenging situations needs to be
developed consciously. Whenever faced with challenging situations, anchor your
mind to the thought that a choice can be made to deal with the situation by
asking the question, what can I do best now?
To
do this we need to intensify the habit of making choices. Become more
deliberate in living your life, starting with making choices in day to day
things. Ensure that from today:
Before
watching television you will consult the television schedule, which is
published in the newspaper, decide what you want to watch before turning on the
television and stick to your decision. Ensure that what you watch either
increases your knowledge or truly recreates you.
When
you go to the restaurants, go through the menu yourself and decide, instead of
requesting your companions or the person waiting on you to decide for you. You
can always ask for suggestions but make sure that you make the decision as to
what to order,after understanding the items on the menu and getting a feel of
what you would like to eat.
Empower
yourself by volunteering your services to do more than what is expected of you.
It could be volunteering yourself as an organizer of events at your workplace,
or the locality where you live. Volunteering develops your ability to take on
challenges and develop your ability to make decisions.
Develop
the ability to transform seemingly insignificant situations to something
special, enjoyable, meaningful and memorable because of your conscious thin
Be
the one who constantly finds new ways to make life better for yourself and
others. Learn from the character played by Rajesh Khanna in the Hindi movie
Bawarchi who influences the family to treat each other with dignity. Watch the
movie Lagaan. The character Bhuvan, played by Aamir Khan is a great role model.
I assure you it will motivate and guide you to live your life by making the
right choices. Please do your best.
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