Thursday, July 12, 2007

A motivational story

Once upon a time, there lived a poor young man in a remote village. You know, poor means a lot of stuff;a lack of a lot of stuff actually! This poor guy had a family of 5 to feed, a small shack for shelter, a dawn-to-dusk daily wage job at the fields and a nagging wife and cryin babies to come home to!

"What is my motivation here?" would cross his mind pretty often. Sometimes it was so bad that he thought of running away from his responsibilities. But the principled man he was, and fortunately for his wife and kids,he stayed his course!

He thought he felt like a singer without a crowd to sing to,a movie maker without an audience or even a Tom without a Jerry to live with!

But still he worked every day from dawn to dusk and kept it going! From dawn to dusk!! Everyday!! In the paddy fields!! "Without any motivation?",you may ask. Well,lets see!

On a cool,breezy afternoon,relaxing on the grass,enjoying his lunch break,chewin a strand of straw and soakin up mild winter's sun he paused to think: "Why do I do whatever I do?","What is my motivation here?";"Is it the feeling of helplessness when I have to see my kids starve because of bunking a day's work?","Is it my small shack which never seems to get any better?","Is it my nagging wife who would not let me be in peace?"."I am sick of questions! I need answers!!"

Then as the tender sun began to hide under a dark cloud and the light grew dark, he felt a drop of rain caressing his clean shaven face! (Now don't ask me how he got the bucks to shave!! this guy just did! hotteg hittila juttig mallige huvina kathe! oh! that s a side story by itself). As soon as he looked up, his face was lit! He loved it! Every bit of it! The tender sun, the cool breeze, the sound of the rustling paddy fields, the rain and the rainbow that followed!

"Eureka!", he exclaimed.

Now is it any surprise that he worked in the fields every day from dawn to dusk and kept it going! From dawn to dusk!! Everyday!! In the paddy fields!! "Without any motivation?". No! Now you are not excused for asking! He did it because he loved every bit of it! He liked to work in the paddy fields!

P.S: Now the poor,clean shaven bastard runs a co-operative agency for selling off his stock. He has a couple of hundred people under him, a decently posh house, a bunch of happy kids and a nagging wife ;) !
P.P.S: Some things don't change! For everything else it is a matter of time!

Moral: Every time a job is seen as a routine, it becomes a pain in the ass! Start seeing rainbows in your job and you shall be happy!Know that every job has it s share of rainbows!!
Your rainbow hunt begins now!!...