I was pondering over why I should be so much bothered about changing certain things in systems around me (project, teams, family, and society), so here goes my thinking…
Human beings are imperfect. To err is human. So at an individual level a person cannot be perfect in all that he/she does. Then what happens when human beings collaborate in a “system” which comprises of other people as well. The system is definitely prone to a lot of imperfections.
To be clear by a “system” here, I mean a group of people collaborating for a specific purpose/ to achieve a common goal. Examples might be your current project team, the organization you work for, the political system/govt. in your country etc… All are imperfect !
Knowing that each and every system has room for improvement, it is up to the person who is a part of the system to make efforts to change things in it which are causing problems. No system will accept anybody from outside trying to correct it.
Imagine if someone just tells you that the code you have written is bad, you will not accept this unless he comes and shows you how the code can be made better.
People often crib about the government being inefficient, corrupted and being run by politicians who do not have the right skills and education. But still not many from the younger generation want to join polictics and show the country that they can make a difference!
There is no point cribbing if you do not want to be a part of this system and correct it.
Each and every member is valuable to a system. If this person does not bother about correcting the system, and so do others, then the system can never be improved.
You are a part of a project team where certain decisions are being taken which you think may impact the team in a negative way. But you don’t care and just get your own work done everyday.
Imagine if everyone in the team starts doing this, then how will things improve ?
We think that without being concerned about the world around us we are leading a “cool” life. People often complain saying “Why should I take be so much stressed about these matters, when I can lead a tension free life?” The reality in my opinion is such people are making a compromise in their lives. They are just accepting whatever comes in the way without questioning it. They think by adopting such an attitude towards everything, their impact is neutral to the system. But the real fact is that it is negative and a lot more negative when more of such people add up to the same system.
Not only is there politics in running the country, it also comes to play while running an organization or a project a team. I have seen so many manipulative people, people in the software industry, media, politics, etc., that I get really frustrated. There are some who keep licking their manager's shoes to go up the ladder . This continues, and once they become managers they expect the same to continue with their subordinates. I have seen people who will make others do the work and go and report to their managers at the end of the day, cleverly taking the credit. More so .. there are people who say different things when you meet them personally compared to when you meet them with a few others around.
Inspired by Amitabh Bacchan's dialogues , "gattar sey nikalney waaley keedey ko maarney key liye flit (baygon etc.. ;-) ) market mein available hai, lekin samaajh ki gandagi sey nikalney waaley keedey key liye market mein kuch naheen hai ! " Leaving such people alive is the biggest crime God is comitting till now. If I were God , I would have shot them at sight ! But sad that I do not have the right to take people's lives even if they corrupt our society.
Human beings are imperfect. To err is human. So at an individual level a person cannot be perfect in all that he/she does. Then what happens when human beings collaborate in a “system” which comprises of other people as well. The system is definitely prone to a lot of imperfections.
To be clear by a “system” here, I mean a group of people collaborating for a specific purpose/ to achieve a common goal. Examples might be your current project team, the organization you work for, the political system/govt. in your country etc… All are imperfect !
Knowing that each and every system has room for improvement, it is up to the person who is a part of the system to make efforts to change things in it which are causing problems. No system will accept anybody from outside trying to correct it.
Imagine if someone just tells you that the code you have written is bad, you will not accept this unless he comes and shows you how the code can be made better.
People often crib about the government being inefficient, corrupted and being run by politicians who do not have the right skills and education. But still not many from the younger generation want to join polictics and show the country that they can make a difference!
There is no point cribbing if you do not want to be a part of this system and correct it.
Each and every member is valuable to a system. If this person does not bother about correcting the system, and so do others, then the system can never be improved.
You are a part of a project team where certain decisions are being taken which you think may impact the team in a negative way. But you don’t care and just get your own work done everyday.
Imagine if everyone in the team starts doing this, then how will things improve ?
We think that without being concerned about the world around us we are leading a “cool” life. People often complain saying “Why should I take be so much stressed about these matters, when I can lead a tension free life?” The reality in my opinion is such people are making a compromise in their lives. They are just accepting whatever comes in the way without questioning it. They think by adopting such an attitude towards everything, their impact is neutral to the system. But the real fact is that it is negative and a lot more negative when more of such people add up to the same system.
Not only is there politics in running the country, it also comes to play while running an organization or a project a team. I have seen so many manipulative people, people in the software industry, media, politics, etc., that I get really frustrated. There are some who keep licking their manager's shoes to go up the ladder . This continues, and once they become managers they expect the same to continue with their subordinates. I have seen people who will make others do the work and go and report to their managers at the end of the day, cleverly taking the credit. More so .. there are people who say different things when you meet them personally compared to when you meet them with a few others around.
Inspired by Amitabh Bacchan's dialogues , "gattar sey nikalney waaley keedey ko maarney key liye flit (baygon etc.. ;-) ) market mein available hai, lekin samaajh ki gandagi sey nikalney waaley keedey key liye market mein kuch naheen hai ! " Leaving such people alive is the biggest crime God is comitting till now. If I were God , I would have shot them at sight ! But sad that I do not have the right to take people's lives even if they corrupt our society.
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u r just grt.
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