That day someone forwarded me an article, more precisely a paper cut where the author speaks very nicely about his enlightenment after retirement. I salute the author for being so honest to speak his heart out.
However, I fail to understand why it took so many years for him to realise this simple thing. I say simple because it has been the lesson learned during our childhood, from my father. He asked us to refrain from accepting gifts, favours which some people go out of the turn to offer due to the position one attains. It was a valuable lesson learned during childhood, the value of which is immeasurable and has helped me to live with my head high.
Its human nature to love getting pampered and translating it into official terms it will be like, enjoying the company of Yes Man.
Such persons who do not realise this simple truth and go on for so long not only causes harm for himself and his family but in the larger context it causes genuine harm to office work and the society at large.
Imagine a person in a powerful position crave for gifts during festivals. Broken into simple terms, one who offers festive gifts is the chosen one and one who does not is left behind. Sadly, its true in most of the cases and this is the irony.
Like the author, who only after his retirement during celebrating Diwali found that no one has offered him customary ‘Sweet’ or ‘Dry Fruit’ packets which were plenty during his service days.
It also gives me immense happiness to share the following screenshot of Marshall Goldsmith, a renowned coach.
