The 'Corporate' Mahabharata - such a powerful analogy. As a kid, I was always fascinated to this blitz and bling of corporate world. Nicely tucked blazer, finely brushed hair, soft and subtle make up, high heels, leather bag, branded watch - I always imagined myself walking onto those shiny corridors and made a promise to myself "one day I will walk these corridors and rule the world". My dreams are still to conquer this world, to be happy, to be accomplished. But whether this blingy world is appealing me anymore - 'I don't know'. Unfortunately, there aint a straight answer.
It aghast me when everybody is worried about job security. They focus more on Job Security than delivering the best job in the world. Job Security in itself is an oxymoron. There is no term in my dictionary as Job Security. It can never be - because I have seen many more morons in the corporate world, who in my mind do not deserve to be where they are and they are blissfully not grateful of what they have. And there are many more - who are waiting for their chance to get discovered.
Hardly I am come across people - who tells me that they love their job, they love what they do, they love being part of something great, something substantial. The more I am introspecting, the more I find the need to be creative at work - pay check only makes me feel good. But creativity to the highest potential keeps me going.
Boardrooms, reviews, C-suite discussions seems more like a battle field - The Kurukshetra. I always wonder - why aren't they happy, why aren't they satisfied, why aren't they creative? Why do we always walk into a meeting room with a not-so open mind-set?
Imagine, if we all delivered the work as if we were creating little master pieces - how fantastic would our work be, how creative would we have got?
Food for thought!
Happy December.
Jini
