An interesting article.....LOVE YOUR JOB, BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR COMPANY WILL STOP LOVING YOUA speech delivered by a CEO of a premier IT company of India during an employee session. He is incidentally, one of the top 50 Influential people of Asia according the latest Asiaweek publication and also the new IT Advisor to the Thailand Prime Minister.
Extract of Mr. Narayana Murthy's Speech during Mentor Session:
LOVE YOUR JOB, BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY BECAUSE
YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR COMPANY WILL STOP LOVING YOU Narayana Murthy :
I know people who work 12 hours a day, six days a week, or more. Some people do so because of a work emergency where the long hours are only temporary.
Other people I know have put in these hours for years!!! I don't know if they are working all these hours, but I do know they are in the office this long. Others put in long office hours because they are
addicted to the workplace.
Whatever the reason for putting in overtime, working long hours over the long term is harmful to the person and to the organization. There are things managers can do to change this for everyone's benefit. Being in the office long hours, over long periods of time, makes way for potential errors.
My colleagues who are in the office long hours frequently make mistakes caused by fatigue.
Correcting these mistakes requires their time as well as the time and energy of others. I have seen people work Tuesday through Friday to correct mistakes made after 5 PM on Monday.
Another problem is that people who are in the office long hours are
NOT pleasant company.
They often complain about other people (who aren't working as hard) ; they are irritable, or cranky, or even angry. Other people avoid them. Such behaviour poses problems, where work goes much better when people work together instead of avoiding one another. As Managers, there are things we can do to help people leave the office. First and foremost is to set the example and go home ourselves. "
They often complain about other people (who aren't working as hard) ; they are irritable, or cranky, or even angry. Other people avoid them. Such behaviour poses problems, where work goes much better when people work together instead of avoiding one another.
As Managers, there are things we can do to help people leave the office.
First and foremost is to set the example and go home ourselves.
I work with a manager who chides people for working long hours. His words quickly lose their meaning when he sends these chiding group e-mails with a time-stamp of 2 AM, Sunday.
Second is to encourage people to put some BALANCE in their lives. For instance, here is a guideline I find helpful:
1) Wake up, eat a good breakfast, and go to work.
2) Work hard and smart for eight or nine hours.
3) Go home.
4) Read the books/comics, watch a funny movie, dig in the dirt, play with (your) kids, etc.
5) Eat well and sleep well.
This is called recreating. Doing steps 1, 3, 4, and 5 enable step 2.
Working regular hours and recreating daily are simple concepts. They are hard for some of us because that requires 'personal change'. They are possible since we all have the power to choose to do them.
In considering the issue of overtime, I am reminded of my oldest son. When he was a toddler, if people were visiting the apartment, he would not fall asleep no matter how long the visit, and no matter what time of day it was. He would fight off sleep until the visitors left. It was as if he was afraid that he would miss something. Once our visitors' left, he would go to sleep.
By this time, however, he was over tired and would scream through half the night with nightmares. He, my wife, and I, all paid the price for his fear of missing out.
Perhaps some people put in such long hours because they don't want to miss anything when they leave the office. The trouble with this is
will NEVER stop happening.
That is life !! Things happen 24 hours a day.
Allowing for little rest is not ultimately practical. So, take a nap.
Things will happen while you're asleep, but you will have the energy to catch up when you wake. Hence "LOVE YOUR JOB BUT NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY"
Live a life like you should - ...
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference. ..
If a drop of water falls in a lake there is no identity.But if it falls on a leaf of lotus it will shine like a pearl...so choose the best place where you would shine...
..Falling down is not a defeat...defeat is when your refuse to get up...
..Never take some one for granted...Hold every person close to your heart, because you might wake up one day and realise that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones." Remember these always in life ;
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As I read this article, I ponder on how much truth there is in it. Not ALL but at least I see some of it. I had to face of of these people who became unpleasant when they are tired and when things don't work out their way.
Really interesting and good to reflect on our work habits.
