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| Career & Character Building - She Knows Her Mind |
A taxi dropped Vincent in front of the magnificent gates of that
reputed office. The office was situated in a metropolitan city. The office
campus gave a status symbol to its employees.
On the way to the security cabin to complete the
regular formalities, Vincent examined the campus. The plan of the building and
the architecture was simply superb. Vincent realised that ‘man’ was taking huge
strides in every field. Otherwise how could he come up with something so
amazing? That work part of a task seemed to be simple for him. On other hand he
had no idea about the nature and feeling of his own family members and his neighbours.
And this emotional part of life seemed to be very difficult for him. What a
strange mindset! This brought a smile to Vincent's lips.
As he finished his formalities at the security cabin, he smiled at
the security officers, thanked them for their attention to detail and headed
towards the main building. The security cabin crew was surprised as they never
expected a man like Vincent to respect their work. It was a fact that generally
they were not given much attention.
But for Vincent, by God's grace, right from his
school days through college he had been blessed with amazing teachers who gave
priority to humanity through their respective subjects. They were his
role-models. The Director of his previous educational institution where Vincent
completed his post graduate degree, always kept reminding students to give
respect and take respect.
The Director used to say that, the security guard is the
prime employee to any concern as only he can permit entry to any great
organization. ‘The security team guarantees the security of the concern as well
as the security of the employees. So learn to respect them. Teach your children
to respect them’ he used to say. Vincent pondered his words.
From the security cabin to main building, it was a
fifteen minute walk. It seemed impossible for Vincent to walk alone. The
building was swarming with people, but still strangle all of them were in their
own worlds. He looked around. A group of people were walking towards the main
building. A majority of them seemed to be divided into groups and they liked to
talk only among themselves. A lot of people were walking alone even though they
were having their colleagues walking alongside with them at their arm's
stretch. May be they were belonging to different departments. But this seemed
to be not fair. They were all working under one roof. They must have shown some
familiarity with each other through their warm smile. But they were walking
alone as if they were strangers to others and as if others were strangers to
them.
On seeing this, Vincent again remembered the version
of the Director - that one who lacks the ability of mingling with people means
he also lacks the ability of learning or moving ahead in life because
communication is a basic human trait. Only by moving with people freely we can
learn more about ourselves and others. This in turn influences more inventions
and discoveries in human relations thus forging a positive bond. The whole
process would be more helpful in our life time. And also it helps us to learn
what to take and what to let go for our career building and character building.
Vincent introduced himself to some people who
were standing as a group. They looked like they a considerable work experience.
"Hello I am Vincent. This is my first day in this office. I think you all are
highly experienced in this field. I am very glad to meet you." He shook
his hands with them. They gave a pause and looked at his bright face with warm
smile and they instinctively responded to him. He slowly started making
friends.
12 months passed. All these months Vincent was
the same old Vincent with a beaming face. His close friends knew the reason for
it. As a fresher Vincent was compelled to have hot drinks in the week end
parties. When he refused to take, his friends mocked at him to the core. "Are
you still afraid of your parents? Or still you are depending on them? Are you a
wall with no wishes or still are you in the opinion that you are a child?"
Pat came the answer from Vincent. "Yes!
my friends internally I am a five year old. Externally I am a sixteen year old
student. My beloved grand father gave me this healthy suggestion which helped
me a lot. My internal 5 year childhood mind is plain and simple with no
complicated ill feelings like partiality, jealousy, unnecessary comparisons, over
confidence or under confidence.”
After a pause, Vincent continued, "My
grand father told we must always be in the learning process. According to him
the suitable age to understand and appreciate what learning is, is sixteen. He
told me to assume myself as a five year old internally which helps in keeping my
mind plain and fresh and sixteen externally which helps in the learning process
with no diversion.
And it helps a lot in due course of
time. Whatever road you take your mind would be vivid. It helps you distinguish
what to look and what to over look. And also it depends on the intensity of
your positive rapport with your mind. The mega power of the mind will make everything
possible to get positive results. In the process you become a gentleman who
everyone would want to know and be inspired.”
Vincent continued. “Now my grand
father is no more. But his words still guide me. If I am looking as a mocking
stock and if you people feel that I am not fit for your friendship circle where
a girl friend and cocktail parties are necessary then, I am sorry. I am
leaving. But I really wish you people know those blissful moments one day or
the other."
His friends were silent. As Vincent got
up to leave, he knew that his friends would definitely think about what he had
said earlier. Their minds were ready to open to the infinite positive
possibilities of their lives.
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