13th March 2012
You Will, When You Have To!
We have to enhance our productivity, and not our working hours! This means that we should work less and produce more results in less time. This is the only way we can get excited in living. Many of us think that if we have to enjoy living, we have to work very hard. Nothing can be far from truth. Increasing the pace of work is different from increasing the work load. We have to find out how we can do this. We may have to use technology, motivate and empower people, think differently, learn new skills etc. All these things are difficult to practice. But the alternative is to work more and enjoy less. We will have no leisure, we will have more stress, no social life etc.
But we have to enjoy the process of productivity improvement.
I recall a story. There was a rabbit which was chased by a cheetah. The rabbit outran the cheetah and the cheetah gave up. But before giving up, the cheetah asked the rabbit how he was able to run faster than the cheetah which was supposed to be the fastest animal. The rabbit said it was simple: `you run for food, and I run for my life!'
You will work faster, if you want to, and you will like that speed!
N C Sridharan
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