THE MEANING OF REAL WORK
the owner of the favourite restaurant of a big city went for a surprise visit.
for the past 6 months the hotel had CHANGED FROM A HUGE PROFIT MAKING
MACHINE TO A LOSS MAKING UNIT--he wanted to check out why- personally.
the staff and cooks were the same--- the only change was the new sprightly
manager of the restaurant--who joined 6 months back.
the owner asked the manager --how is my hotel doing?--
manager says ,we have been accredited iso 49000 since i joined-- we have
4.99 marks in HMSA ( that is something like our own TMSA ) -- i have
streamlined the paperwork-- here are the pie charts--here are the trends
in colour-- here are the consumptions and the averages-- we have
centralised our accounts and purchases and economised on vegetables and
meats --here are the figures --this is the last inspection report of the municipality
--we scored 100%-- blah blah --he was on his own trip--
the owner got upset ,walked off and called the stewards--in private.
what do you think is the problem? why have all our regular customers
deserted us? why are the chairs empty?.
the stewards said--lot of them sat for half an hour and before cooks
could get the soup ready --they got up in a huff and cursed us and went
away. we are also resigning--we too don't like to stand here the whole
day picking our noses , waiting for the cows to come home --we are losing
out on tips--
then the owner went into the kitchen-- and found the cooks caught in THE
CHAKRAVYUH OF ACTIVITY TRAPS doing tabulations on A4 size papers ,
averages, inventories , cleaning, pressure testing pipes, stencilling ,
polishing pans and buttons of their tunics, testing fuel -- the whole
kitchen smelled of strong metal cleaner/ detergent instead of food--
he asked the chief cook who was walking past him in a tearing hurry--
----are you coming or going?
--the man says -WHAAA?
EXTREME EXAMPLE OF ACTIVITY TRAP-- A CHIEF ENGINEER OF A SHIP WHO HAS BRAINWASHED HIMSELF THAT-- THE PURPOSE OF HIS SHIP IS TO TAKE HIS MAIN ENGINES FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
how many of you have lost the plot and are caught in the chakravyuh of daily activity traps?
CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL
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You have to manage your activities and not let them manage you. You need to be alert and vigilant as you take control of your own personal activity trap. Activity traps are ways of working that do not enable us to get the best from ourselves.
When you are unable to prioritize your workload in a logical way, so that important tasks are completed you fall into activity traps. If you plan does not work, change the plan not your goal.
People who get caught in the CHAKRAVYUH of activity traps get BURNT OUT. These people do NOT know the meaning of an exhilarating VICTORY LAP .
http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.in/2010/12/burned-out-versus-stressed-out-capt.html
How I love to take a victory lap in a hostile stadium
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF YOUR ARE COMING OR GOING WHITHOUT OPENING YOUR TIFFIN BOX
I make a critical statement here – IF CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL HAD COMMANDED THE KARGIL WAR , I WOULD HAVE TAKEN ONLY 1% OF THE CASUALITY WE TOOK. I DON’T CARE FOR “YEH DIL MAANGE MORE” WHILE ATTACKING SOME ROCK HILLOCK.
I ONCE DEMANDED A SYSTEM CHANGE IN MY SHORE OFFICE. I SAID— DECLARE WEDNESDAYS FREE OF EMAILS –LET CRITICAL MESSAGES COME FROM SHIP BY FAX .
I RIDICULED , WE HAVE DEMENTED MONKEYS IN THE OFFICE WHO SIT BETWEEN A TELEX MACHINE AND A FAX MACHINE ( OF OLDEN TIMES ) , LOOKING ENDLESSLY FROM GANGA BAJOO TO JAMUNA BAJOOO PRETENDING TO BE WORKING HARD.
I ASKED- CAN YOU LOAD AND UNLOAD CARGO THIS WAY? CAN YOU TAKE A SHIP FROM PORT A TO PORT B THIS WAY ?
THIS SERVED THE PURPOSE OF KICKING THE BEE HIVE—THE ANGRY BEES DARED NOT STING CAPT VADAKAYIL
Capt ajit vadakayil
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CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL
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ON MY SHIP I DO NOT ALLOW PARASITES TO THRIVE.
EVER SEEN A HAMSTER RUNNING UP AND WHEEL WHICH GOES ROUND AND ROUND . THERE ARE MANY SUCH HUMAN HAMSTERS OCCUPYING CHAIRS OF OFFICE MANAGERS
The activity trap is the risk of becoming so busy with an activity as to forget what it is supposed to achieve. You lose sight of your goalpost. You climb up a ladder only to find out it is leaning against the wrong wall. It is the risk of becoming so busy with activity so as to forget and miss the aim of that activity
The activity trap is the “tyranny of the mundane.” It includes the trivial issues, red tape, requests, and routine meaningless activities that eat up time and resources.
The activity trap is the mistake of believing that endless activity is synonomous with results. Nothing could be further from the truth!
Think for a moment about people you know. Some of them seem to be always busy but the results from their work are, well, meager. Others, may or may not seem busy but the results of their work are significant.
ACTIVITY TRAPS are prized tools of incompetent managers – to foster their own job security. They shift goalposts to suit their agenda . 95% of the managers belong to this group. They do only things which gets measures and leave a good trail for personal faayada.
This CUNT will attack the symptom and not tackle the problem. His derailed mind mistakes his own meaningless activity for achievement.
They are endlessly involved in selfish personal brand building
They can fool outsiders who see the activity but insiders have a hard time figuring out what they really produce.
WHEN YOU ENTER ANY OFFICE YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE IN THE HALL PEERING INTO COMPUTERS-HOW MANY OF THEM ARE DOING REAL WORK
http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.in/2010/12/personal-branding-me-inc-capt-ajit.html
In reality, uncontrolled activity is a trap and a gigantic source of insecurity. If you are continually consumed by a litany of routine activities, you are actually exposing yourself to obsolescence.
Activity traps can lull us into a state of complacency and cause us to lose sight of our visions for the future
Unless you know what activity traps who are mired in , you cannot build a firewall , to prevent it from taking over your work life
Sometimes the people around you will want to make their urgent priority your priority too. If you allow this to happen it will eat into your finite reserve of time and resources..
It’s difficult to manage your time when you constantly fall into the activity trap of responding to other peoples’ demands.. Don’t allow other peoples’ lack of time management affect yours.
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