At Work or at Home - You may be ignored - And yes, I am ignored

May be it tastes sour, but this is what it is - You may be ignored may be without a reason.

And YES, I am ignored.

Several scenes cross my mind and takes me to, when I was ignored, and insulted just because I said,
- 'It won't work out, because I tried it in the past, recent past'
- 'There is a better way to do this, why not we try this'
- 'I did a similar one earlier, should we try this way'

And a NO comes in many ways,
- 'I know you did this earlier, but why not you try again'
- Just a blank glance, and the conversation continues (I'm ignored)
- 'You know! It may not work out for us here'

I may still think I am right, ignoring (remember, I am ignoring!) my lead's knowledge that he/she gathered in the past.

But whose problem is this? Me or My Boss - Ignoring the knowledge of how much I knew before I am ignored.

May be if I am given a chance to elaborate, to elucidate, to demonstrate what I know, if not primarily or in the crowd, but as a plan B, I would have not felt that I am not ignored. But no, never, I am only ignored.

Briefing further or talking aloud to convince has only given the name - You are aggressive, You are aggravating, or still worse Don't talk like an MBA.

Devastating it is, when the mind feels 'I am insulted' and attacks the inner self virally, and resulting in deep depression and stress.

And if you think it is only at work, NO. This is at Home, at Work, at Play, or wherever it may be.

Work for at least the money you get!

Not at all a verse you would like to hear from your boss, but have heard and unfortunate to repeat it now as a boss.

Is that an inspiration then? Yes, because of ‘at least’. Negate the term and it gives – ‘Give your best’, and adding a term ‘Don’t expect, but give your best’ makes it the best.

It was at my first job that I heard these words. For the first few days, I used to be a little over enthusiastic, and relied more on my self-intuitions. When I said self-intuition, it was about knowing less and deriving conclusions out of it. Not forget to say that I made a lot of mistakes, and take pride of the smallest of the achievements.

A few months went by, enthusiasm flown away, and I started lagging behind with less knowledge grown these days, because there is less learning. Mind needs food for thought right, for how many days can I ride on the same old facts what I learnt.

Adding to it, in some days I started coming late to office and took leaves quite often for no reason. Office is not too far and is less than 2 KMs, but still I am late by an hour. For my boss, neglecting me is difficult because I did the least minimum required for the petty salary I got after an MBA. Worse for him is that all of us, 3 folks who joined the company straight from our institution, started showing similar character. It happened on a day that our boss called us one day and said “Work for at least the money you get man”.

Shameful sarcastic smiles, bent down heads, and yelled at boss all happened after the meeting. We had all reasons for us to do, since we thought “What not are we not doing, why does he says this (we thought we are doing the best, but thinking now, no we have not) to us?”

But yes, much was expected on us. We were Product Marketers, and we should have done something great. But we lacked a lot – Guidance, Inspirations, Learning, Self-attire and more. Nevertheless, we missed it.

For some reason I forgot everything my boss said other these words and started working on interesting stuffs, spent late nights in the office and started talking to other team folks. In some days I started seeing the difference – something when the heart says “You are doing great!”

But now, it is time for me to repeat these words to my folks - ‘At least work for the money you get!’ but this time guiding them, nurturing them and helping them in whatever way I can, Inspiring isn’t it.

Inspiration Series - Help others and you will be helped at need

Help others – you will be helped

Not only for proverbs, but a realistic ‘Yes’– help others and you will be helped, and is taught by ‘Him’- my first ever role model. Somehow I realized this in him from my very young days. I may not explain not even an example on what he did - it is not Godly to mention what we did, and to expect something in return.

But we are humans and are needy at times, it can be a life striving need, or a time critical situation – like when he met with an accident, fallen and broken in the middle of a National Highway, and when someone unknown Godly appeared and Timely took him to the hospital.

In all for me, he is a Gem – A Gemspiration for me, and he is none other than my Father. Now, I carry the same attitude of him in me. There are numerous occasions when I helped someone, definitely less than my Father, but is undoubtedly helped back both Godly and Timely, doubly. At times of need, help came from multiple directions, the unknowns from Heaven (through the Hearts of Heavenly people), and the known's who can never be underestimated, and blessed are one's with such kind.

However, we may not become a Mother Teresa or The Black’s Great Nelson Mandela, if not we decide not to go that further, but can do our bit with a one-time meal or medicines for the needy. Decided to do, there are hundreds of genuine Ashram’s and old age homes all around the places we live – in developed cities, in developing cities, or even in villages. A rare visit even is a chance to help, and whenever you get a chance to help, do it. Remember, you may need it sometime later. This is an unknown savings account of Nature and it gives back what it takes with multiple times the interest.

A short one, because again, it is not Godly or humanly to explain what we did!