Kaun-fakes!

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Welcome to the world of the rulers! Yes, the talkers, and not the doers, and we are here by default. How about a cup of coffee with a stranger? Or exchanging looks with a well-known figure? My point is I come to know you when the wavelength matches well. I ought to know is putting an impression matters all. Why the hard work and all the efforts you put in? If it’s just entertainment and all the tamasha, I shouldn’t be here.

A belief in learning, growth and pushing yourself to make things happen. I need support, I need guidance. I have been assigned a job, not a challenge. My job profile describes my duties and responsibilities, it’s what I ought to do. So, what’s different and makes me stand out. I have the knowledge, qualification, expertise, and an urge to prove myself. It’s not that I’m unable to do it; it’s just that the right kind of attitude hasn’t driven it, or improvements haven’t been suggested. A sorry situation ideally! Vacancies aren’t for employment but seem for exploitation. Delegation of work is so frequent; none takes charge and knows the functioning of systems and processes. Dignity of labour is an ideal concept. Pretence has taken over transparency, confidentialities and doing things one’s own way is the trend. Employment training and sharing your learnings is a threat to the two guys. Justifying the work, I’m doing it’s not pursuit of passion. I’m repulsive and frustrated at the end of the day.

Going back to good old days of confidently handling projects, the flexibility of onus and ideation was inseparable. They just were part of me till I discovered a new dimension to climbing the ladder. I’m a friend of Mr. Joe, if I call him over for dinner, drinks and make him my buddy. Admiration and acknowledgment are outdated. I haven’t mentioned monies here. I earned a Cadbury for a good speech, not that the Cadbury was a premium chocolate, but I was appreciated for the output. It hasn’t gone in my head; I’m still living it those were small moments that drove me to do a something big. I had my dreams, plans and ambitions to do what I loved and wanted. And all the homework of knowing this is where you want to be. I don’t demand quick success or if you ask me what success is. Designation, money raise or better work? Yes, all of these, but there is one small bit of push to tap your potential rather than sarcasm hitting the mark. Deemed to be unfit for a position could be one of the results, but if I must employ right talent, I’m hiring you for contributing to one of the factors responsible for the organization’s growth. I have pro-active initiatives and a lot more to share. Teamwork is talked about, where has it ever been implemented? Just in football matches and dance competitions. Workplace has become a boredom for the active, goal-oriented transformers whose value is realized when it’s too late. We have actioned plans, and more is expected from us. We die to meet those expectations and want to fulfil them when it’s dealt with togetherness, not on individual, selfish terms.

Wealth accumulated, rejection of a certain cult/group being a misfit and grabbing an entire share of credits have been facts hard to digest. Healthy get-togethers are taken over by hard-core parties where meeting turns to mating. Friends with benefits-how far can we go to achieve this? It’s a casting ‘ouch’ for us. It pinches us when we know what and why are we here? Values and perseverance are outdated. It’s demeaning to be a part of a work lifestyle that doesn’t help me grow and take away the potential I have. Not using but instead misusing it, goals far-fetched and unrealistic. In all due respect, why I remain. Just the chance to prove or a change to make. Leave it on me, friend, when the right time comes to know who the legitimate ‘Kaun-fakes’ are. If I’m a leader, transformer, I’m not worried about the change, but the numbers who drive it is what my worry. In my career span, I have come across the, but it’s so visible that they are the ones who survive, rule and are increasing in number. What a fake-drive! I have genuineness to pass on. Reflect…



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