Talking to a stranger

It’s the Saturday afternoon and I am waiting for the evening to come so as this heat stop bothering me with its ability.

While surfing the TV channels, I just recalled something, something very strange but true. I recalled an incident when while boarding bus to Bathinda on early Monday morning, 

A voice came “You also study at Giani zail singh college of engineering and technology bathinda na” …to my amazed eyes, she responded “ I am in architecture stream and you”….Mechanical was my answer ( with a proud that I will pass out in 4 yrs and you in 5 yrs as course demanded 5 yrs)

Then the bus started, with heavy head on Monday mornings because of separation from home and fear of classes immediate after reaching Bathinda!

With few minutes of silence, suddenly she started “I have observed you, you always go by this bus na”

I said “Yes” (from then I have made it a practice to say yes to everything to a girl, it helps!)

Don’t know what happened, after few normal lines, she spoke

“Mere mummy papa meri shadi ke liye soch rahe hain, par main shadi nahi karna chahati, mera abhi 3^rd year hai, 2 saal ke baad I will be architect and I want to work, I have dreams but……” and then she went on sharing and I was listening with full energy…..

And few more incidents like this thought finally, sometimes it is easy to talk/confess to a stranger than family and friends because:

1. A known Stranger doesn’t hold any expectations from you, so you go on freely.
2. He/ She is not biased as he/she doesn’t know any background.
3. He/she provides sense of comfort( not necessarily all, but a known stranger)
4. When you are venting your heart out, he/she is clueless so no fear if he/she will tell anybody.
5. You also don’t expect any solution/great response from him/her so you go in a flow.
6. Have you ever wondered, our journey’s in trains, long hours, unknown people talking so comfortably ( Travel to Punjab sometime in train, they will tell about history & geography of their family and yes not to forget any eligible bachelor daughter for their daughter/son?)
7. When you are full with emotions, you don’t care the repercussions of sharing.
8. Sometime you get friend of life while sharing.( I have one friend I have never met him, he is in dubai but the bond we share awesome)

It all happens SOMETIME, so when angry try talking to known stranger! I hope you know “who known stranger is”

Vikas Sachdeva

Video Game

During my assignment at Future Group, one day I asked him spontaneously “ Tell me what I need to do to improve my work, these ads, plans are regular course of work and he replied with utmost ease and clarity “ Have you ever played a Mario Video game in which the guy crosses various stages, fighting obstacles, taking powers & so on, You need that power!

Though I had understood what he meant and it required immediate action, but at the same time I was wondering at his way of looking at Professional Life-Jobs, Office.

What he meant

1.In Mario ( there are 8 levels in the game with each level consisting of 4 stages with increasing level of difficulty) , Job is also like that there are hierarchy  the companies we work with responsibities increasing as we go up.

2. In Mario, every level is different with different types of creatures to trouble you, mountains, flying creatures and you have to escape and concur all of them, then only one stage will be completed, similarly at every stage in our career we have different people to deal with, different attitudes, egos and we have to pass all of them to clear that stage/designation.

3. In Mario, you get coins, if you collect 100 you will get one life additional, if you get star, who so ever you collide, he will die, if you get flower, you can throw balls at creatures, they will die, similarly in jobs you get your chances to prove yourself, opportunities, meetings where you showcase your mettle by presenting some new concept, betterment of any existing concept.

4.In Mario, at the end of every level, there is dragon stage, where you have to rescue the queen and at the stage 8.4,queens of queen is caged by dragon, You have to pass through flying fire, and then finally rockets by the dragon and as you escape the dragon by cheating him and pressing the lever, he goes, he goes in the line of fire and queen is yours, similarly we at the end of every stage have to prove ourself by the work we have done at every stage and convince the boss that we have added value to the team.

5. So in nutshell, Mario passes through lot of stages, hurdles, opportunities to get his queen while we also pass through same to get our goal.

What a interesting way to look at the Job, I was thinking aloud that weather Life can be viewed in similar fashion!

Rest in my next blog, share your views

Vikas Sachdeva