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The Rat Race

Today I lost a badminton singles finale at office. It made me wonder a few things. What do we want to win in our professional run.  Is this win a balanced life, a promotion, self dependency, self respect, financial freedom to make decisions, what is it? What defines this win? Every week there is a star performer and someone's performance has gone down. But the wheel keeps turning. We reflect on the moment where we lost it with a very small margin. It keeps haunting at nights. It seems we are still there, hung at that moment.. We all have failures, inexperiences, misfires..... Only way out from that hung up, is to get up and do it again and again and again, till you do it right.   Not because you are chasing someone or something. Not because we want to win.....Only because we love it... So I’m gonna keep loving what I do.. And keep doing it till the time I stop loving it....

They are what we are!

Recently I visited a facility which was acquired by my employer company. Since I had worked in a company which was very similar to this facility, I got acquainted with people there very soon. Most of them were imbibing the culture of their new employer. I was asked one common question, "How is the culture over there??" I asked "How it is over here?" They said kind, hospitable, close to nature. I said same is there. Again the curiosity continued " How are the bosses and work culture? I again asked how it was over here? they said good but at times very unpredictable, I again replied same is there. Our feelings and experiences are a reflection of the person we are. Most of the time people around us are mere reflection of who we are.