Lessons of Life_01

The experience is from my MBA days. There were loads of assignments in those two years and we always struggled with the punishing timelines.The decision to join the course rested solely with me and I felt that much needed determination, which I rarely had felt before in my education career. Probably in my exuberance to excel, I always pushed myself / my team to complete all assignments well before time; in fact a tad too early, now that I reflect.

I earned the reputation of an early-finisher; however, it was not long enough since I understood I / my Team was consistently underachieving with respect to grades. First year went by, and I was left pondering as to why I couldn't reach the levels of perfection as I aspired for.

I decided to observe... and then the breakthrough came while watching a colleague (Suyog Markandey) during internship.

I always had this knack of rushing through the job, being a hands on sort of person, I believed in completing fast (best efforts surely) and first. I was more than three quarters through my internship in Weatherford and was satisfied that my report was more or less coming to a close; Suyog seemingly didn't start yet. Then, there was this weekend where he worked continuously for two nights, and then when he shared his work with me for comments, I was flabbergasted! If I could give my work a 7/10, his was 9.5/10 and then too he was looking for ways to improve upon. 

He had spent the entire time conceptualizing the entire report, spent time discussing with his mentor / colleagues and finally when he was satisfied enough embarked upon the "easy" job of putting it down. The clear thought processes / work ethic helped him to complete on time and do a job worthy of admiration.

Two things dawned upon me then, planning & visualizing the work is much more important than getting straight down to the job in a way wherein you have to adapt as and when required (believe me that requires a great amount of skill and luck!). Secondly, good things take time to mature; it takes time, efforts and most importantly constructive feedback to make things perfect.

It's important to do the right thing at the right time rather than doing it first & fast!

N.B.: We lost Suyog to an unfortunate accident an year back, but I thank him sincerely, but for him I would have been much poorer in experience. Wherever you are my friend, Adore you still!