Guru Mantra for Survival in Corporate sector
Today when I was sipping my cup of Tea and deliberating on the topic of my next blog suddenly I jumped out of my bed and shouted Eureka. After completing three blogs I was looking for a new topic for my blog. I have completed reading my new book Difficulty of being good by Mr. Gurucharan Das. So I decided to dedicate this blog to him.
As one of the survivor in the post recession era this book gave me an insight of one of the most important aspect of Life, the relevance of Corporate Dharma in today’s Dog eat Dog world. Mr. Gurucharan bring into forth, the dharma, its meaning and put the readers in dilemma by terming it as a subtle. I don’t want to delve into the review of the book as many of the readers will start yawning when the reference will be given to the Mythological Heroes of Mahabharata.
Mahabharata questions the basic essence of life, the morality by advocating that in the course of just war there is possibility of manipulation to all extent until it does not pave your way towards win. The game of dice, the disrobing of Draupadi, killing of Abhimanyu, Bhishma, Drona, karna and Duryodhana put a serious question mark on Dharma. There is no doubt that war of Kurukshretra was fought due to wrong doings of Duryodhana but it doesn’t prevent Pandava and Lord Krishna to escape the public scrutiny for the tactics which they adopt to win this legitimate war.
As I was skimming the book I found myself in the battlefield of Kurukshretra and suddenly I found all the characters in the epic resembling the corporate fiefdom.
On the one side there is a CEO and MD of the company who after cooking up the account feels helpless and distress like Dhritarashtra as the battle of survival is fought in the company. On the other side millions of people are jobless just as in the Kurukshretra war where millions of people from either side lost their lives.
But is there any way through which we can survive this onslaught. The book answers the same question in a subtle way.
How to Survive
1. First guru manta Boss is always right. No matter what he says? Just like a true follower of Dharma Arjuna, we should always heed an ear to our Boss as Arjuna follows Lord Krishna.
2. Always served the company with Nishkama Karma without any detachment so as you can always say a goodbye any time.
3. Always remember to laugh and cry with your boss. Laughing at silly jokes sometimes makes you cry and it’s very difficult to stop your dirty smile when your boss goofed up something. But like Bhishma who dedicate his life to the Kaurava and fight an injustice battle for them and doesn’t even prevent disrobing of Draupadi, it is our duty to follow our karma.
4. Management can always stake you at in any project (Govt. Client Site to be more precise) as per the requirements (to be politically correct) like Draupadi. Instead of crying and fighting always rely on Lord Krishna to come to your rescue.
5. And last but not the least always be a Yudhistra who strives for compassion and Peace even in exile; so if you are still in a queue for promotion, have patience.