Passion

Right now I am in a coaching role. That is, while I don't directly get to do what I usually do, I get to work with people and help them get to a place where they can do what I do.

I have been feeling extremely stressed out these past few months because of this project. Which is surprising - because a coaching gig (as opposed to delivery) is considered to be far less demanding, in my industry. I have been mulling over something that one of my colleagues said to me, last week - he suggested that one needs to be much less passionate while coaching. Transformation, especially at an enterprise level is something that takes a very long time and needs buy in from all levels through the heights and depths of the hierarchical structure. To be more effective and get the job done, you cannot take the smaller successes or the lack of it, personally. You have to leave your passion - of getting stuff done and moving on to the next big thing, of accomplishing something tangible, behind.

It is a strangely tiring and numbing idea. I have not known how to wake up every morning and come to work, with lesser passion than what I feel for my job. But after trying (very hard) to see from his perspective, I realize now that it does make sense. I can feel my blood pressure levels not shooting through the roof every so often during the day. But, I am not sure how long I can sustain this.

How easy is it to consciously choose to be less passionate about something that you really are passionate about?

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9/24/12

Reason for delay #1

My job requires me to travel a lot and I usually fly. I decided I will start listing all the reasons for flight delays I encounter and see how many I can count up to..

#1 Loo is broken.

The incoming flight had a restroom issue and caused flooding. My sympathies with the passengers on that flight. This time, I gladly waited till the nice ppl fixed the toilet problem and dried the carpets, before I boarded.

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7/23/12

I am Nomad

Lately I have been feeling kind of nomadic. I am using the term 'lately' very lightly here. I have always been on the move since I was a child and my current job requires me to travel a lot, so.. I have now been living for months out of the suitcase.

Makes me wonder how it feels to have lived in a place long enough to know all the streets really well.. know the little shop owners, the cats and dogs in the locality.. the trees and uneven stones on the sidewalk.. to greet your neighbors by name and know enough to ask them about their grandchildren.

I am so free of this kind of sense of belonging. Not sure it's the kind of freedom I'd have asked for. I cling onto other things that make me feel at home.. like a particular desktop background, a bedspread.. and certain perfumes.

What are the things you like the most about your home/locality?

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7/23/12

Hello World

What follows here will be rambles of immense profundity. Some of it real; others, my hopes & wishes; most of it true and everything, my passionate expression.


Read on, and if you like what you read, come back. Let me know you passed by, else I will think my words went unseen.

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5/17/12