“The greatest discovery of any
generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
- William James
Sometimes you need to strike a balance
between a request and a threat. You must
have heard of ancient Indian political thinker, Chanakya’s fourfold strategy of
Sama, Dana, Bhed and Dandopaya where you must request first
to get the things done. If not, then you must offer incentives to get the
things done successfully. If you fail in this second endeavor also, you must
compare and contrast between the good performers and poor performers to get the
things done. If you fail in this attempt
also, then you must adopt the fourth and final weapon to punish to get the
things done.
Recently I came across with a bad
experience with a prestigious publication where the person named Susan failed
to publish my two books for more than a year.
I waited patiently for a year through repeated requests to get the books
published. The books I authored subsequently
had been published by other publishers successfully and sold out but Susan
delayed my two books by telling lies and stories that she would do it.
Recognizing her rotten attitude I brought the matter to the CEO of the
prestigious publishing house who came to know her wrongdoings and thanked me
for bringing such things to his light.
Finally, she fell in line and my books have been published successfully. Therefore, in rare cases you must apply both
requests and threats to get the tasks done successfully.
Remember that the institutions are
always good but it is only a few individuals with their rotten attitude bring
bad reputation to their institutions. Hence, never blame institutions, blame
only the individuals if something goes wrong. Also remember that whenever any institution
collapses it is because of individuals with their rotten attitude and due to
weak leadership.
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