My dear Shilpa,
Finally, your wedding has come to an end. Now, you are on honeymoon trip. I wish you a very happy journey.
Your wedding has been a grand success. All our guests who came from outstation were extremely satisfied with the arrangements made. The food, the decoration, the lighting, were of top quality. I have not yet seen the video film which is still under processing but I have seen CD of still photography which is excellent. By the time you come back, DVD of video shoot will be ready for you.
You have gone but your memory will always remain with me. I can still recollect your childhood frame by frame. As a father, Bidai has been the most painful experience for me. I felt as if my life is being snatched away from my body. Even before your marriage, whenever I thought of your Bidai, tears swelled in my eyes. You were crying during Bidai, your sister, your mom were crying when they embraced you but I somehow managed to hold back my tears although the pain of seperation was unbearable.
You have got soulmate who is not only handsome in looks but very good at heart.
May God bless you both for a very happy married life.
I cannot share my feelings in person with you so I am writing this open letter. I hope, you will read it when you go back to UK.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Motivation
We use only 10% of our potential while 90% of our potential is dormant in sub conscious state of mind. This is because we are not motivated enough to use all of our potential. The next logical question that comes to our mind is what is motivation. Motivation is the driving force that encourages action. To motivate means to encourage and inspire. Motivation is powerful. It can persuade, convince and encourage you to act. The word motivation consists of two parts Motiv(e) a (c)tion which means motive for action. Motivation comes from a desire to succeed. Without success there is little pride in life, no enjoyment or excitement at work and at home. The greatest enemy of motivation is complacency. Complacency leads to lack of effort, and when people are complacent, they don’t utilize their potential to full with the result they don’t succeed. Motivation can be classified into two types external and internal.
External motivation comes from outside. Examples of external motivations are money, societal approval, fame or fear of getting fired at work. The disadvantage of external motivation is that it is temporary meaning the motivation is there as long as the factor that causes motivation is there. If the factor is fear, you work as long as you are watched or supervised. If it is money, you work as long as you get incentive which is strong enough to motivate you. Just think of a donkey with a carrot dangling in front and pulling a cart behind. Incentive motivation will work if the donkey is hungry enough, the carrot is sweet enough and the load is light enough. From time to time, you have to let the donkey take a bite of the carrot otherwise it is going to get discouraged. After the donkey takes a bite, its stomach is full and you need to wait for the donkey to get hungry again before it will pull cart. The same attitude can be seen in business environment also. The moment sales people meet their targets, they stop working. This is because their motivation is limited to meeting the sales target
Internal Motivation comes from within such as sense of achievement, responsibility and belief. It is feeling of accomplishment rather than just achieving a goal. The two most important internal motivators are recognition and responsibility. Recognition means being appreciated, being treated with respect and dignity and feeling a sense of belonging. Responsibility gives a person a feeling of belonging and ownership. Recognition is external because it originates from outside but it’s manifestations are internal. Responsibility is internal because it originates from within.
Internal motivation is ever lasting because it is self driven as opposed to external motivation which is temporary, short lived. It has been seen that those who have clear cut defined goals are self motivated because the goals give them sense of direction and the right kind of motivation to act. I have already written in my earlier blog as to how to define SMART goals.
Productivity of the company is directly related to the motivation level of human Resource. The higher the motivation level, the more the productivity. That is the reason, most of organizations give top priority to human Resource development program. Some organizations make the mistake of upgrading the technology, systems and processes without giving any importance to motivating human resource with the result, they fail to implement the new systems due to employees resistance to change.
External motivation comes from outside. Examples of external motivations are money, societal approval, fame or fear of getting fired at work. The disadvantage of external motivation is that it is temporary meaning the motivation is there as long as the factor that causes motivation is there. If the factor is fear, you work as long as you are watched or supervised. If it is money, you work as long as you get incentive which is strong enough to motivate you. Just think of a donkey with a carrot dangling in front and pulling a cart behind. Incentive motivation will work if the donkey is hungry enough, the carrot is sweet enough and the load is light enough. From time to time, you have to let the donkey take a bite of the carrot otherwise it is going to get discouraged. After the donkey takes a bite, its stomach is full and you need to wait for the donkey to get hungry again before it will pull cart. The same attitude can be seen in business environment also. The moment sales people meet their targets, they stop working. This is because their motivation is limited to meeting the sales target
Internal Motivation comes from within such as sense of achievement, responsibility and belief. It is feeling of accomplishment rather than just achieving a goal. The two most important internal motivators are recognition and responsibility. Recognition means being appreciated, being treated with respect and dignity and feeling a sense of belonging. Responsibility gives a person a feeling of belonging and ownership. Recognition is external because it originates from outside but it’s manifestations are internal. Responsibility is internal because it originates from within.
Internal motivation is ever lasting because it is self driven as opposed to external motivation which is temporary, short lived. It has been seen that those who have clear cut defined goals are self motivated because the goals give them sense of direction and the right kind of motivation to act. I have already written in my earlier blog as to how to define SMART goals.
Productivity of the company is directly related to the motivation level of human Resource. The higher the motivation level, the more the productivity. That is the reason, most of organizations give top priority to human Resource development program. Some organizations make the mistake of upgrading the technology, systems and processes without giving any importance to motivating human resource with the result, they fail to implement the new systems due to employees resistance to change.
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