I consider myself more on the side of knowledge hunter gatherer. A tribe of my own with a sole and soul purpose of accumulating knowledge and disseminating the same.
I try to gather as much as people want to give and give back as much as they can take ( believe me I can over stuff people with information that they stay away from me from weeks and ask me to write in blogs so they can read later..!!!)
One interesting observation was - when I was coming back from Bahamas we had a stop over in Atlanta. We had to grab dinner and had plenty of time.(3 hours)
When we stopped to eat in the food court a Nepali lady came close to us and asked if we needed help. Apparently Atlanta has implemented a system where the food court is consistently cleaned up by paid staff who are paid by the food court restaurants. Interesting.!
So this lady wanted to know if our 2 year old needed a high chair and stayed close to us and didn't want to leave while watching skeptically if her supervisor was watching.
A few two pieces of information that we discussed
1. Being a South Indian she was surprised I didn't have a mustache
2.She mentioned all south Indian movies had god shown often and hero worshiping god more than Hindi films. It seems we show more god in south Indian movies than in North.
3. She was happy to drink her free 'hot chocolate'
Why am I telling you all this?
If I had replaced the lady's name with some one famous Sachin,Clinton,Tiger Woods or Oprah you will sure be excited to know these details.
What about the rest?
Do you ever think you are an average person or a normal person?
It is interesting to note no body considers themselves average.
I am sure you didn't think you are Einstein but neither did you think you were average.
When you meet someone more powerful than you we respect them.
When we meet someone not doing well in life we may not care about them as much as we care about the rich/powerful/famous/positional holding person.
I try to gather as much as people want to give and give back as much as they can take ( believe me I can over stuff people with information that they stay away from me from weeks and ask me to write in blogs so they can read later..!!!)
One interesting observation was - when I was coming back from Bahamas we had a stop over in Atlanta. We had to grab dinner and had plenty of time.(3 hours)
When we stopped to eat in the food court a Nepali lady came close to us and asked if we needed help. Apparently Atlanta has implemented a system where the food court is consistently cleaned up by paid staff who are paid by the food court restaurants. Interesting.!
So this lady wanted to know if our 2 year old needed a high chair and stayed close to us and didn't want to leave while watching skeptically if her supervisor was watching.
A few two pieces of information that we discussed
1. Being a South Indian she was surprised I didn't have a mustache
2.She mentioned all south Indian movies had god shown often and hero worshiping god more than Hindi films. It seems we show more god in south Indian movies than in North.
3. She was happy to drink her free 'hot chocolate'
Why am I telling you all this?
If I had replaced the lady's name with some one famous Sachin,Clinton,Tiger Woods or Oprah you will sure be excited to know these details.
We teach our kids to learn the house keeper (Janitor's name) in their school .
How many times have we taken the effort to know the Janitor's name in a mall or in office?
We value people based on IQ .
We value people based on IQ .
Based on celebrity status.
Based on position/office they hold.
What about the rest?
Do you ever think you are an average person or a normal person?
It is interesting to note no body considers themselves average.
I am sure you didn't think you are Einstein but neither did you think you were average.
You were slightly above average.
Normal people spend a lot of time working for office and don't have a work life balance.
Normal people spend a lot of time working for office and don't have a work life balance.
But you believe you have a working work life balance (more on work but not as bad as the normal!).
Here is the key concept
Here is the key concept
When you meet someone more powerful than you we respect them.
When we meet someone not doing well in life we may not care about them as much as we care about the rich/powerful/famous/positional holding person.
This is very true. We value people based on their job description, cloths and appearance more than their IQ. I guess thats why it is important to have "good first impression". I think that lady you met at airport, will remember you for good part of her life. - Anant
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