the biggest similarity between an employee and an employer:
'It doesn't matter what school you went to or to whom you are related. It matters what you do'.
which is in itself odd, we are recruited on the basis of an education or experience but once we are in, those parameters don't have any importance whatsoever.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
education and work
In our days of education we pay to be educated.
Which is, we pay fees and we work to educate ourselves.
I can't see why this can be encouraging but somehow most of us get by doing this.
It is a cost to be educated.
The way it is rationalised is 'it pays to be educated'.
Which is right in a sense, for when we look at gainful employment, we are offered a pay to work. Which seems bizarre given all those years where we had paid to get educated and now for some strange reason given our education; employers seem willing to pay us to work.
For most of us who do begin employment, we yearn those years, when we were at school and are willing to get back to school and pay to get educated.
We seem to weigh the cost lighter than the pay.
That could be bcoz we as humans are plain lazy.
But I can bet that this is the only time, we choose a cost to be lighter than a pay.
Which is, we pay fees and we work to educate ourselves.
I can't see why this can be encouraging but somehow most of us get by doing this.
It is a cost to be educated.
The way it is rationalised is 'it pays to be educated'.
Which is right in a sense, for when we look at gainful employment, we are offered a pay to work. Which seems bizarre given all those years where we had paid to get educated and now for some strange reason given our education; employers seem willing to pay us to work.
For most of us who do begin employment, we yearn those years, when we were at school and are willing to get back to school and pay to get educated.
We seem to weigh the cost lighter than the pay.
That could be bcoz we as humans are plain lazy.
But I can bet that this is the only time, we choose a cost to be lighter than a pay.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
heroes and idols
most folks idolize film stars for the films they have done.
Actually there is a charm in that, I mean you go watch a film and you don't know anything about the film star's personal lives, and all that you know is what the film tells you about the actor and what he or she makes real for you.
Mysteries can be great!
The experience of watching and living the film can be exhilarating.
That experience you live can make a film iconic for you.
You don't know how the film stars live their personal lives, what they eat, and whom they are dating. You watch them for the experience the film renders.
You watch the film because it is real as long as you have no more information about that stars than what the film provides.
I think that is one reason why Star Wars was such a success!
It is very liberating for film watchers.
Especially when you are young, I mean I would believe most of what I watched.
It all true, it is.....till you begin to know more about the film stars and the concept depicted in the film is all a lie.
As it is often reported: Ignorance is Bliss, at least for as long at it lasts.
Actually there is a charm in that, I mean you go watch a film and you don't know anything about the film star's personal lives, and all that you know is what the film tells you about the actor and what he or she makes real for you.
Mysteries can be great!
The experience of watching and living the film can be exhilarating.
That experience you live can make a film iconic for you.
You don't know how the film stars live their personal lives, what they eat, and whom they are dating. You watch them for the experience the film renders.
You watch the film because it is real as long as you have no more information about that stars than what the film provides.
I think that is one reason why Star Wars was such a success!
It is very liberating for film watchers.
Especially when you are young, I mean I would believe most of what I watched.
It all true, it is.....till you begin to know more about the film stars and the concept depicted in the film is all a lie.
As it is often reported: Ignorance is Bliss, at least for as long at it lasts.
mouthshut.com
My egregious cousin thinks I am shy.
Actually he is right!, I can't deny him that, however he derives the attribute on the fact that I usually speak little.
Somehow my sombre silence seems to communicate that I am a shy guy.
Well, what can I say, I don't like a lot of attention, and I find being invisible very entertaining. More often than not, I like to know how people think, and the only way I am going to know that is if I keep quiet.
Besides, I don't fancy my own voice.
You may find this unbelievable, but if you chance upon an opportunity to just hear yourself speak, I mean an actual playback of your voice, you are in for a surprise!
Trust me, that could sober you up pretty quick.
My sombre silence is on account of a private policy I have embraced.
I think in part this is from empirical experience and part from a film of Marlon Brando, who plays a mob boss in The Freshman:
His quote:
“Every word I say, by definition, is a promise.”
The best way to avoid breaking promises is not to make any, and that's as good a reason to speak less and ergo commit less.
Actually he is right!, I can't deny him that, however he derives the attribute on the fact that I usually speak little.
Somehow my sombre silence seems to communicate that I am a shy guy.
Well, what can I say, I don't like a lot of attention, and I find being invisible very entertaining. More often than not, I like to know how people think, and the only way I am going to know that is if I keep quiet.
Besides, I don't fancy my own voice.
You may find this unbelievable, but if you chance upon an opportunity to just hear yourself speak, I mean an actual playback of your voice, you are in for a surprise!
Trust me, that could sober you up pretty quick.
My sombre silence is on account of a private policy I have embraced.
I think in part this is from empirical experience and part from a film of Marlon Brando, who plays a mob boss in The Freshman:
His quote:
“Every word I say, by definition, is a promise.”
The best way to avoid breaking promises is not to make any, and that's as good a reason to speak less and ergo commit less.
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