MN2M = My Notes To Myself.
One must, especially in the early part of one’s career, work in an environment where others (superiors, peers, sub-ordinates, vendors, clients, …) are selfish &/or unreasonable &/or illogical &/or short-tempered &/or strict & tough, …. That is, an environment which normally demoralizes or de-motivates a person. He who is able to endure such experiences and yet grow in his career (as an employee or an entrepreneur), is a person who can sail through all tough situations in today’s world.
Senior management officials who had endured such negative-experiences (for a considerable period of time in their career) and had (thus) grown in their career (through a positive attitude), will make the best senior management team in an organization today. They would turn out to be good leaders, facilitators, … that any organization expects them to be.
For instance, if a person after having worked under very good bosses for a longer period of time (say, about 15 to 20 years) has to report to a new boss who is short-tempered, unreasonable, … , then in most cases, the person will not be able to cope with the new environment. Because, he had not developed the resistance and resilience needed to face and overcome such situations.
Let us consider another instance. A salesman after working in a sellers-market for a long period of time, has to later work in a buyers-market (as a result of market dynamics) will find it very difficult to survive in the new market scenario.
I was privy to such situation while in Dunlops. Dunlop products used to sell at a premium in sixties and early seventies. Customers had to pay advance and wait for a few days or weeks to get a product. It was a sellers market. Those days, a Sales Manager had to just announce his tour itinerary. The dealers in that area-of-tour used to arrange his room, food, drinks, entertainment, …. Products used to be allotted based on the manner the Sales Manager was treated by the dealers. Similar was the scenario in other firms like Firestone, ... those days. Between mid-seventies to 1980, the market changed. Nylon tyres came into the market. New companies also entered the fray. By early 80s, the sales team had to operate in a buyers- market. The new recruits in Sales were able to do well in the buyers-market vis-à-vis the experienced salesmen who had worked only in the sellers-market.
Therefore, I opine that if one goes through tough times in the early part of one’s career, one will have an advantage over others (whenever one has to face tough situations in future).
Jaikishan
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6th June 2010
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