I had to meet my daughter at the city bus stand. I had many choices to reach the bus stand. By ordinary bus with 5 minutes of walk, by Volvo bus with 15 minutes of walk, by car with no parking space assured, by bike with no return guaranteed. I am very lucky these days. I have so many options to choose from for any thing and every thing.
We never had so many choices earlier. All my batch mates will agree that when we completed plus two, we did not have any clue as what next. Based on our marks we just had one or two choices and we just opted one of them.
Swayamvar is one custom of olden days I like most. Princess could opt her would be husband after seeing all bravery performed by many prospectives. One area where ladies were given much importance. At present the process is so easy. All one need to do is demand fb movie of the person and one can find out how many people he shot down using deadly AK47s!
At times due to sheer desperation one may have to go for the only available option, and pay heavy price for the same. I faced such a situation. I had gone to see Versailles palace with my friend on the only sunday I got in that short trip. Walked and walked in that cold weather. As I exited I was so desperate to answer nature's call. There were no writing around on the walls which read - please do not urinate here - as seen in Bangalore. These are the spots which people are made aware that job can be done here too! Anyways luckily I found a toilet and rushed in. But to my disappointment the mens was closed for clean up work. The sweeper lady who was watching my hysterics realized my grave problem. She gestured me to use the ladies toilet. Half heartedly with no other choice, I finished my job and came out. The lady outside was still there asking " two euros" ! It was a bit costly affair !
Sometimes your choice can be mercilessly quashed. I was supposed to go with one of the most senior managers of the company for a two day workshop at Mumbai. He asked me to talk to somebody and finalise a hotel to stay there, choice was mine. I checked with finance and HR folks and identified a star hotel. Though I was not eligible for that hotel since I was traveling with him they said it should be fine. I told this to senior manager, he just stared at me and agreed to it looking at my eagerness to stay in a star acco. He was such a simple man he wouldnt have minded an ordinary place. He asked his secretray to do the bookings. I could not sleep in the previous night of my travel. I was worried whether I will be able to sleep in that luxirious room next day. At the airport the senior manager whispered to me. "Small change in the plan. We will not stay in hotel, instead we will stay in company guesthouse, a two bed room flat". Small for him, but it was the biggest change in my life. His boss instructed him to do so as cost cutting was rampant those days with in and across organizations. Could sleep well that night at guest house though. Felt at home! But my "star stay" wish remained unfulfilled.
But for these abberations generally our problem these days is not lack of options for any purpose., but having too many of them. We have those that can give short term results but risky. We have long term ones that are safe but expensive. We have simple ones that we may not like. We may have complex ones that would never work. We have attractive ones that may hurt others. We have dirty ones that may hurt self but please others. I have many options to go on listing like this.
Ultimately for a situation when you have multiple options chances are high that you getting confused which one to choose. Please go ahead with the one which you think the best after analysing available data. You may not have much time to analyse all pros and cons. Go ahead confidently. That choice is yours, own it. Most of the time you would look back and say - yes I did the right thing.
We never had so many choices earlier. All my batch mates will agree that when we completed plus two, we did not have any clue as what next. Based on our marks we just had one or two choices and we just opted one of them.
Swayamvar is one custom of olden days I like most. Princess could opt her would be husband after seeing all bravery performed by many prospectives. One area where ladies were given much importance. At present the process is so easy. All one need to do is demand fb movie of the person and one can find out how many people he shot down using deadly AK47s!
At times due to sheer desperation one may have to go for the only available option, and pay heavy price for the same. I faced such a situation. I had gone to see Versailles palace with my friend on the only sunday I got in that short trip. Walked and walked in that cold weather. As I exited I was so desperate to answer nature's call. There were no writing around on the walls which read - please do not urinate here - as seen in Bangalore. These are the spots which people are made aware that job can be done here too! Anyways luckily I found a toilet and rushed in. But to my disappointment the mens was closed for clean up work. The sweeper lady who was watching my hysterics realized my grave problem. She gestured me to use the ladies toilet. Half heartedly with no other choice, I finished my job and came out. The lady outside was still there asking " two euros" ! It was a bit costly affair !
Sometimes your choice can be mercilessly quashed. I was supposed to go with one of the most senior managers of the company for a two day workshop at Mumbai. He asked me to talk to somebody and finalise a hotel to stay there, choice was mine. I checked with finance and HR folks and identified a star hotel. Though I was not eligible for that hotel since I was traveling with him they said it should be fine. I told this to senior manager, he just stared at me and agreed to it looking at my eagerness to stay in a star acco. He was such a simple man he wouldnt have minded an ordinary place. He asked his secretray to do the bookings. I could not sleep in the previous night of my travel. I was worried whether I will be able to sleep in that luxirious room next day. At the airport the senior manager whispered to me. "Small change in the plan. We will not stay in hotel, instead we will stay in company guesthouse, a two bed room flat". Small for him, but it was the biggest change in my life. His boss instructed him to do so as cost cutting was rampant those days with in and across organizations. Could sleep well that night at guest house though. Felt at home! But my "star stay" wish remained unfulfilled.
But for these abberations generally our problem these days is not lack of options for any purpose., but having too many of them. We have those that can give short term results but risky. We have long term ones that are safe but expensive. We have simple ones that we may not like. We may have complex ones that would never work. We have attractive ones that may hurt others. We have dirty ones that may hurt self but please others. I have many options to go on listing like this.
Ultimately for a situation when you have multiple options chances are high that you getting confused which one to choose. Please go ahead with the one which you think the best after analysing available data. You may not have much time to analyse all pros and cons. Go ahead confidently. That choice is yours, own it. Most of the time you would look back and say - yes I did the right thing.
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