Weekstarter - Accentuate the Positive!

[siddhar...@tatamotors.com]

Happy Monday!! J

 

Two children dropped milk bottles at a super market.  One mother scolded “what a stupid son I have got” and the other mother said “that’s not the way to hold the bottle”.  We know which of the two boys will grow up with a healthy self-esteem. 

 

Everyone commits a mistake.  We tend to be kind to ourselves for our mistakes but react harshly when it’s others mistake. Somehow, we get programmed to believe that reaction to the mistake should involve punishing or yelling.  We get clouded by anger to look beyond the mistake and to see the goodness in the person or their reputation. We tend to think that the person is a mistake!

 

Does it mean that we should ignore mistakes and not take any action?  Zig Ziglar gives a solution that is in sync with the above example of the supermarket.  He suggests:

Praise the performer

Criticize the performance

 

This way, the target is the act and not the actor.  People need a high energy level to for higher productivity. Children need high energy to score high marks.  Mindless criticisms and personal attacks rob the fuel.  The score will be low, directly proportional to the motivation level.

 

Attached is a small anecdote on how a king learnt this lesson the hard way.

Welcome to the week starter and have a pleasant week ahead J

 

 

Thanks & Regards,

Siddharth…

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