I went through the rituals of the class, took lots of notes. I attended the classes and appeared to be attentive, I even stepped out of the class to keep myself not dozing off, while the accounts class was on. Gulped down, some caffeine laced diet coke, and came back looking brighter, but in essence quite blank on what was happening in class around me.
I was merely committing the information into notes, for later consumption. It seemed, that the incessant information shower seemed to have finally caught up with me.It was finally nice to be back in my room, where I did not have to be at the "forever-alert-state-of-mind". Feeling guilty of missing the opportunity to interact with other people and learn more, I decided the next best thing, I could do was to review lectures by notable professors and personalities, available on the network.So I went digging into the HBS ether world.
I came across a lecture "Tragedy and Genius" by Professor Deepak Malhotra, to the MBA graduation class of 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D73mm29XXAw
In this lecture, as you will see, he defines what is genius. He believes that genius is what makes you - you. It is not about going through the motion of the week and then coming back to weekend, to being you (read - class and then coming into my room). It is about, making those choices, that allows you to exhibit the real you. "So that who you are and what you are doing are not two different things." (9th to 11th minute).
Teresa Amabile, another professor at HBS, explains Inner work life - emotions, perceptions, and motivations that we come across in our day to day life. These three tremendously impacting and important components can define or demolish a performer. In her lecture she emphasizes the crucial need for leaders and managers to recognize this as an opportunity to derive the best from the team. She also warns, through some real examples, that the risk of not doing so, inhibits true creativity and potential of the person
I found another lecture on youtube, with pretty much the same message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_KxrFGhV5E
It is interesting to note, that those corporations that focus on the "Inner work life" actually have higher sustenance than those who do not.
Hmm... I was feeling better already ...Management is not about work, office business only - infact it starts first with managing my emotions, my aspirations and most importantly my small actions that eventually translate into happiness for me.
What I learnt today?
1. It is NOT alright to feel happy by chance. You need to consciously make choices that will make you happy.
2. Of course there was nothing notable I learnt otherwise, remember I had CPU shutdown earlier :)
Alok
I was merely committing the information into notes, for later consumption. It seemed, that the incessant information shower seemed to have finally caught up with me.It was finally nice to be back in my room, where I did not have to be at the "forever-alert-state-of-mind". Feeling guilty of missing the opportunity to interact with other people and learn more, I decided the next best thing, I could do was to review lectures by notable professors and personalities, available on the network.So I went digging into the HBS ether world.
I came across a lecture "Tragedy and Genius" by Professor Deepak Malhotra, to the MBA graduation class of 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D73mm29XXAw
In this lecture, as you will see, he defines what is genius. He believes that genius is what makes you - you. It is not about going through the motion of the week and then coming back to weekend, to being you (read - class and then coming into my room). It is about, making those choices, that allows you to exhibit the real you. "So that who you are and what you are doing are not two different things." (9th to 11th minute).
Teresa Amabile, another professor at HBS, explains Inner work life - emotions, perceptions, and motivations that we come across in our day to day life. These three tremendously impacting and important components can define or demolish a performer. In her lecture she emphasizes the crucial need for leaders and managers to recognize this as an opportunity to derive the best from the team. She also warns, through some real examples, that the risk of not doing so, inhibits true creativity and potential of the person
I found another lecture on youtube, with pretty much the same message.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_KxrFGhV5E
It is interesting to note, that those corporations that focus on the "Inner work life" actually have higher sustenance than those who do not.
Hmm... I was feeling better already ...Management is not about work, office business only - infact it starts first with managing my emotions, my aspirations and most importantly my small actions that eventually translate into happiness for me.
What I learnt today?
1. It is NOT alright to feel happy by chance. You need to consciously make choices that will make you happy.
2. Of course there was nothing notable I learnt otherwise, remember I had CPU shutdown earlier :)
Alok
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