Doing what you like is freedom, but liking what you do is happiness

One evening a scholar was addressing the participants on the concept of work culture.

One of the participants asked the following question:
"I am a senior manager of Materials Department and I joined an organization 25 years ago as an Engineer Trainee and over the last 25 years I have gone through every experience in the organization. During the initial part of my career, the job was very challenging and interesting. However, all those exciting days are gone since I do not find my joy any more interesting because there is nothing new in my job. I am now feeling bored because I am doing a routine job.

However, Sir, I am living in the same house for over forty years, I am the son for the same parents for over forty five years, I am the father for the same children for the past ten years and the husband for the same lady for the past twenty years!!.In these personal roles I do not feel bored. Please tell me why I am bored of the routine in the office and not in the house?

"The response from Scholar was very interesting and convincing. He asked the executive the question:

"Please tell me for whom does your Mother cook?"
The executive replied that obviously the mother cooks for others. Then the Scholar said that the mother "Serves" others and because of this service mindedness, she is not feeling tired or bored. But in an office, we "Work" and not "Serve". Anything we consider, as service will not make us feel bored. That is difference between Serving and Working.

He asked the executive to consider his work as service and not merely a work!! This was a very interesting analysis!!

Whenever you put a larger context around your work and see a broader meaning for your work, you will take interest in your work and it will make a very big difference in your internal energy.

Attitude Matters!!!

If you think you are working for the organization you will get frustrated. If you feel you are doing a service and getting some service charges you will feel happy.

After all -doing what you like is freedom, but liking what you do is happiness

Trust

TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.

A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call. She answered, "Public Utilities Board." There was silence. She repeated, "PUB." There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she Heard a lady's voice, "Oh, so this is PUB.Sorry, I got the number from my Husband's pocket but I do not know whose number it is.

" Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just "hello" instead of "PUB".

Infosys first to get CISF cover today (31,July 2009)

NEW DELHI: Software giant Infosys will on Friday become the first private establishment to get the services of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which usually guards only government installations.
Over 100 personnel will be inducted at the Infosys campus in Bangalore’s Electronic City in the presence of chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy. The IT major sought the services of a specialised force after the November 26, 2008 terror attack in Mumbai.
The CISF security will ensure ‘armed’ protection for the company with the help of Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) and commando units in addition to the existing security and access control measures deployed by Infosys, an officer of the force said.
The troops will be dressed in combat ‘khaki’ fatigues and have the facility of sophisticated weaponry, including INSAS and AK series guns and QRT vehicles.
Infosys will incur an annual expenditure of around Rs 2.5 crore for the anti-terrorist and anti-sabotage cover. The clamour for CISF protection started after 26/11, which exposed glaring lapses in the security measures at high value and vital properties like the Taj Mahal and Oberoi-Trident hotels. At least 79 corporate houses, including Reliance, Tata, Oberois, have approached the Centre seeking CISF cover for their installations. Certain top-notch schools in Delhi too have requested CISF cover.
In view of this, the CISF Act was amended in January this year so that the force could offer its services to the private sector. PTI

N R Narayana Murthy