In the history of mankind for the first time in million years, it has occurred that the population of urban jungles has surpassed that of our rural counterparts. With this transition in our living patterns, we sapiens are in the continuous quest to construct a more massive and Bigger infrastructure in support. The Demand for cement has continuously been increasing in the market giving an ample amount of opportunity to the cement production companies to capture and dominate the market. But with this opportunity comes responsibility as well. The responsibility towards contributing to a sustainable and healthy environment. A promise to our coming generations that in the race to provide these Infrastructure solutions we will not forget about securing their future.
Aditya Birla’s Ultratech is working on the same philosophy and vision. Having a huge market share in the Indian economy it has made its way among the world’s leading cement makers. They themselves called the leader in building solutions, which is a very acceptable and an undisputed argument referring to the Complexity and needs of these projects they were part of. I was working with L&T and was part of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor Project, an initiative of Govt. of India to towards building a strong and separate railway infrastructure for freight movements across the country to boost the Indian economy. Being a massive construction project the need for cement was immense, 1.34 lac Metric tons. And for this huge demand we relied on none other than Ultratech for their capacity, promise for real-time delivery and most importantly as our goal resonated with their vision of building and contributing to a better tomorrow.
With the raw materials at our hands, we converted them into beautiful and everlasting Bridges, which are supposed to support the very lifeline of this dream. I was fortunate enough to be part of the team making and expediting construction of those bridges. Seeing those completed tall and firm structures made me real proud, I felt a powerful feeling of having brought a small but significant change in our economy. I was part of something big, something that’s going to last and stand strong for generations even after I am long gone. I felt the impact, I felt the change, I felt the contribution I have made to our society and the importance of each and every stakeholder involved, most importantly Ultratech, for empowering me in bringing that impact.
How I managed to overcome challenges and achieve my ambitions,
The ability to perform different tasks efficiently is either a measure of one’s versatility or multitasking or both. But this is subjective as only it will occur if you can channelize all your thought processes if you can still focus on the current work if you can deliver considerable results without getting distracted. Mine has been the case of distraction. I am a versatile person, being able to try my hands on almost every field and was fairly doing ok in all as well. Creativity was my weapon of success. It helped me in giving attention to details, It kept me motivated and it triggers the continuous need for innovation in me. But there was one thing about me which kept me worried, for a very long time. I felt its real pressure while preparing and delivering my academic examinations and work assignments. What was happening to me? was I doing less than my efficiency? was that enough I could do? these questions made me perplexed, I was puzzled and it was hard for me to come out of denial that yes there exists something which is stopping me from delivering my 100%. I could not focus on one task at a time. It wasn’t related to multitasking. I was able to multitask. I was able to focus, but I wasn’t able to focus on a single task for a longer time. It was fine for some smaller assignments but when it came to the bigger one, that demanded more of me in terms of time, and that too in a single sitting, I was failing at that.
After giving it a deep thought, I came to understand that creativity although being my strongest driver was causing it. Being creative comes at a cost, it makes you think more, it makes you curious about everything around you, you start analyzing things, actually, all the things which are in front of you. Even the ones you shouldn’t even be looking. and that shifts your focus when you are into something. As soon as I sat for something, these curious questions would come and bombard my mind with wild thoughts. instead of focusing on the thing I was working on. From the very basic color of the walls in the room to the 'what-if a teacher is a psycho killer movie. I was not at all focusing on the given work.
Well, I struggled for a longer time, I was doing ok but not very good which I was expecting from self. To my surprise, creativity which eventually started all this showed me a solution as well. I started doing fine arts. Fine arts require dedication, it requires your attention for a longer duration. Art is something which I have always respected and was ready to go to any limits for actually learning a new art skill. Fine arts although posed a challenge for me. With my previous habit of not focusing on a single task, it started getting difficult for me to complete my sketches because my mindset changed with time. To a person who loves creating art, it is his life, an unfinished art is a curse to him/her. It made me also worried to see those sketches I started unfinished, getting spoiled and not going in the direction I imagined them to be. This truth was very hard to accept but made me realized the importance of needing to focus on a single task to achieve what was expected from me. I initially started sitting for an hour or more, than for several hours and I was able to notice the difference in the quality of art I was able to produce. It took some time, but I then came in a habit of sitting for 5-6 hours continuously so that an art matched my imagination and eventually made me less distracted, dedicated, strict on delivering targets, and most importantly a person who focuses on priorities to was ready to invest as much as possible to get the desired results.