Challenges or hurdles are something that we all deal with at some point in our lives. The important part is what we learn out of it and how we overcome such obstacles without getting bogged down or giving up. For me as a person, challenges are not something objective, but when I have to deal with something heavily on an emotional front since I value emotions more than any other aspect in life. And a similar situation arose when my mother had to undergo a major surgery two years back.
Since my childhood, I have been too emotionally attached to my parents. For me, they are my motivation, my driving force, and my inspiration. In 2016, my mother had to go through a major operation of knee joint replacement. She is the backbone of our family and seeing her in that situation itself was disheartening and tragic. I still remember the night before the operation when we all were really stressed out and nervous and I was going through a tornado of emotions. By God’s grace, the next day everything went perfectly well and the operation ended successfully without any major complications.
But after going through that predicament, I have derived some major lessons of life. Tough times never last but surely tough people do. One needs to keep calm and stay strong in times of adversity. This is the best way to deal with such situations. Also always try and spread positivity around you no matter what environment you are in. Whether it be a corporate world or your family environment, always try to channelize good vibes which would help maintain a healthy relationship with colleagues as well as family members.
These two major learning helped me toil and work hard to convert one of the top 20 b-schools of this country- SCMHRD. In the management domain, one needs to be tough to face all sorts of business scenarios and worst case scenarios that may arise. And being positive and helping others to promote goodwill can improve the overall productivity of the organization along with enhancing employee relationships and trust which are must for a successful organization. Leaders and managers need to be positive so that they can motivate and inspire their teams towards achieving the target goals by overcoming all the hardships efficiently. These learnings are thus going to assist me in being a leader and manager in my management career ahead.