Peter Drucker, A Troubled Relationship and Progress at Work

Peter Drucker No More:

Peter Drucker is called the guru of management gurus and has written more than thirty books on Management and his writings have affected how organizations are run through out the world. Peter Drucker passed away day before yesterday at the ripe old age of ninety-five.

I read a few chapters in couple of his books (The Age of Discontinuity and The Effective Executive). While I intend to read all of his books and articles, the reason I am not yet done with the two I have started with is that his books take a lot of time to read and this is because there is so much wisdom in each and every sentence of his. It takes lots and lots of time, effort and thought to understand and synthesize the content of his books.

He said, his best book, which he said was yet to come, would be about "Managing Ignorance". Too bad he didn't get to finish it because there is so much that could be written on this topic. Every day I have to deal with ignorance. Not of others but firstly and most importantly of my own.

A Troubled Friendship/Relationship:

Last week I learnt of a rejection from someone I liked a lot. I still do like her a lot but now it is in a different sort of way.

It was my fault because she told me that she was only looking for friendship but I expected something more. Expectations do reduce joy but what is life without hope?

I was talking to my friend Pratibha and my cousin about this. They feel protective towards me and were asking me to not get involved and not to get affected. Pratibha was suggesting that I should know where it is heading and only then get involved. I don't think it works that way. You can't do something like this: See if it is feasible to be with some one, then make the decision to be with that person and if the other person reciprocates, start liking each other.

I think this is how it happens: You spend time with someone and realize that you like her and you let her know that. And then it is her call to see if she likes you too from whatever she knows of you. And she has the freedom to make whatever call she wants to make. You don't have much say over what call she will make and it isn't right to influence her call in any way. You just need to be the best person you could be and let go of the rest. And if the call is a no, the call is a no. Also if the call is not a 'yes', the call is a no. There is nothing you can do about it.

And if it goes the way I described above, I will get involved and there is definitely a chance of getting hurt. It sucks but that’s how it is and I don’t know any other way.

Here is a nice thought and I subscribe to it.

Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching.

--Mark Twain.

Progress at work:

Lots of things going on at work and you can read more about it here.

One thing I would like to do is thank Roshan (Dharma's friend, Anna University, IIMA, Deputy Industry Head, Progeon) for helping us out with the interviewing of Finance Managers. At the end of four interviews, we clearly knew what each person strengths and weakness were and how each one would fit into our company. And making the final call was very easy.

I would be a fool to think it is always a piece of cake to select a candidate from a diverse group of well-qualified applicants. The primary architect of the whole process of making the decision so easy was Roshan and I would like to publicly thank him for his help.