Thursday, August 28, 2008

Competition – Facing the heat

Routine instances in our life exhibit to us various complex issues in a very straight forward way. The issues just stare at you and you come to know, oh this is what it is! Taking one such example which is, like a fresh dikashun of coffee (am sorry for the people who don’t know what the coffee dikashun is) to me. It’s about the plethora of events coming up at IFMR in the upcoming week.

All the clubs at IFMR have been planning to hold an event or the other of theirs since some time now including the TEC club, but none of them was able to launch an event for so long when there were no events being conducted at all. I could only see one reason for this mass dumping of events apart from the natural reason for which it is being conducted. The reason which I am speaking about is Competition; I think you would agree with me when I make this statement. All clubs have been planning for quiet some time now and it’s almost high time for each of them to actually launch their event and conduct it as soon as possible that too in a grand manner as it is going to be the first for each of them for this academic year.

I ascertain the reason to be competition just because of the fact that, once a club member comes to know that X club has launched its event or is looking forward to conduct its event on x date, there is a sense of ego or feeling of loss (loss of opportunity of being first, or for being slow/late). Now the above reason brings in a spirit of competition that, hey even I need to launch my event soon, its high time, X club who started after us is already ready with their event, why do I remain behind, let me fix a slot one day before club X. This sense of competition is good at times but at times it may just be due to the ego. But whatever it is competition is very important in the world, it helps in various ways and results in great creations at times if dealt with appropriately.

The above stuff is written following the incident which I faced today when I saw the marketing club members working on their event, finance club members preparing the poster/invite for their event and most importantly after seeing the mail from the HR club who have already launched their event (but not disclosed the date yet :D). All this made me even more geared up to finally launch the event by TEC, as the event was already ready but due to some reason or the other which was getting delayed from being launched. But after seeing these plethora of events coming up we have booked a slot for the TEC even before few others just to ensure that we don’t end up being in the zone of the late latifs. And the sense of competition has reinforced in us the spirit to do well.

So do you think we have learnt what competition does to one? Its kicks at your back and then you get only 2 options Do or Die!!!

By the way TEC’s event is on 1st September 2008 at 17.00, be there and face the competition!!! And then you’ll know what’s facing the heat!!

(This article is some how also in connection to me trying to keep the blog as active as possible and updating it regularly, would soon try to do something interactive. Keep watching)

4 comments:

Animated Junk said...

hii
this is in relation to ur post on summer internship with siva ventures
i hav been tryin to apply but i have not been able to get thru
wud u mind givin me the contact id for applyin internship to siva ventures

Yogesh said...

@ animated junk

u can go to www.sig.co.in, and there in the peoples section .. u can get the direct contact of HR department. cos i dont have their HR contact, as i did my summer internship there through my college. do let me know.. if i can be of help.

Animated Junk said...

thanks

Unknown said...

Ha ha ....very true one...Bang on target.... U shud have sent this across to all seniors + juniors..so this cartoonish thing of all clubs piling events does nt happen each time ....

Sexy one :)