Dear Friends,
We are from a nation that always respected/loved/adored/worshiped people.
The following para is Gandhiji's Talisman printed in every book in NCERT syllabus. Every New Year our teachers used to stress us read this before starting the academic year. Pl go through this.
“I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away.” - Gandhiji
I have chosen HR as my profession because of this and this remains as the basic foundation for the rest of my life. Because growing in this certainly gives me a living, respect and recognition, love from people when I solve their queries and most importantly keeps me close to my heart.
I have found an excellent posting in the internet which translates Gandhiji's Talisman into corporate language.
"Whenever a decision needs to be made, or a policy needs to be created, apply the following test. Recall the face of the lowest grade employee who works for you, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
I am grateful to god for landing me into such a wonderful profession where I deal with people.
As far as the clerical/daily activites which take away most of my time, I realise that by involving in the activities I am in fact making the lives of my people more comfortable. I am not bored of this as I am sure as I grow in this profession, I will have my chance to evolve into a strategic HR.
May be I think people who are bored of HR should test themselves for “Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you,”