Only Me ruchi: Lessons from Terrorism

Only Me ruchi: Lessons from Terrorism: Of course we all despise the terrorist. There is no reason even in your dreams to think anything remotely good about them. Let me also cla...

Lessons from Terrorism

Of course we all despise the terrorist. There is no reason even in your dreams to think anything remotely good about them. Let me also clarify at the outset that nothing dramatic happened in my life that I have suddenly decided to “join the gangs”! You know how they show in the movies – all bad guys are the bi-products of unbelievable wrong doings! No no no… none of that…

I was actually wondering – have you ever come across a news flash that says a major terrorist attack was planned but it failed as the leader who was supposed to hi-jack the plane or take people hostage or drop a bomb etc… etc … couldn’t wake up on time, or was running 5 minutes late – so he missed the train he was supposed to bomb… or he snoozed his alarm 3 times and then it didn’t ring anymore!!

Like really!! Do they never get stuck in traffic jams, or get pulled over for a ticket or let’s say forgot the bomb at home! Oops I picked up the wrong bag!! Or I forgot the bag with the bomb at Starbucks!!

And for once imagine if they have families… last minute when you are rushing out to a subway to bomb a train and the wife gets upset that -  “you can’t go – my parents re in town and you agreed to take them shopping”, or the kid falls off the bike and needs to be rushed to an ER..

Like C’mon!! We use these every day!!! In any organization with more than hundred people at least 10 of them face one of these issues – EVERY DAY!

Well you know I din set out to humor this, I actually believe that there is so much to learn from these guys. Think about the most significant attribute – Attention to Detail – there is no way on earth they can negotiate this one. You cannot afford any oopsies…  and normal non terrorist kind of people like us - we rarely pay attention – these oopsies happen almost every day with our work, our home, our kids!  

Yet another one – leadership – well there must be disputes and I am sure there must hierarchy’s too – like maybe the smaller terrorists attack the trains the bigger ones hijack the planes! Or some shit like that… but when they do that – the outcome has no trace of personal disagreements!!

A very cool one is the Target / Goal Achievement – something most sales folks struggle with month after month and quarter after quarter – guess what they don’t! or maybe they do – maybe each one of them is assigned a territory and a certain number of people to be killed … !

Concentration, passion for their job, focus, and consistency… just look at the amount of precision that goes in something so obnoxious, horrible and something that can bring no good to anyone… ever!

All It got me thinking was if all this dedication and passion goes into something which in fact is meant for the larger good, things that the regular people like you and me do on a daily basis – how flawlessly we would excel in all that we do, the level of perfection it would bring to our tasks, our lives and all that we endeavor!!

Like they say – there is some good inside of the darkest evil – well this is what I believe is the good that can be extracted from terrorism!!

Hate them yet learn from them!