Month: July 2012
Singing with Dr Rajkumar
We had such a wonderful time singing last night. Sometimes one wishes we could practice and play .. Iam sure we will do
Don’t get instructive with communication get imaginative !!!!
At the PMI Chennai Chapter meet on 30th June 2012 at the IIT Research Park I spoke on the topic ‘BRIDGING THE INSTANT WITH THE DISTANT WITH COMMUNICATION”. My talk was on how to invest time on study and reading that does not give you any direct benefit – which I called embracing the MADNESS and how in our WEAKNESS we can find strength. To drive home the point I narrated a story which I would like to share with you.
Susan was just 19 yrs she had come from a distant country to do her college. She was a fine girl, sported good looks and a cheerful personality. She started out well but somewhere in the second month she lost her path, her new found freedom seemed to have driven her mind to liberal ways that she often crossed the the line of control. The college authorities got to know of this and they were constrained to inform her father who lived in a distant country. Now my question was what do you think the father would do?
The expected reaction were these :
- Resort to Threat – ( call her up and threaten to pull her out of college if she does not mend her ways)
- Emotional Blackmail – (Tell her the trouble the family goes through to make sure Susan studies, the anxious mother blah blah blah)
- Beg and Plead – (Start whining and complaining and begging the girl to become good)
A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. United apparently damaged his treasured Taylor guitar ($3500) during a flight. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers to his custom Taylor guitar. During his final exchange with the United Customer Relations Manager, he stated that he was left with no choice other than to create a music video for youtube exposing their lack of cooperation. The Manager responded: “Good luck with that one, pal.” So he posted a retaliatory video on youtube. The video has since received over 6 million hits. United Airlines contacted the musician and attempted settlement in exchange for pulling the video. Naturally his response was: “Good luck with that one, pal.” Taylor Guitars sent the musician 2 new custom guitars in appreciation for the product recognition from the video that has led to a sharp increase in orders. Here’s the video, and it’s GREAT!