The cockroach theory for self-development - A speech by Sundar Pichai
Rahuul Guptaa
Practice Manager - Cybersecurity & Risk Services - Infra Security | Zero Trust | Ex- Alstom | Ex- NEC | CISSO | CEH | C)ISMS - LA
The cockroach theory for self-development
At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady.
She started screaming out of fear.
With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.
Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.
The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group.
Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.
The waiter rushed forward to their rescue.
In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.
The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt.
When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.
Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of my mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behavior?
If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?
He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.
It is not the cockroach, but the inability of those people to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies.
I realized that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.
It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.
*More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life.*
Lessons learnt from the story:
I understood, I should not react in life. I should always respond
The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.
Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of.
A beautiful way to understand............LIFE.
Person who is HAPPY is not because Everything is RIGHT in his Life..
He is HAPPY because his Attitude towards Everything in his Life is Right..!!
Senior WAC Internal Auditor - Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company S.L – Barcelona , Financial Modeling Facilitator and a Conference Speaker.
3 年This article is fantastic
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4 年Amazing story! Love it!
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8 年Good thought,
Azure Cloud Engineer
8 年This brought a smile to my face. People never realize that most of the time, they are in control and unfortunately allow negative happenings around them dictate their emotions or how the rest of their day goes. This is not preaching the denial of reality, but the response to that reality. It is my belief that most times, reactions turn out to be the least effective method to resolution of problems- choose to calmly process and then respond. It boils down to our choice, React or Respond.
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8 年100% word!. Thanks.