Don’t look at the problems…………. Look for solutions to those problems!
# Life 4
In our life, especially in corporate culture, we focus on pinpointing errors with others. May it be other colleagues, teams, groups, companies, banks, economy, government and so on. This is primarily to demonstrate we are not at our best or could not perform because somebody is not delivering the prerequisite inputs/environment to us. But trust me True legends never look the things in that way.
This is the event which circles around one of the legendary figures in Indian Corporate Industry…………Mr. YM Deosthalee (as affectionately and respectfully addressed as “YMD”) and I was fortunate to experience the event. It was in ~ Jan 2014….. Indian economy was dealing with high inflation, high interest rate and multiple issues. One of the rating agencies had requested to present the economic environment to L&T Financial services team. The economist was very famous, very highly regarded. Mr. YMD also attended the event. The presentation was superb with all graphs, numbers and very immaculately presenting the problem statement. I could clearly see a support ground being built for me to justify why Treasury is not able to reduce the cost.
Mr. YMD was listening very patiently everything and after 30 minutes he requested can he ask a question? So, the question to the economist was “ What are the solutions to these problems and what Government/RBI should do?”. … Pindrop silence and finally the economist said there is no solution to these problems. Mr. YMD smiled and said as an economist (you are like a doctor).. if you are presenting the disease you must give the remedy for that. Then he smiled and left the meeting (of course his calendar permitted that much time).
The world is not perfect and not made as per your requirements. If you only concentrate on the problem /flaws, you will always find many. Typically, authorities do that and not true leaders / legends. They will always focus on the solution and that makes life beautiful.
So next time when you find a problem….. look for the solution.
MD & CEO at IBSFINtech
3 年You're absolutely right Kumar. All too often we see, the first thing one does at the time of adversities is to look at the negatives. To turn the challenge into an opportunity, one must focus on the solution-first approach learn from it and grow.
Head Institutional Sales -India ( Franklin Templeton)
3 年Kudos ! Very well articulated Kumar ????
Corporate Banking professional with more than 2 decades of experience & proven track record of origination across Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Structured Credit, Financial Markets and Transaction Banking products
3 年Absolutely.. well Said !
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3 年Kumar Ayashkanta.. Some people see problems and complain .. Others see opportunities and grab them.