Reflection by Dr Anjana Vinod Kumar (PCC/ICF) (Her /She) (Explore the concept of perspective through stories

Attitude vs Habit

My daughter has been??very active in extra curricular activities since a very young age. She once came home and said I dont understand why is it so important to be perfect? She was heading a project and her teacher was just not willing to accept even the minutest of mistake. She was getting super irritated as she had to make small small changes every single day. So I looked at her and while having dinner told her you know something? She looked at me all set to hear a story, American Giant IBM decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan on a trial basis.

In the contract, while writing specifications, they had set the standard that they will accept only three defective pieces per 10,000 pieces Otherwise, the whole consignment of 10,000 parts would be rejected.When the first consignment came from Japan to IBM there was a letter accompanying it. "We, the?Japanese people, had a hard time understanding American business contracts & practices However, the three defective parts per 10,000 pieces have been separately manufactured at our end to meet the specifications of the contract. Those three have been included in the consignment in a separate package mentioning Defective pieces as required; not for use. Hope this meets your requirement." My daughter laughed and said I get it and immediately called her teacher & said tomorrow morning you will have the project with zero imperfections. Her project was not only the best but also got selected for the National Science Expo

Reflection by Dr Anjana

Reflect in life & check how often do we begin with a rejection, failure acceptance in mind when we start?

Is it possible to look at a zero tolerance at work too. Just imagine if this was a matter of life and death? Would you have accepted - how does it sound 3 people can be dead due to negligence in every 10000 people treated. If we cannot accept this why accept it anywhere else? Remember perfection is not doing extraordinary things its doing ordinary things in an extraordinarily way. The irony of life is the second half of a humans life is made up of nothing but the habits they have acquired during the first half because chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. We are what we repeatedly do leading to excellence?hence Perfection is a Habit, not an Attitude. As attitude is a reflection of character and character is a reflection of habit Attitudes are nothing but simple habits of thoughts A simple secret to permanently break any bad habit is to love something greater than the habit. Lets go ahead in life and make sure we watch our actions, as that become our habits & watch our habits, because that ultimately becomes our character.