The power of NOW!
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Anitha Jebaraj | Feb 21, 2009
I organized a painting competition at one of my workplaces. The paintings of the participants had to reflect or bring about the vision and mission of the company. One of the painters brought out an artwork that was a stunning example for the power of NOW.
The painting was of trapeze artistes. Both the artistes are NOW in the air with the arms reaching out for one another’s. If they miss that second when they have to lock hands and change positions – it results in a fall.
I found it to be an excellent example of the power of NOW. One area where I never practice the power of NOW is in giving feedback. Even if I do not like something, I keep quiet. But I don’t forget either. So, sometimes I give feedback after a year or few years.
People who do not want to hear the feedback will sidetrack the situation by pointing out the delay in the feedback. So the saying that “Feedback should be red hot and immediate” is to be followed. That explains the power of NOW. You capture an arm of error with an arm of feedback. NOW!
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Anitha is an engineer with a masters in human resource management. She has conducted and been a part of syncronous and asynchronous training in technical and soft skills subjects. Her interests include reading, cooking, singing, and listening to music.
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Hi Anitha
This is good one… and most of us who manage teams do hesitate or procrastinate in giving feedback….
This piece is a good eye-opener…
Thanks
Murali
Hai Anitha,
Yes,you are right!I tend to keep quiet too and neither do I forget. But feedbacks need to be given immediately to see any change otherwise the situation will be forgotten by the person who has done the error and he/she may not understand the importance.
Murali – Yep, hesitation and procastination are the reasons for delayed communication.
S – Yep, people have short-term memory loss when it comes to their mistakes.