Cockroach
Theory- A beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai ( Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc)
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..!!
Credit To : Divya
Brahmbhatt (CSWE)
I should always respond.
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