A
beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai - an IIT-MIT Alumnus and Global Head Google
Chrome:
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 the ladies 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..!!
A beautiful speech by Sundar
Pichai - an IIT-MIT Alumnus and Global Head Google Chrome:
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