Finagle's law of dynamic negatives ,a.k.a corollary of Murphy's law- "Anything that can go wrong, will—at the worst possible moment."
We are in rush-- in this world of instant gratification. There is no time to smell the flower, stop and wonder at the sunrise. See the beauty and marvel at this so precious life. and we get late.....
Typically we are not a nation of punctual personalities, but we try a lot.
I remember a time- when I was rushing to a business review meeting and due to one of my colleague- got late. not only that his car broke down. The meeting was scheduled @9am and we were stuck somewhere 500 mtrs from the building. It was Pune, the area an upmarket one, and we never expected delay-- lest we factored any of the mishaps. so we were 30 minutes late. The supplier boss- who was known for his punctuality told me- that we wasted 10 people 15 minutes and hence that is 150 minutes waste. further he calculated that as- worth $1M of business. The shameless avatar of mine got into overdrive- which smiled and accepted everything and proceeded with the business. the numbers were good, the results were good and focus was on what to do next and my delay was forgotten. After 3 weeks similar meeting was slated in Delhi and this time- he got in traffic and it was my turn to remind me that he got delayed 30 minutes and it cancels out the earlier debt. The ensuing laughter was heard throughout the building.
But that veteran quoted Finagle's law of dynamic negatives.... Thanks Arun Sir...I will remain indebted to gurus like you forever.
Some time ago- one of my friend commented when in rush- and in traffic- the lateness is amplified. In full filmy style-- the statement was " Jab tum late hote ho, puri kayanath koshish karti hain tumhe aur late karane ki"... But Life goes on. when such things happen- we tend to do mistake. It is better to control our emotions and check for our sanity. Maid informs at last moment - not coming, kid says- this was required and now. all push and pull ... no time to breathe. but that is the time to smile. Because energy is contained by smile and positive vibes comes through. That positive vibes tends to rub of the nearby surroundings and accelerates the good things. when that happens- the zigsaw puzzle pieces just fall in place.
Next time when you are tensed being late and everything seems to be going against you. just take deep breath, smile at the adversity and walk on
By the way----- double corollary of --" Jab tum late hote ho, puri kayanath koshish karti hain tumhe aur late karane ki" is my favourite dialog of SRK-"Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko agar dil se chaho to saari kayanath tumhe usse milane ki koshish me lag jaati hai"
so May be we just need to do things according to law of attraction and leave the rest to destiny.
We are never late in life...
We are in rush-- in this world of instant gratification. There is no time to smell the flower, stop and wonder at the sunrise. See the beauty and marvel at this so precious life. and we get late.....
Typically we are not a nation of punctual personalities, but we try a lot.
I remember a time- when I was rushing to a business review meeting and due to one of my colleague- got late. not only that his car broke down. The meeting was scheduled @9am and we were stuck somewhere 500 mtrs from the building. It was Pune, the area an upmarket one, and we never expected delay-- lest we factored any of the mishaps. so we were 30 minutes late. The supplier boss- who was known for his punctuality told me- that we wasted 10 people 15 minutes and hence that is 150 minutes waste. further he calculated that as- worth $1M of business. The shameless avatar of mine got into overdrive- which smiled and accepted everything and proceeded with the business. the numbers were good, the results were good and focus was on what to do next and my delay was forgotten. After 3 weeks similar meeting was slated in Delhi and this time- he got in traffic and it was my turn to remind me that he got delayed 30 minutes and it cancels out the earlier debt. The ensuing laughter was heard throughout the building.
But that veteran quoted Finagle's law of dynamic negatives.... Thanks Arun Sir...I will remain indebted to gurus like you forever.
Some time ago- one of my friend commented when in rush- and in traffic- the lateness is amplified. In full filmy style-- the statement was " Jab tum late hote ho, puri kayanath koshish karti hain tumhe aur late karane ki"... But Life goes on. when such things happen- we tend to do mistake. It is better to control our emotions and check for our sanity. Maid informs at last moment - not coming, kid says- this was required and now. all push and pull ... no time to breathe. but that is the time to smile. Because energy is contained by smile and positive vibes comes through. That positive vibes tends to rub of the nearby surroundings and accelerates the good things. when that happens- the zigsaw puzzle pieces just fall in place.
Next time when you are tensed being late and everything seems to be going against you. just take deep breath, smile at the adversity and walk on
By the way----- double corollary of --" Jab tum late hote ho, puri kayanath koshish karti hain tumhe aur late karane ki" is my favourite dialog of SRK-"Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko agar dil se chaho to saari kayanath tumhe usse milane ki koshish me lag jaati hai"
so May be we just need to do things according to law of attraction and leave the rest to destiny.
We are never late in life...
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