The Panic Handlers...

Hey Nitin – Did you saw that mail…? We should respond “ASAP in next 5 minutes”.
Me – Okkkkkkk… Which mail?
You have not checked your mails yet… (As if it’s a crime in India not to check mails as soon as they come)
 Me – Ahhh my outlook is acting bit weird you see - Long Live MicrosoftJ.

And when I finally got to know which mail s\he was referring to I didn’t found any reason why we need to respond ASAP in 5 Minutes…

BTW either it’s ASAP or 5 min; till now no theory has proved that ASAP = 5 minutes. Again it depends who is asking; so if your wife is asking to do a household stuff it’s by default ASAP and you are supposed to leave everything aside - get up right away and start doing it…  If your colleague is asking who is in direct completion with you then you have lifetime to do that work may be in next life if you wish to ;). If your Boss is asking you to do it mean you are already Late and you should have already done it by official standards – Lazy Bum J

We all act differently in pressure and panic situation; which to be true is a subjective attitude. My last 2 weeks were no less than an Ultra Hot Boiling Pressure environment in office and boss it was Fun. it gave me various insight how people behave differently in Pressure condition  - Let me share some various species of pressure handlers….

• The Milkha Singh’s – Bhai Saab they just Run and Run away from scenario as if they don’t have any connect of whole business in office; in some cases they know in advance that a problem is about to come  - Antaryami and they just wooshhhhhh. Before you speak – Arey ek baat bata – he is offline and out of Bay

• The FBI – They have theory for everything; “Nitin mujey malum pada hai ki is mai “XYZ” ki galti hai; mujey laga hi thaa ki esa hoga. Mene aapko pehley hi bataya thaa. Me to Myself – Is it? Did we ever spoke on this before…? may be I am getting old and can’t remember

• The Sarkari Babu – “Mai bhi kya karu aur Dekhu Nitin”; actually na pura system ( read project) hi bekar hai – koi fayda hi nahi hai kuch karney ka and they will shake their Head with so disappointment that you would actually want to Hug and Console them

• The Oracle’s – These guys are like Oracle of Matrix; first they know all about every stuff but you don’t know where to find them – Very Typical and convenient of them you see J And even if you find one he will give such a puzzled information that you will doubt your own capabilities to lead the project – Stay away !!

• Amir Khan – These are the ones’s who will show you that they are perfectionist and are the cool dudes of office; having no impact of panic around but in no time you will find that they become Amir Khan of Gajni and then there is no stopping them + I don’t have “Asin” in my project who can control the “Amir’s” ;)

• The Kindergarden’s 1– Have you played passing the Parcel Game when you were in KG; you have same type of people in office who just pass the pressure to other poor guy and feel relieved. Best technique I must say – need to learn ;) but I was never a good student even in KG

 

• The Kindergarden’s  2– “Mam isney meri Penci le li; Nahi mam pehley isney mera eraser liya thaa”; this are the guys who will agree that they did mistake but they did it as someone else did it first and they just reciprocated; or it’s a joint fault of every 2nd person in Project. Lovely Team Effort J

• The Spartans – Now the real Hero’s; they are very few but they are enough to deal with the situation and turn the tides… They stand with you and fight back with full Passion and give honest feedback; admit mistakes and provide admirable solution to correct it and get out of the mess. Trust me they are a rare breed but you pay them heed – The one whom you feel proud of -  #Respect

• And like me – So where does I fit; I have some part of every type mentioned above. I want to run away when I am having good time with family on weekend and asked  to deal with stupid problem which can wait till Monday; I am Sarkari Babu when my Wife ask me why you have to worry always and I reply ki yaar “ sala ye system hi esa hai ;) “I am FBI when I have my own conspiracy Theory after watching “Legal Eagle” on Star World and I am a Spartan when I am challenged and its matter of name of my team and project. I keep changing – what a split multi personality I am – Just wondering J

My intention is not to offend anyone. i work with best of people in Industry and each one of them is gifted with extraordinary skills; its a simple Humor quotient picked from our daily life...

So what is the best way to deal with pressure; to be fair there is no “Best” way per se – just deal with it in your own customized way -  Face it but don’t ignore it; Work on it but don’t get worked up by it. Every Panic or Pressure Situation will always give you a Learning and experience which will make you calmer and stronger for next time… Enjoy it while it last!!