I still remember the third year of my engineering when companies started approaching our campus, there were presentations from all organizations in order to help students choose which company they want to appear for. The college rule being, if a person is selected in a company he would be out of the loop and will not be considered for other companies so as to give chance to others.
Hence to sort out the confusion there were presentations from company representatives for eligible candidates one week before the actual placements started.
Till that time my knowledge for the companies was limited to Infosys and Wipro and of the two I selected to attend the presentation of Infosys.
Although I didn’t get a chance to appear for Infosys aptitude later as I had already been selected for another company by the time Infosys hit our campus but I will never forget the teaching that I got during the presentation.
I clearly remember a well dressed person giving a fabulous presentation and at the end he asked if any of us had any doubts, to which I had stood up and asked
“Sir, There are core companies approaching our campus and they select students from specific domains and do not allow computer and IT people, like there are hard core mechanical companies recruiting only mechanical engineers, Similar is the case with Civil and Electrical, then why is it that SW companies like Infosys recruit people from all domain? This brings tougher competition and lesser chance for students of IT and Computers”
I can never forget the answer that the gentleman gave.
“…. There is a difference between education and experience. Education is what you get from reading the small print. Experience is what you get from not reading it!
We as an organization believe that what we look for in a person is general logic and thinking ability, the rest we are confident , our training will do no matter which major you have graduated with”
That very day I had realized a really big thing which I want to share with you all today.
Read the story below
John, a woodcutter, worked for a company for five years but never got a raise. The company hired Bill and within a year he got a promotion. This caused resentment in John and he went to his boss to talk about it. The boss said- “You are still cutting the same number of trees that you were cutting five years ago. We are a result oriented company and would be happy to give you a raise if your productivity goes up”
John went back started hitting harder and putting in longer hours but he still wasn’t able to cut more trees. He went back to his boss and told his dilemma. The boss asked John to go and talk to Bill. “May be there is something that Bill knows that you and I don’t know”
So John went to Bill and asked Bill how he managed to cut more trees to which Bill answered, “After every tree I cut I take a break of 2 minutes and ‘sharpen my axe’. When was the last time you sharpened your axe?”
This question hit like a bullet and John got his answer.
“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?”, Sometimes If you want to progress in life you cannot rest on your past laurels, You must continuously sharpen the axe of your knowledge, skill and expertise in whatever field of activity you may be!”
A Young man who graduated yesterday and stops learning today will become uneducated tomorrow…
By sharpening your axe appropriately, I wish you to attain your goals.
P.S. - Not my composition but I liked the idea behind it.
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