Saturday, 22 November 2014

The Other side

At certain situations in life, most of us think what the other person might think if we do so. But according to me the concern should be on 'why' rather than 'what'. I might be sounding bit confusing. Here, I am trying to make you walk in other person's shoes. Many a times I find  myself in a situation , about which I think later and discover that I overreacted, the other person was also correct on his or her part. Understanding other person's point of view is a bit difficult task. For that, one just has to assume for few moments that the other person is right. This doesn't mean that you are wrong. But, when you assume the other person is right, you analyze the situation in a whole new different perspective., which is the 'other side' I am taking about. Once you analyze the situation and place yourself at the other person's place, or I should say, walk in other person's shoes, and think what you would have done had you been there, you master your thoughts. And many a times you discover 'why' that other person did that to you, and ultimately you have a different idea of the whole situation after doing so.
Doing this actually requires a bit of efforts, but if implemented successfully it brings peace of mind. This activity helps you to get away from that inner battles which you have in your brain that 'why people do this to me?'. This would go incomplete without an example. Once my friend told me that her manager always keeps on shouting at people, he makes them work madly and never appreciates. She was really frustrated at him. Her frustration is right on her part, isn't it?  However, think from manager's point of view, an employee has to deal with 1 manager but a manager has to deal with many employees. He has to derive work from each one of them and make them work efficiently. Though this does not give any manager  rights to be rude to his employees , but had he been lenient would everyone listen to him?
Making people work for you is not that easy job, and work pressure can frustrate anyone even your manager.
 So, next when you hear a scolding, just try to understand the other side, and then you'll have a chilled out attitude towards that scolding, and you would be able to concentrate back to your work with much better spirits. Try this, because ultimately you have to complete that work and cribbing only reduces your efficiency.

      Another aspect I would like to give to the 'other side' is to see positive in every situation. I don't say that I see positive in every situation I get into. Even I do crib, but I recover soon, because I put my mind in the direction to find what is good in this situation, and many a times putting things together I solve the jigsaw puzzle. If you see something good in yourself, then do remember that it was 'some situations' put together , which made you what you are today. And they will keep making you worth :D.


2 comments:

  1. I completely agree to ur theory of "Walk into their shoes".....but the thing actually is that to think it evrytym u arrive at such sort of equation is pretty much cumbersome to ask for....and probably over expectation.
    The assumption about the other person being correct seems a bit a tough ask for a simple and most probable reason ....over 90% of us are in a constant notion to prove our point correct and that sets up ol ....making it exact the antonym of what ur blog's central idea is.
    Although I firmly support what ur point is...and second every of your thought...but this thinking comes out with not being stubborn and constantly making our ego and the so called " self respect" as fragile as possible .
    Very nice composition of thoughts I must say.

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  2. Thanx Pulkit for your comment. I completely understand what you are trying to say but I feel that to look through the other side, one is not actually supposed to think himself to be wrong, just think of other person as right as well.

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