Break the rules…oh yeah…break the rules.

A popular song from a popular movie, 2 decades back, and very forward-looking in all ways then^

If you have heard of the song, then blistering barnacles, congratulations… you may just have Viking blood in you (read ancient)…skol!😅

This rant is about a closely guarded secret that usually favors the brave and the foolish.

I was always the one to break the rules.

Break the rules around

• stereotyped thinking…. Say what? (no pun intended)
• waiting for direction
• expecting opportunity hand outs
• playing safe, and
• suppressing emotions

And it was not always like this.

I struggled through school and college with my introvertism, which acted like a shield, and i felt darn safe (lost) within the crowd.

Then I changed, slowly but steadily at work – by observing my leads, learning from customers, competing with peers and having fun.

This was when I started seeing how belief brought people together and we built complex systems, day by day. Nothing was impossible, for we were audacious in our goals and feverish in our actions.

I learnt the

• power of action or inaction
• advantage of being prepared
• importance of prioritizing “what” and “why” over “how”

If I were to summarize how I blitzed through my 25 years of IT, it was by

• always raising my hand first
• putting people and interactions above all else
• instilling a feeling of pride
• bringing competition to the mix

What did this bring about?

Some fancy but memorable branding.

People guy~ (my peoples are the best 🤟, its a mutual thing), Red projects handler° (dunno how this one stuck but stuck for good 😅), Creative (and the performance pressure everytime, man..🙄), Throw-anything-will-catch guy (thanks Vivek for this one, this was probably my best call sign 😊)

And what did i gain – trust, dependability, learnings, and lastly, fantastic opportunities.

So what is your secret recipe?

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^ notorious even,  from the “boys” tamil movie

~ undoubtedly, my most cherished and coveted one

° My (green) college mates always opine that I created issues and then solved them, to bag this title at work 🤣

Pic description: A townhall meeting at work, where I indulged in a harmless arm wrestling bout to prove a point – we define our space, culture and what we can do 😀