Sunday, June 24, 2012

Won Silver or Lost Gold?



Won Silver or Lost Gold?


London 2012 Olympics is just round the corner and London and rest of the world is so excited about this and looking forward for this event. One thing which comes to mind on the sports event is prizes and medals.

Olympics are bundled with lots of sports like athletics, football, swimming, etc. At the end of every event three prizes are given, it is mostly GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE.



What do you think is going on in the mind of an athlete who has got Silver medal, is she happy about the prize? I can hear you saying – “of course, she is”. I heard some of you saying, “No, she is upset”. If we analyse it, she might have both the feelings; happy for winning Silver and upset for losing Gold. So what do we call this as Won Silver? Or Lost Gold?

I see this kind of feeling happens in our workplace as well, one of the situations I can think of is performance appraisal. If one gets “Exceeds Expectations”, does she feels happy about it or upset for not reaching “Outstanding”. In my opinion one should have both the feelings, “Won Silver” feeling should give confidence on oneself and a great motivation to keep going and at the same time “Lost Gold” feeling should help to reset the goal, identify gaps and striver harder to reach gold (goal?).

What is your view about this? What is your feeling in similar situations? What do you think is a good approach?



7 comments:

  1. Durai,

    Nice Post, I think we need to be both Content on what we get and have an aspiration to reach moon.

    Regards
    esm

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  2. Hi Durai,

    Nice blog and good thought.

    I feel, team should have fire with-in to Win the gold. There shouldn't be any thought other than this ..
    Always target and aim for creating new record to achieve the next high level. Only then will be able to meet the aspirations and destiny
    Sincerely feel, this is missing everywhere and always loose without giving fight.

    Thanks
    Seenu

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  4. Thanks Durai for this thought. I agree with Seenu. It should be a die hard attitude of reaching the glory and nothing less to compromise.

    I believe once you are content, probably even if you see the gaps, the zeal to bridge it wouldn't be there. Go all out for the Gold.

    Regards
    Shiva

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  5. Interesting Subject and nice thought.

    Regards
    Hareesh

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  6. There is no dearth for talent in India, especially in sports. But the unavoidable political interventions, wrong decisions at the last minute (e.g the selection of sports persons to tennis), involving corrupt persons in the selection process etc. makes it difficult for the Indian sportsmen to win a medal even in our country owned games lie hockey. Supremacy can be established only when the sports sector is free of politicians. India has to make up its mind to select the right persons for the right sports to win medals.

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