I never ever imagined that this simple question could bring my writer ego into shambles. Seriously never ever!! You might be thinking that what could have happened to stem this thought in my mind!! (Even if you are not thinking or simply just don't care, i'l still rant!!) So just lets cut the chase and get straight to the scene where all the action happened!!
SCENE I-
Office conference room, Boss calls a meeting with me and another one of my colleagues,who incidently has the knack of smirking and laughing at all the wrong moments and places!!
Boss- okay! Lets get started in here.
Me- Great! Here you go (handing over my masterpieces of work..well my boss couldn't disagree more..!)
Boss studies intensely, points out the mistakes, gives the changes, everything is going on superbly well. My colleague looks bored, I am drifting off to my wonderland, boss is fully concentrated in fishing out my mistakes!!! It was as perfect as an internal meeting environment could get!
But no a bomb had to be dropped, I needed to be brought back from my neverland and bam! Here's how it came:
SCENE II
Boss-Your article is boring! It lacks spice!
Me-choked, suffered a total loss of my senses, kept staring at him absolutely dumbfounded!
Colleague (who might be doing his smirk tango)- Nodded!
Boss- You need to be more technical.
Me-still staring! (sky falls on my head as I hear the words "be technical", still trying to find my voice)
My colleague smirks some more and I can so hear his thinking-"Technical and she!! Yah ryt! Let us think of something better boss!!"
Boss and colleague get deep in conversation, deciding what shape my writing has to take while I am still grappling with the word "boring" and coming to terms with the reality of being "technical."
SCENE III
Boss- Akansha, Do you know what is Android?
I to my own surprise, nod my head in disagreement!!!! I can so hear my colleague thinking or is he really thinking loudlyyy- "Look at that!! Sir you hired a dumb-head."
I re winded the conversation in my head and realized how dumb i sounded! Of course i knew what Android was, it was me who wrote an entire article on it!! But why words failed to come out that gaping hole we call mouth, I am still trying to figure.
Probably, it was the incessant sound of "Your article is boring" that kept pounding in my head. It was as if somebody was standing on a rooftop and shouting it out throw a loudspeaker,"Her article is boring." "Boring" was all i could see and hear. Yes people that is what happened, it was no less than a disaster and pretty close to professional suicide!!
After this awe-inspiring disaster, these might have been the first few thoughts in my boss's mind
Boss- Man, how profoundly dumb someone could be! Phew! Did I really hire her? What was I thinking??
If even there is an iota of truth in the above imagined thoughts then, I really need to rethink my career strategy!! This leads me to another disastrous thought which is " Do I even have a career strategy??" Okay that's it Akansha- You got some serious thinking to do!!
SCENE I-
Office conference room, Boss calls a meeting with me and another one of my colleagues,who incidently has the knack of smirking and laughing at all the wrong moments and places!!
Boss- okay! Lets get started in here.
Me- Great! Here you go (handing over my masterpieces of work..well my boss couldn't disagree more..!)
Boss studies intensely, points out the mistakes, gives the changes, everything is going on superbly well. My colleague looks bored, I am drifting off to my wonderland, boss is fully concentrated in fishing out my mistakes!!! It was as perfect as an internal meeting environment could get!
But no a bomb had to be dropped, I needed to be brought back from my neverland and bam! Here's how it came:
SCENE II
Boss-Your article is boring! It lacks spice!
Me-choked, suffered a total loss of my senses, kept staring at him absolutely dumbfounded!
Colleague (who might be doing his smirk tango)- Nodded!
Boss- You need to be more technical.
Me-still staring! (sky falls on my head as I hear the words "be technical", still trying to find my voice)
My colleague smirks some more and I can so hear his thinking-"Technical and she!! Yah ryt! Let us think of something better boss!!"
Boss and colleague get deep in conversation, deciding what shape my writing has to take while I am still grappling with the word "boring" and coming to terms with the reality of being "technical."
SCENE III
Boss- Akansha, Do you know what is Android?
I to my own surprise, nod my head in disagreement!!!! I can so hear my colleague thinking or is he really thinking loudlyyy- "Look at that!! Sir you hired a dumb-head."
I re winded the conversation in my head and realized how dumb i sounded! Of course i knew what Android was, it was me who wrote an entire article on it!! But why words failed to come out that gaping hole we call mouth, I am still trying to figure.
Probably, it was the incessant sound of "Your article is boring" that kept pounding in my head. It was as if somebody was standing on a rooftop and shouting it out throw a loudspeaker,"Her article is boring." "Boring" was all i could see and hear. Yes people that is what happened, it was no less than a disaster and pretty close to professional suicide!!
After this awe-inspiring disaster, these might have been the first few thoughts in my boss's mind
Boss- Man, how profoundly dumb someone could be! Phew! Did I really hire her? What was I thinking??
If even there is an iota of truth in the above imagined thoughts then, I really need to rethink my career strategy!! This leads me to another disastrous thought which is " Do I even have a career strategy??" Okay that's it Akansha- You got some serious thinking to do!!
