In childhood, I remember that one of my cousins was not
ready to share his chocolates with one of his neighbour’s child. His father
insisted a lot to share however he did not. His father ignored this situation by
saying that they are children, when they grow up, they will understand.
And now they have grown up, but still do not share chocolates.
So they do not share what should not be shared for their own benefits. In corporate,
multinational companies and in other such offices, if you are new comer in team then
it becomes herculean task to get any real knowledge transfer. Sometimes they
show off to helping you since there might be some processes for knowledge
transfer within team; however they are not ready to really share you the stuff.
Since there is only single cake, the more you are competent
the more you will get of it. Some of you might not be agreeing with me on my
last sentence, and you should not be since this is not always true, of course flattery,
buttering and favours have its own role in your career.
They do not share knowledge properly since they feel
insecure. Can you achieve anything great, grand without others contribution? The
laptop, mobile, aeroplane, trains etc. which you are using is made and
developed by groups not by a single man. You might get more appraisals in your
annual performance by whatsoever reason; however, you can achieve more by
sharing and working together. If your team achieves more, automatically you
will achieve more (there might be differences in personal achievements within
team). Now the question is, are you ready to share, help your team members when
they are not? A collapsing system breaks the one who tries to stop it first. The
company, the team, the society you are functioning in, needs competition to
continue itself. To achieve anything extraordinary you must share.
In childhood, you wanted to have a cycle, today you need a
car. You wanted to have a small kid’s house to play; today you need your own
home. You wanted to be monitor of your class, today you want to be manager of
your team. I really do not find any difference from childhood to adulthood
desire. However sometimes it seems that childhood was better, do not know for
what reason but it might be because of ignorance. I wonder if there is any real
change in human nature.
