We have grown up

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.