Stay Focused...!!

In a certain company an employee went to the Senior Manager and said, “I can’t work here any longer, I want to quit this job.”

The Manager asked “Why? Please tell me what happened?”

“The whole atmosphere is toxic to my mind.” Replied the young man.

There are people here who are into a lot of politics and there are those who talk negative all the time.

Some spend most of their time gossiping than working.I didn’t think I can handle this any longer.

The Manager said,”OK but I have a request to make before you leave.”

The man asked,” Please tell me what can I do for you, sir?”

The Manager said, “I want you to do this one last thing sincerely.”

"I want you take a glass of water filled to the brim and walk around the office area three times without spilling a single drop of water on the floor. After that you may leave the job if you wish.”

Though it sounded weird the man thought it was just a matter of few minutes anyways.

He took a glass full of water and walked 3 times around the office floor. He then came to HR head to tell him that he was done.

The Manager asked, “When you were walking around the floor did you see any employee speaking badly about another employee, any gossips, any disturbances?”

The man replied, “No”

The Manager further asked, “Did you see any employee looking at another employee in a wrong way?”

The man replied, “No”

“And you know why?” asked the Manager.

“Because you were focused on the glass to make sure you didn’t tip over and spill any water.”

And the same goes with our life.

When we focus on our priorities we don’t have the time to see all the chaos around us, the mistakes of others, gossip, politics, negativity etc.”

The fact is anywhere we go we are going to find toxic people.

Change of job or change of situation doesn’t ensure freedom from such people.

We should certainly do what we can to positively change things around us.

But when we know that we have done our best and things still remain more or less the same. We should shift our focus to our priorities, our growth, our excellence and then we won’t be as much affected by the negativity around us.