This pandemic and the lock-down that has followed has taught us, consciously or unconsciously, many things.
When
lock-down started, I volunteered to do mop, clean and tidy things in my home.
That was relief for my family members who suitably handled the kitchen chores.
For the initial few days, I used to jump with glee each morning to clean the
house. But slowly and surely my wife started finding “quality issues” in my
work. A hair stand left here, or a dirt left there. So, to motivate me,
delicious homemade dishes were prepared to entice me. That got me going for the
next few days. But I started taking these perks for granted. And, yet again the
quality dwindled.
So, after
a proper dirty cleaning day, I was left to reflect to "why of things".
I drew a
parallelism in this task to the motivation that draws me to work in any field,
say in office. Whenever I start in a new office, big assignment or project, I
start with lot of motivation. Although, as time passes it dwindles or wavers.
It is never constant each day. And the perks, bonus or official promotion plays
a role of a carrot. Not each day, I work for a carrot. So, why should I work
with enthusiasm? And how to keep it up and going strongly?
The
answers lie in figuring out the why of a task in hand? And does the answer
really motivate you?
So, I
work in Feature Library team which creates the host of features which are used
in Machine Learning models. These models audit the medical bills of insurance
companies. The savings made by the audit process helps in valuable saving for
medical companies. Some of this money is used for valuable R&D work such as
finding cure... you never know even for Covid!
This is a
big motivator for me that my actions akin to an ant trying to move a piece of
dirt will go on to move a hill tomorrow. I am part of a big chain. Similarly,
my daily efficiency in keeping my home clean will help my family be healthy and
happy. And this is irrespective of the perks in office or being served
delicious dishes at home :)
So, what
is answer to your “why” for a task?
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