BOOK READING AT WORK.. WHAT'S IT LIKE?




"Aah! My ever loved

Formulae of Stress and Strain of Curved Beams

Will be fully put into use from today!"

Exclaimed within the young Engineer, on the day of his appointment.. Soon few tech books on the subject were seen neatly arranged on his table..

In no time, the pressure at work kept him off from making use of his formulae as well reading those books except occasionally glancing thru' as the company was using the related

Empirical Formulae and Charts

Alone for all calculations endlessly for their work..

In 3 yrs he was promoted to the Senior Engineer Post and was made in-charge of a small group of juniors..

"Now my Assistants will do part of my work and I can study my books and guide them in their work!"

He thought but strangely from the next day, the earlier available time too vanished as the new job started demanding beyond..

In time, he was promoted as Manager and later Group Leader and was entrusted with the task of motivating a non performing group of his company. The management equally gifted him with few books on



Effective Management and Leadership Skills

And all books were neatly arranged on a rack given to him in his room..

There again soon he was into whole and soul using his inherent skills alone to do his works forget about following what was said in the books with him.. Soon he was offered the Senior Executive Role as HOD in a new company..

He resigned from his old company and as HOD in the new company, he purchased 3 prominent books related to the

Departmental Responsibilities 


And arranged them with his earlier collection in the new almirah given to him..

His those very responsibilities alone never allowed him to go thru' the books in detail except glancing thru' occasionally for the next 6 yrs when he was promoted and posted as the GM I/c of a sick division of his company..

As GM, he himself purchased 2 prominent Books in the field on

How to turn out a Sick Unit into a Viable Venture 

But all along he was physically implementing his own plans to revive the non performing asset with the books purchased coolly lying in his room in the almirah..

At the back of certain success, soon he was offered the post of CEO in the next company.. He resigned from his old company handing over the rack of books to the next colleague who took over his place..

As CEO of the new company, the sooner he chalked out an ambitious expansion plan to turn his company into a global venture and equally purchased the then famous book on

Successful Corporate Management 

His retirement became due.. On the D-day, he was praised as man of deep knowledge, heavily garlanded and seen off with a 2 yr contract job as the Consultant and Adviser to the next CEO in line in the same office..

From the next day on wards again, his table was loaded with various books and magazines of the related knowledge but there wasn't much need for him to read those books at that point of time and advise his CEO on 


Effective Performance and Growth of a Company


As he was soon bypassed by the CEO who decided to implement his own styles and practices with the advice of his close team members..

Thus the very senior man became a redundant functionary there and after the 2 yrs tenure, was permanently at home.

Left with nothing much to do, finally he found enough time to read in full the single book he purchased then Viz.,

THE SACRED SRIMAD BHAGAVD GITA

And picked up the same by heart from beginning to the end!

Keywords: BOOK, READING