Once a high profile person met a guy, a salaried class person on a train from Pune. That salaried class person was NOT having a good day himself but he started telling the high profile person how he had lost his job and he was on his way back from an interview. The salaried class person then started to cry. He said that he really need a job. He also mentioned that he and his wife had a baby on the way. The entire time high profile person listen to how passionate salaried class guy was and how he wanted to go back to work. The high profile person asked him tons of questions and he answered them all.
After they reached Mumbai, and walked off the train, salaried class person laughed about how he felt like the high profile person was interviewing him. The high profile person looked at him with a smile and introduced myself as the Managing Partner of a big organization. Salaried class person’s eyes got wide because he was in content and media as well. The high profile person hired him right there on the spot at the station and paid him more than he was making at his last job.
Here are 3 things we should learn –
- As a leader, we should always be on the lookout for great talent.
- Always bring our best game to the table because we never know who we are talking to.
- We should never let the fact that we are having a bad day stop us from helping someone else have the best day of their life. Sometimes, as leaders, the BEST thing we can do is to get people to believe in themselves again!