Sreesanth's tweet after he got selected in the World Cup Squad.
Just yesterday, I wrote about the magical words of Sreesanth.
And here he is, awarded for his constant FAITH in the almighty.
He is selected in the World Cup Team as Praveen Kumar,another India fast bowler is out due to injury.
Check the link
http://cricket.ndtv.com/storypage.aspx?id=SPOEN20110169012&nid=84164&pfrom=home-Cricket
Do we really need a more vital proof of HIS showering??
Sreesanth's magical words
“I am so heart broken… but it’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believe in myself.”
“Thanks for all ur support… I will keep giving my very best to the game no matter how small my chances are… I truly believe in God. With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world.”
These were the most unexpected words from Sreesanth, an Indian fast bowler after he was omitted from Indian cricket team for World Cup.
The thing to ponder about is that can these magical words be said by anyone like Sreesanth who is known to be a rugged maniac on the field, known more for his unruly aggressive behaviour on field rather than his bowling. Neglecting who said it and how he could spoke this words and without going further into his personality traits, we should be mesmerised by the magic of the words spoken.
Faith is a confidence, a feeling of trust to a young kid in dad’s arm that he will not fall when his father will throw him in air. It is a power which unites hundreds of people of totally different backgrounds to sit together and pray.
As Sreesanth says, why to FEAR signifies the amount of trust he has on God. It shows that although he is not getting what he craved for, yet he is not giving in and ready to see what’s in store for him. It proves an old fact that FEAR is just False Evidence Appearing Real. Most of the times, we don’t believe in our capabilities just because we haven’t cared enough ‘ to find us within us’. It’s like standing in front of mirror not to just identify and cherish the external beauty but to explore our latent talents, to find out the infinite world of possibilities one can achieve.
Can we develop a strong will and a positive attitude like him?
Ready to pounce on anyone who invades your space??
Neither I am here to tell you how to commercialise or market these two games in a target market segment, nor is this a truly marketing blog. But I am using its context to understand the unimaginable diaspora where Humans can interact with each other .
This blog is an attempt to learn from the different human connections we can make.
Badminton doesn’t need an introduction whereas Kabaddi is the national game of Iran and Bangladesh and the state game of Tamil Nadu (India), Punjab (India) and Andhra Pradesh (India) in India. It is a team contact sport that originated in South Asia and in the Indo-Iranian society, as a form of recreational combat training.
Let us understand a brief methodology to play Kabaddi before we move forward .In Kabaddi, two teams occupy opposite halves of a field and take turns sending a “raider” into the other half, in order to win points by tagging or wrestling members of the opposing team; the raider then tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting “Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi” during the whole raid.
The name — often chanted during a game — derives from a Tamil word meaning “holding of hand”, which is indeed the crucial aspect of play.
This is where our journey starts. ‘Holding of Hand’ signifies a relationship, an association which is symbiotic in nature and done to support each other to reach a desired set objective. But is this achieved with opponent team also when he crosses the line and invades? I guess a big NO.
Suppose there is a B2B (Business to Business) transaction in which seller has to sell a sealant oven to a manufacturing company. This transaction is nothing but a series of steps followed in a Kabaddi match.
The seller and buyer both are seating on their sides as two halves of a Kabaddi field. Now the seller (acting as a raider) first goes in buyer’s half in order to win contract and keeps on chanting “Order, “Order”, “Order”. The buyer goes backward till the backward boundary line and tries to resist it till the time he does not start trusting the buyer. When he gets a contract, the buyer then starts visiting the other chanting “Service”, “Service” , ”Service” / “Product quality”, “Product quality” etc. After the need is fulfilled, the seller then again goes and keeps on chanting “Payment”, “Payment”, “Payment “. After a small resistance implied through credit period mechanisms, delay in signing the amounts, wire transfer issues, finally he gets the payment and transaction is completed.
The whole game of buyer seller meet can be summed up as a sequence of 3 steps.
1) Step of Invasion – invading the other’s territory
2) Step of Resistance - till the time the synergy is formed in between the two companies.
3) Step of Conquer – as only 1 team wins and other feels lost due to service quality issues, discounted payment, lack of synergy as the buyer might seek to garner maximum profits and have just 1 transaction whereas the seller might have wanted a trusted partner to form a long term alliance.
The point to critically analyse is that do we really need to go through these 3 stages.
Can’t we play badminton in place of Kabaddi where we can have both sides respecting each other boundaries with no invasion and resistance? The way shuttle cock is passed to and fro both the sides, a proper communication can lead to harmonious relationship between the two parties.
And it can all happen due to the humans involved in the play. In this age of networked world where there are so many competitors producing same quality products as you do, is it necessary to cross the line and face resistance?
Think about it?
