Grow up Kids.......!!!!!!!!!!!

A very infamous one-liner which I have been listening since my graduation days from my honorable teachers is:

“Guys! You are not school kids now…….grow up…!!!!!!! ”

This line is more directed towards emphasizing students for imbibing professionalism which thwarts them from thinking beyond a level and in the end costs dear in their actual professional lives. While fun, entertainment, leisure is a part of everyone’s lives and it must be, there lies a thin line which differentiates between a good professional and bad professional, and once you start knowing that thin line, you are bound to succeed.

A good professional would not be lackadaisical towards his job and will be committed towards the best interest of the company as was shown in the case study of Ned Wicker.

I, after spending six valuable years in cricketing field had the privilege to practice with some world-class cricketers of India and abroad and learned the best tactics of how professionalism is pursued? While cricketers across the globe holds the reputation of being careless towards their profession and being overpaid in lieu of what they do for the country, they are the best paradigm of how to strike a balance between work and personal lives.

I met two Australian legends namely Adam Gilchrist and Shane Warne, who already had retired from the cricket by that time, were disciplined towards their game when they came to practice sessions. After retirement, they could have easily skipped that practices session and could have gone for leisure, but they chose to be an asset for the side rather than being a liability. 

And that’s how excellence is achieved in your respective areas……….they know their priorities very well and therefore make keen distinctions between what to do at a particular time and what not to…………!!!!!!!!!!

Indian team visited Indore to play against West Indies and I found myself lucky again to share a session with them………. At that time Rohit Sharma was at peak of his  career but still was very disciplined and devoted towards his game……..he spent every minute of his presence in the field resourcefully and was never been in that mood of being casual and rather the whole team spent their time resourcefully…….

They seize the opportunity when it comes to them and when they perform in the game, there lies a great amount of dedication, commitment, enthusiasm and professionalism behind that which reap dividends at the right time………………..and that is so because instead of being immensely talented their approach towards their profession makes them successful at a higher level……….

So start thinking like a professional, behaving like a professional taking the responsibility and accountability of every action that you do because in reality we still behave like a kid………..!!!!!!!!!!

As Anandita mam rightly puts that:

“If you are going to be a professional two years down the line, you must behave and look like a professional from now”