5 most common lies of the world

Generally, fresh graduates have certain pre-conceived thoughts in their mind about the work, workers, and organisations. They learn these 'lies' from their teachers, parents, etc. My blog is dedicated on the most common lies of the world. (Which I believe all the fresh graduates would like)

1.To lead, you must learn to obey- It is one of the popular proverbs in Leadership. But, whoever advocates this type of proverb, they should ask themselves that a person who has obeyed everyone for 15 years gets a position where he or she will have to give orders to others. Will he be able to do that? I want to share a small example from my school days- One of my teachers got promoted as principal. She started treating ‘teachers’ the same way she used to treat ‘students’. Soon, her leadership doomed, and she was replaced. To lead, you must learn to lead, and not just to obey.

2. Try, and try until you succeed- I always appreciate persisting attitude, but I don’t appreciate foolish persistence. Since childhood my elders have taught me that-do your work, and one day you’ll get success. But, it is my suggestion that invest your time both in ‘work’ and ‘relationships’. Suppose, you do great work, but your superiors don’t like you then no matter how hard you try your success would be delayed.

3. Only most experienced people should get into the top management- Experience is an important asset, but sometimes it is your biggest baggage. Generally, old people give huge importance to experience. Probably, experience is the only thing by which they can control others. I want to share a small story here- Once two generals were fighting on the depth of the river, which soldiers had to cross. They argued for two days. A soldier got fed up. He took his horse and rode across the river. After crossing the river, he screamed- its fine, we can cross it! This General and soldier type of situation would occur many times in an organisation. If we really want to keep top management active then we should definitely hire some young minds into higher positions, else we will get into the paralysis-by-analysis.

4. It’s easy to manage from the top- Many people believe that it is easy to manage from the top. You can take your own decisions, you’ll have to deal less with difficult people, everybody listens to you etc. It requires efforts to reach at the top, and it requires almost double effort to remain on the top. Saying it is easy to manage from the top is just like saying that grass is greener on the other side of the fence. The more successful you’ll become the less honest feedback you’ll get. Your staff would crystallize the information, and then it would be presented to you. Many employees believe that showing the clear picture would cost their job. This small fear always holds people in presenting the real situation to their supervisor. 

5. We hire only the best- As a fresher this was really motivating when people used to say that certain organisation hire only the best. But, slowly I realized it is a half-baked truth because I find so many incompetent people in the industry handling the most important posts. Remember, organisations want ‘best’ consultants who can work on ‘average’ salaries. Generally, these organisations give you respect, recognition, etc. so that you don’t ask for money. In short, organisations want their employees to be moralistic who can happily help in achieving organisation’s pragmatic goals.