DO YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOUR CAREER? Then Don't Bother About THE THREE P's - PAY PROMOTION POSTING

DO YOU WANT TO ENJOY YOUR CAREER ?

THEN DON'T BOTHER ABOUT THE 3 P’s - Pay Promotion Posting

By

VIKRAM KARVE

If my memory serves me right, I think it was General Eric Vas [Lt Gen EA Vas (15 May 1923-18 Aug 2009)] who, in one of his pep talk speeches, told us that if we wanted to enjoy service life we should not bother about three things:

PAY 

PROMOTION

POSTING

(The 3 P’s – as he called them). 

I think this applies across the board, to all careers, including those in the private sector.

Many of us focus too much on money and perks (pay or salary or “package” – call it what you like). 

Nowadays, most elite educational institutions boast of the high salary packages their students are offered in campus placement interviews and it seems that pay is the primary consideration for selecting a job.

In my time too I found many of my colleagues comparing their PAY with others. 

Comparing your pay and perks with others is a sure shot formula to feel miserable, because it is natural tendency to compare with someone better-off than you.

If you want to feel unhappy and frustrated all you have to do is to live a comparative and competitive life.

So, like an ambitious careerist, make sure that you get into an all-out no-holds-barred competition for PROMOTION.

And to further add to your misery, don’t forget to compare your POSTING with your more fortunate colleagues 

(By “Posting” I mean not only the geographical location but also the type of appointment and designation).

So tomorrow, when you go to office, remember not to bother about the 3 P’s.

If you are obsessed with the 3 P’s, it is a guaranteed formula to make you frustrated and stressed out at work.

And if you want to enjoy your work and career, you know what to do – don’t bother about the 3 P’s – for it is a fact that if you live a non-comparative and non-competitive life you are sure to be happy and content.

Bye for now. I think I will elaborate on this subject a little later right here in my Blog. But before I say good bye, let me remind you – Remember the 3 P’s (or rather, I would say: Forget the 3 P's)

VIKRAM KARVE

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A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer. Educated at IIT Delhi, ITBHU Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories, creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional research papers in journals and edited in-house journals for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for almost 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing. Vikram lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.

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