Stop Bugging Us
I found this quote in the book I am reading (yes I haven't finished it yet after 3 weeks) - the late Michael Crichton's State Of Fear. This was exactly my feelings when I was working at a large international bank, where the local management team here in Indonesia -seemingly- had no power to decide things for our own business, without approval from regional office. I can assure you, that sucks. A lot. --- QUOTE ---
"I have a problem with other people deciding what is in my best interest when they don't live where I do, when they don't know the local problems I face, when they don't even live in the same country as I do, but they still feel -in some far-off Western city, at a desk in some glass skyscraper in Brussles or Berlin or New York- they still feel that they know the solution to all my problems and how I should live my life. I have a problem with that."
--- UNQUOTE --- A long-winded sentence which I can imagine my secondary school English & Literature teacher Mrs. Albar will frown and mark red, but sums up exactly what I feel sometimes. Buzz off and let us decide on our own.
We've got brains too, y'know. And by which I keep reminding myself not to do the same to my staff or customers. Especially those in remote areas of this beautiful vast country of ours. We don't decide for them. We help them decide what's best for their lives. And hopefully they appreciate us for doing that. True empowerment. No bullcrap Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry®
"I have a problem with other people deciding what is in my best interest when they don't live where I do, when they don't know the local problems I face, when they don't even live in the same country as I do, but they still feel -in some far-off Western city, at a desk in some glass skyscraper in Brussles or Berlin or New York- they still feel that they know the solution to all my problems and how I should live my life. I have a problem with that."
--- UNQUOTE --- A long-winded sentence which I can imagine my secondary school English & Literature teacher Mrs. Albar will frown and mark red, but sums up exactly what I feel sometimes. Buzz off and let us decide on our own.
We've got brains too, y'know. And by which I keep reminding myself not to do the same to my staff or customers. Especially those in remote areas of this beautiful vast country of ours. We don't decide for them. We help them decide what's best for their lives. And hopefully they appreciate us for doing that. True empowerment. No bullcrap Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry®
