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86. Application of the learning by

others also worked -Coming out of a

dilemma

To apply or not to apply for a corporate sector position
- a dilemma

One of our senior faculties who was very capably heading Management
Development Programme (MDP) Centre at BIMTECH, resigned from her
position. She came to meet me as a courtesy call. She divulged that she
had benefitted from the anecdote I had once narrated in Friday Town
Hall Meeting of faculty at BIMTECH.

She narrated that she had been aspiring to join the corporate sector as
Senior Training Consultant for long but did not apply for such a position
thinking that she would not get through. After listening to my anecdote
she started applying for such positions instead of rejecting her own
application herself.

The result was that after a few attempts, she got a job at a company that
she highly desired. She thanked me but I did not take any credit as it was
her capability and competence that got her this position.

Insights from the episode
1. We must make an application or request to the right person with
our justifications without presuming that it will not be acceded to.

2. We should not reject our own application.
3. "The difference between winning and losing is most often not
quitting." - Walt Disney

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