Ratan Tata's quote: "If you think your teacher is strict, scary, hard, and dangerous, wait until you meet your boss. Your old teachers will pale in comparison."
This quote, from my point of view, has negative effects on students and on people who are about to start or are pursuing their jobs. The sense of negativity that this quote may arouse in the reader comes from the portrayal of the boss or teacher as arrogant, humiliating, and disrespectful. It should be completely discarded as a quote to consider in our lives, as these negative aspects—fear and danger—are enemies of everything we stand for.
This quote, therefore, should be completely discarded from our minds.
While we have been given the gift of life, we should use it to make the world a beautiful place and be grateful for what we have achieved or accomplished, all while taking care of everything and everyone around us. Thus, the above quote should be rewritten with the following, slightly longer explanation in mind.
The quote, in my opinion, should be: "You will have a great experience and enjoyment working with your boss, just like the period of emerging capabilities you experienced through your schooling. If that’s not the case now, then you should work to make that happen by any means."
Firstly, the person who wrote this quote should understand that we are born, and so are organizations, and these organizations are meant to nurture humans—not the other way around.
Secondly, as seen in real-life scenarios, this often does happen and should be countered at every level. Otherwise, it will hamper individual development in terms of creativity, passion, and other characteristics by restraining them with negative aspects of the boss or teacher, such as fear and condescension.
Ratan Tata's experience is like that of others, but it doesn’t mean that a negative experience should be shared in a way that provides consolation to a dumb, harsh, or unfortunate culture.
Below, various examples are given to support this, as well as the benefits of a boss or teacher who does not use negative tactics to manage students or employees.
The most basic example I'd like to give is that if a lock is opened with a key, it will be reusable because this does not destroy its form. But if it is hammered, you may get your treasure, but remember that, in doing so, you are also destroying something valuable—“the usability of that lock.” Here, an analogy is drawn between human creativity and the reusability of a lock, while hammering symbolizes fear and/or danger, which are enemies of creativity.
In short, creativity is inversely proportional to the negative words inscribed in the quote.
Benefits of Creativity:
1. Sundar Pichai's Vision
Google has a vision of always hiring employees who possess creativity. Thanks to this, they are not only at the top of their industry but have also attracted many people to join their legendary organization because they nurture their employees in a positive direction. This, in turn, has made Google famous not just among employees but also among users.
2. Creativity as Explained by the CIA
A book titled Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr. defines favorable conditions for fostering creativity as follows:
The opportunity and encouragement for innovation are essential.
Freedom to set goals, hire assistants, and expand resources. Under these circumstances, new ideas are less likely to be cut short before they can be developed creatively.
When employees feel secure and comfortable in their roles, new ideas, though sometimes disruptive, have a better chance of thriving. Superiors should limit themselves to support and facilitation rather than direct involvement.
Projects should be relatively small compared to the team, budget, and duration. This promotes flexibility and, in turn, is more conducive to creativity.
Involvement in activities outside the main project can also boost individual creativity.
Consequences of Creating a Negative Environment: Illustrated Through a Moral Lesson
Every action has consequences, if not in this life, then perhaps in the next. Take, for instance, a farmer who increases his farm’s productivity using techniques he knows are harmful. In his next life, he might be born into a family suffering from the health effects of degraded farming products. He might even inherit the same disease his parents suffer from due to his actions in his past life. Just as this quote generates negativity, it underscores why it should be discarded. Furthermore, a boss or teacher with a negative attitude towards their subordinates may also face negative consequences and cannot avoid them.
I hope this six-month effort to create this "Bramhashtra" will achieve its goal, and I also hope that our world will be filled with love such that people, rather than striving for Moksha because of negativity exist, will create a similar culture here on Earth and then focus on attain Moksha. Because if it is not here, it will never be there.
This is Tapan Vora, watching "Satyug" through a filtering window in this "Kalyug."