ever wondered where the limit lies, when you offer the whole world, yet nothing is left of it but complaints and despair?

ever wondered when people around you will be satisfied, even though you suffer to make that happen?

same questions pondered and trotted through my brains all week long, in fact, it has been bugging me for a while already, but intensified over the past couple of weeks.

today though, someone managed to dissect that in merely 25 minutes of chatting. and the assesment was spot on!it was supposed to be a follow up coaching session at work, held for management staff who had earlier undergone training sessions by the same guy. but i had to give both sessions a miss due to work commitments, and i was actually cracking my brain hard when i was put to scheduled meeting with this guy, someone i had not seen before. training department asked me just to have a friendly chat, and share a few experiences of managing people, somewhat relevant to the job i’m doing.

boy, i was in for a surprise. he threw me one probing questions after another, subtle, but i read through it. i was being cryptic with him, and that broke his resolve, until we finally, literally cut the crap, and began to engage in serious, building session. and boy it was good.

he had only one advice,or rather observed point for me. he told me, that i had strong family values, and prefers structure to none, he also said that i thrived in chaos, and when that happens, i will be the guiding light to many. but one point took me off my chair for a while. and that was for me, he says, to be more, selfish, to be selfless in the future.

I actually felt as if my dad was talking to me, and it was truly God sent, here we were, total strangers, discussing not only work but generally, life.

with all that muck surrounding my life for the past few months, something made sense today.

and, relaying to what sanjeev said about me, that i’m the all-you-can-eat buffet, i think i’ll be changing the menu from now on. I’ll be that course meal people hate to have. at least, i’ll have a piece of me to reflect upon. unlike now, where everyone gets a share of me, but myself.

buffet is out, ala carte is in! so, dig in…..

stay in the line, punk! you ain’t seen the real me, yet. it will show,

SOON.

over and out!

Ala Carte Joe