Extended Monkey Problem!
As I sift through my thoughts and feelings, here I am sitting infront of Man's Best creative Addiction ever (The Computer)! I call it a creative addiction because, there is no point of time that you get bored of this damn thing! How much ever you sit on it, you can still find various reasons to come back to the same chair to look into the same old screen and never get bored. (Mr. Bill Gates are you listening to this??)
Now, if you look at one's life there are problems and there are solutions to all of these problems. But, one’s prejudices, feelings and EGO normally come in the way of one's decision making. So, you have a problem and there is a ready made solution to the same, but any of the above three come in way to create another problem and hence you are constrained by these trivial things to solve the BIGGER ISSUE at hand. It is at this juncture that I would like to share an example from my real life.
This is a classic example of an Extended Monkey problem! For the benefit of those of you who don't understand 'The Monkey Problem', here is a quick session. Every problem/situation is a Monkey and they start sitting on your shoulders. For example, your uncle needs to contact somebody in the bank to get a loan. He asks you to contact that bank guy and asks the bank guy to contact your uncle. Now, there was a monkey on his shoulder which jumps on to yours. So, out of your affection, if you accept that, YOU ARE DONE FOR! as that monkey is on your shoulder (Amber light!!!). Now, once you call the bank guy and follow up with him, he needs a favour from your side as he is doing one for you. A second monkey on your shoulder!!! (Red lights’ beeping) Similarly, we take up so many monkeys onto our shoulders even before you realise.
In my case too, I have a problem of arranging a house and then the extended monkey problem. Out of my affection on my relations, I take up one monkey of arranging the house. Even before I realise, people form expectations and you have to live upto them. Soon after that they demand things from you. Even before you can begin things, there are many sanctions put up. Somebody wants it done, somebody else wants to do only ONE part of the entire chain, not realising the fact, I am the one to finish the entire thing. He/she takes up the critical part and keeps postponing that part because of various reasons (Can’t robots be invented quickly, I am sick and tired now!). So, your situation is nearing a critical situation and then its time for a big STOP! STOP! STOP!
If you take a step back and see the whole thing, nobody is to be blaimed, not even myself, except fate. There is a solution to such problems too, accept your defeat and allocate the entire thing to some other person (if possible that critical work stopper, but then he postpone the entire thing, who knows! ;) and get out of the way. This is what I call the Extended Monkey Problem!!! This is the solution that LIFE taught, incase you have any better solutions to the same, then have a good time! :) ;)
Now, if you look at one's life there are problems and there are solutions to all of these problems. But, one’s prejudices, feelings and EGO normally come in the way of one's decision making. So, you have a problem and there is a ready made solution to the same, but any of the above three come in way to create another problem and hence you are constrained by these trivial things to solve the BIGGER ISSUE at hand. It is at this juncture that I would like to share an example from my real life.
This is a classic example of an Extended Monkey problem! For the benefit of those of you who don't understand 'The Monkey Problem', here is a quick session. Every problem/situation is a Monkey and they start sitting on your shoulders. For example, your uncle needs to contact somebody in the bank to get a loan. He asks you to contact that bank guy and asks the bank guy to contact your uncle. Now, there was a monkey on his shoulder which jumps on to yours. So, out of your affection, if you accept that, YOU ARE DONE FOR! as that monkey is on your shoulder (Amber light!!!). Now, once you call the bank guy and follow up with him, he needs a favour from your side as he is doing one for you. A second monkey on your shoulder!!! (Red lights’ beeping) Similarly, we take up so many monkeys onto our shoulders even before you realise.
In my case too, I have a problem of arranging a house and then the extended monkey problem. Out of my affection on my relations, I take up one monkey of arranging the house. Even before I realise, people form expectations and you have to live upto them. Soon after that they demand things from you. Even before you can begin things, there are many sanctions put up. Somebody wants it done, somebody else wants to do only ONE part of the entire chain, not realising the fact, I am the one to finish the entire thing. He/she takes up the critical part and keeps postponing that part because of various reasons (Can’t robots be invented quickly, I am sick and tired now!). So, your situation is nearing a critical situation and then its time for a big STOP! STOP! STOP!
If you take a step back and see the whole thing, nobody is to be blaimed, not even myself, except fate. There is a solution to such problems too, accept your defeat and allocate the entire thing to some other person (if possible that critical work stopper, but then he postpone the entire thing, who knows! ;) and get out of the way. This is what I call the Extended Monkey Problem!!! This is the solution that LIFE taught, incase you have any better solutions to the same, then have a good time! :) ;)
3 comments:
Dude - you have an option - Be with Baba - as everyone else including you are human and hence are all limited beings.
I wish we had an instruction manual for life like those we get for elec. goods.
Life wud've been easier to manage.
Life would've have been much easier. But then, there wouldn't have been any "FUN" in living life as we would like to!!!!
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