Monday, March 29, 2010

Bureaucracy Unlimited

Over the past 4 weeks, I have been writing a document that measures up to 90 pages.
Value: Nothing. Reason: Somebody's Pleasure from Size. Profit: Pleasure from size. Loss: 4 weeks. And the stress from writing a MS Word document.

I often find myself in a position where I need to do stuff to satiate somebody else's pleasures. Why? Bureaucratic nature of the organizations that we work for. Why cant you say "No" when you want to? Why are we threatened by the feeling that if I say "No" today, I might be looked upon as a "Non-leverage able resource" tomorrow? Do you work for an organization that gives you the space to say "No" and still appreciates you for saying that? Do you spend a lot of time doing stuff that really doesn't matter? Are you wrong or the organization that you work for is wrong?

Are you working for an organization where Bureaucracy is unlimited, where you work for quenching somebody else's thirst and not yours? If you are, then it is time for you to wake up from the deep sleep.