BEGGARS' POLICY

What does a beggar do? Have you ever noticed? A beggar begs for the day. He or she may not have a permanent home to stay. For them the bus shelter, railway platform or shop verandhas are the place for spending the night. Day time they beg and earn for the bread and butter for that day. They don’t think about the past. They neither think about tomorrow. They don’t save and spend whatever they get on the same day. They don’t plan their life. They have no goal. They don’t have any direction. They move from one place to another. They don’t plan where to go on the next day.
Many of us are like beggars. There are even institutions which follow the beggar’s policy. If we look at the policies followed many of the individual and institutions around us we can see the following four positions.

People in Quadrant A have poor direction but excellent planning. They will never reach anywhere. They are like drift wood. They start everything but do not finish anything.

People in Quadrant C have excellent direction but poor planning. They know where they want to reach but do not how to reach there. They dream a lot, but achieve nothing.

Beggars are in Quadrant C. They do not have either direction or planning. They are little concerned about the future. They live for the day. Whatever they get on the day they spend and again go for begging on the next day. They are comfortable with their position and do not want to change. They are contented with their current state and continue to be beggars.

Those who are in Quadrant C are great achievers. They have excellent direction and excellent planning. These people carry clear vision, mission and goal. They plan their day and achieve their goals. People look towards them for guidance.

We can move people in Quadrants A and C to Quadrant B by giving them proper training and motivation. But it is difficult to change those who are in Quadrant C because they are close minded people and do not listen to any one. They don’t follow others’ advice also. They always think that what ever they do is good for them and hence do not want to correct it.

You can put the organizations and individuals in these quadrants according to their policies. Now think of where do you place yourself? In which quadrant you want to be? Look around you and identify institutions which are in Quadrants A, C and D.

This is my theory. I welcome comments from the readers.