The Third Eye
No. No. I am not talking of Shiva the Destroyer. All I am hinting at is the outside perspective that a different pair of eyes can bring to a situation. This happened at work yesterday. A colleague of mine was ready to give up. She was trying to get a test case to work and was at her wits end. She seemed to be doing the steps outlined in the set up correctly yet for some strange reason was not seeing the results she needed. She was convinced she was doing something wrong.
My cube being adjacent to hers, I could not help but share her frustration. Watching her explain what was driving her nuts, I queried tentatively “Are you sure that the application works correctly?” She was dumbfounded. “What do you mean? She asked.” I went on to explain, may be she was doing everything correctly and the answers weren’t there because the product had a defect. She threw her hands up in the air and went on to check if that was a possibility.
On her way home that evening, she stopped by smiling from ear to ear. “It worked” she said. Her smile was infectious and I had a smile playing on my face for a while too. It is funny how simple things like this have a tremendous impact on our daily lives. If only we could take a step back when something flummoxes us and look at it in a detached sense, the answers are right there staring at us.
I have often found the glasses I hunt frantically for sitting perched on my nose. If only I took a moment to pause and think…
very true..i have experienced it myself a lot and am a strong believer in this.
Different perspective definitely helps!
Sure Laksh. the Third Eye, that out of the box thinker plays a critical role in solving many of life’s problems - marriage counselors, business consultants, life coaches etc. They bring that much needed breath of fresh air!
Exactly why we all need good people around us… family and friends. Makes getting another perspective much more easier… (that’s also why blogging is great
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So true, a third eye helps most of the times to open up our mind that we are ignoring the obvious solution, but, at times, it can also pose to become an interfering/intrusive one, depending on the situation.
@Anamika:
Guess given your work pressures these couple of weeks you must have encountered it often.
@Akay: Yes it definitely does
@Suman: Din’t think of it that way. Now that you say it, it definitely falls in place.
Spillay: Another excuse for blogging yayy!! Like I needed one ;p
@Mitr: haven’t seen the other side yet.