6 January 2008
Driving in India
Posted by Sunny Thaper under: cool shiznit .
Although it may not seem like it, but India has a far superior record of driver safety. The accident count is substantially less than that of the United States. How can a system with very limited rules and regulations perform better than the one we have in the United States? Constraint inhibits progress.I first started realizing this concept at work. We have a pretty laid back philosophy when it comes to getting work done. We are allowed to come and go at our own times, pick what we want to work on for the most part, and best of all, we don’t have to clock in and out! Now you may think this is a recipe for disaster but it turns out quite the opposite effect is achieved. Though I’m allowed to come and go as I please, I find myself trying to get there early and often times leaving very late. Picking what I want to work on gives me an overall better mood about work, I’m not being assigned “crappy” work that I have to do instead I am doing work which I have chosen to do. I even find myself working on the weekends, something which I have NEVER done at any other job. And probably most amazingly of all, I have never seen work get completed so quickly! We tend to chug through projects in record time.
Nine to five worlds are for geezers, try something new and crazy. Make your employees feel like they are contributing to a company that is their own, not trying to get a paycheck. Drive dangerously and without laws for a while, you might discover that people perform better.
5 Comments so far...
sk8dork Says:
8 January 2008 at 10:45 am.
wow, that is some crazy driving. recently i’ve been feeling drained by my job, by the crappy work i have to do sometimes and the regulated schedule… i now have to actually swipe in and out when coming and going, even for lunch! i have considered doing something drastic, but that’s kinda difficult when you don’t have a very large buffer of funds and you need to rely on the paycheck for bills and such =/
i really need to kick my own ass into doing something.
sk8dork Says:
8 January 2008 at 10:46 am.
also, google reader is fantastic for keeping track of multiple blog/news sites.
Chuck Reynolds Says:
8 January 2008 at 11:16 am.
Seems that if you move with a group you have a better chance of getting through… So power in numbers wins again!
Sunny Thaper Says:
9 January 2008 at 12:21 am.
@sk8dork Yeah man, that’s the only reader I use now… I had bought NetNewsWire in the past, I now regret spending that money.
Jen Says:
21 January 2008 at 8:57 am.
That reminds me of the driving I witnessed in Puerto Rico - CRAZY to watch and be a part of, but insanely useful.