“Every action has an unequal but similar reaction”…is what I think should be a corollary to Newton’s third law.
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I was standing in the queue at the cash counter of a hospital. The queue was long, cashier was slow and people were edgy. As I finally got to 3rd position in waiting, I saw that the man who was making his payment at the counter dropped some paper and reactively bent to pick it up. Now, as he was in the process of standing back, I sensed that his head would hit the counter’s edge and I instinctively stretched my hand to cover the edge. As his head hit my hand, he looked back surprised and then gave me a smile of thankfulness.
Many people in the queue saw this…
In next 3-4 minutes, a boy helped another old man with his falling documents, a man from village offered me a change of five hundred rupees demanded by the cashier, someone left his place from the queue looking for a man whose file had come to the counter, and a young girl stood up from the bench alongside the counter to offer her place to an elderly…
Well! You know what! In the kind of world we live, ‘irritability’ is what you call ‘the by-default value’. Yes! With all that goes on around us, it is only natural for most of us to be mean, opportunist, cynical, self-centered or simply indifferent or ‘disconnected’. In such a world, where each of us ‘feels like’ and ‘lives like’ an island, compassion is just a fragile and transient concept.
Yet, the good news is that…
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…it is also ‘contagious’ 🙂
About Sandeep Atre
Dr. Sandeep Atre:
• Counseling Psychologist and an internationally recognized ‘Emotional & Social Intelligence’ Expert, with experience of more than two decades in helping people ‘sort out’ and ‘excel in’ intrapersonal and interpersonal matters. He holds a PhD in Management and a Master’s degree in Psychology (www.dratrecounsels.com).
• Founder of Socialigence – a venture specializing in development of ‘Social & Emotional Intelligence’ and its offshoot interpersonal skills through workshops and an award-winning online course rooted in neuroscience and psychology (www.socialigence.net).
• Author of two books related to his domain, namely - “Understanding Emotions Logically” and “Observing Nonverbal Behavior”; and third book on various aspects of life, named “Two Paras of Everyday Wisdom”. Moreover, the collection of his Nazms and Ghazals is published as a book titled “Baat Jazbaat Ki”.
• Corporate Trainer, with experience of close to two decades. Has conducted 150+ workshops/sessions for 50+ organizations & institutions like CSC, Cummins, Piramal, Ranbaxy, Lupin, Bridgestone, Michelin, Eicher, Maruti, Force, Idea, Airtel, NBHC, SBI, HDFC, L&T, Zydus, Thapar University, Banasthali, Narsee Monjee, Symbiosis, IIFM Bhopal, Azim Premji University, Nirma, Welingkar & IBS Hyderabad.
• Co-Founder and Director of CH EdgeMakers – a leading ‘Coaching and Training’ organization of central India for more than 24 years. He has trained close to 100 thousand students for ‘Soft Skills’ & ‘Entrance & Recruitment Preparation’ (www.ch-india.com).
• ‘Management Speaker and Orator’. Has featured at platforms like TEDx, IIM, IIT, NIT, CII, YI, CII-IWN, TCS, IMA, ICAI, ECA, ISHRAE, NEN, Sahodaya, Aditya Birla Education Academy, Round Table, LinkedIn Local, Rotary International, MP State’s Teachers’ Training, Academic Staff College DAVV, Police University Rajasthan, Police Training Academy Indore & more than 100 institutions.
• Member of noted associations and boards. Has been an ‘Executive Committee’ member of Indore Management Association. Associate Editor of IMA publications. Governing Council Member of Banasthali University’s SBBJ Centre for Research in MSME & Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Women. Executive Member of IMS, DAVV Alumni Association. Member of Rotary International’s ‘Group Study Exchange’ team to Minnesota, USA. ESI Coach with FWSA Australia.
Note: For glimpses of work, watch YouTube Channel ‘Dr. Sandeep Atre at Socialigence’.
