(A few years ago)
My Mentor – Wassup, man! Chal kya raha hai?
Me – Bhasad chal rahi hai bhai
My Mentor – Tu launda hai, Bhasad ko manage kar. Hustle kar, Bhasad nahi! 😛
Me – Aap pelo aur dialogues, BB ki Vines ke! 😛 😛
There are many mentors in my life, who have helped me reach where I am. I have learnt something from each and everyone of them. But this conversation will be very close to me. On my way back home, I was figuring, what he actually meant. I realised this was a very deep advice he gave me.
Bhasad – in today’s world is a slang reference to the cluttered work at office. We all know that there are complexities due to internal policies, resources, peer nature, so on and so forth. Something or other adds fuel to the fire for a professional to get pissed off or reach at a saturation point.
Startup ecosystem has made me grow, has taught me the best lessons of my life and most importantly, it has taught me to manage. Manage the Bhasad.
Startups requires –
(a) Extreme pace and right direction to cope up to the expectations.
(b) Like minded culture, yet diversified force.
(c) Passion, will and hunger to win at any cost from each stakeholder.
When all of these combine, Bhasad is bound to happen midway. The first and foremost metrics during the Bhasad phase that affects the business is the ‘attrition rate’ or the leadership team might decide for a lean management structure.
I have been a part of lot of Bhasad’s. Here’s how I managed it –
(a) Temperament. The best possible way for an amicable solution.
(b) Be extremely data driven. Data is the new oil, as they say. One should be thorough with the numbers.
(c) Take one thing at a time and complete it to the core.
(d) Manage each stakeholder well and loop each of them.
(e) Hustle -> Struggle -> Feel like giving up -> Hustle -> Struggle -> You WIN
If you succumb to Bhasad, its like getting trapped in a labyrinth. The taste of the success you get, after every struggle is worth. The joy on the face is priceless. The experience passing through every Bhasad gives you immense strength to fight and win a new Bhasad.
As the famous Lord Petyr Baelish once said in GoT, “Chaos isn’t a pit, Chaos is a ladder“
