Blissful Discontent

The foundations of what motivates an individual are seen very early in life. I saw it as early as when my daughter, Parijat, was just about a few months old. These pages are a series of epiphanies I have had as a full time stay-at-home mom, after being an Organizational Development practitioner for well over a decade. The thoughts are from the point of view of motivation and some if its key aspects like, communication, resources, recognition and habit formation or sustainability. The book is by no means prescriptive, nor does it offer immediate solutions to motivational issues you may be facing in your organization or department.

It is aimed, however, at provoking thought and retrospection on ways one can effectively motivate an individual or a team.

One doesn€t have to be a formal leader or manager to benefit from this book, nor do they have to be situated in a corporate work environment. If you want people around you to succeed and feel you can play a part in their success and thereby enable yours, you will enjoy the book.

You also don€t have be a parent to relate to the analogies I have drawn from watching my daughter. William Wordsworth in his poem, The Rainbow, wrote the famous line, The Child is father of the Man. If you have ever observed a child you will know this statement to be an absolute truth. Their innocence in expressions, actions and reactions to the world makes any one sit up and take notice. That is all I have done, tried to notice things I have known all along, from a less than three feet tall vantage point and the view has been spectacular.