Inaction - An interesting answer!

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There's this article in "The Week" by Patricia Cohen that i happened to come across recently. It was titled "Inaction vs action" . Now, as simple as that sounds i've got to admit one of main reasons that i started to read along was to find what exactly was the competition between action and inaction anyway! Inaction simply means a state of being inactive and action - you know.
Being opposites by convention, they do attract a fancy "VS" between 'em but pragmatically speaking inaction doesn't stand a chance with action as a competitor. Especially when in a problamatic situation. Confused!
Well, lets take an example. The penalty kick in a game of soccer. There's the striker and the goalie. Almost 90% of the goalie's leap to the exact opposite direction to the striker's attact eventually missing the chance. Now, thats action. The success rate of the striker is way higher than that of the goalie(for penalty kicks). What happens when the goalie stays in the centre and grabs the advantage of the 0.2-0.4 second of time taken by the ball to travel to him. I know thats humanly impossible to even think of taking a decision in the given modicum of time. But, But instead of jumping to the wrong direction and missing the goal he could as well take a try staying at the centre. Thats Inaction. ( okay folks, Chak de climax is not exactly what i'm talking about. We had the all powerful srk standing just right beside the captain girl who again could catch his signals so correctly. wonder! )
Hard to comprehend, yeah. And being a completly ignorant soccer player myself, i might be wrong with the technical aspects of penalty kicks. But, think about it taking no action in a situation your iffy about is a much safer bet than doing something and making no worth of it.
I do agree the latter has the benefit of judgement cause they have obviously taken an "action" in a troubled situation aganist the ones who perferred to stay still. And a typical social mind would appreciate the lad for trying something even though it did no good to anyone. Consider a wider aspect of the such situations , Business. We've seen loads of analysts who involve in decision making taking a wrong turn and failing. Penalty kicks are part of the game. But, Money matters. Given a problem, a tricky one in business, What does a normal man do ? He takes a decision, he has to. He tries to get a solution that will firstly make him look a smarty because he's got a plan unlike his quieter colleagues and secondly he always has an excuse for trying to attempt to solve the case . Does it solve the issue or not is secondary, surprisingly ! So, assume the decision goes wrong. Its got to cost a lot of money and loss to the organisation but nobody complains about the guy. "He ATLEAST tried" is all what you'll hear. But, the point is, the devastation could have been saved had he not chosen to take the sort of the decision where he is uncertain about the outcomes in the first place. People in core business and soccer players are those guys who really need to master the art of decision making. Also, Decision making has always been a popular lesson for budding professionals. But much less is talked about Inaction. Inaction - That's what people need sometimes. Its not a norm to always make a decision. Give it a break and use your chances wisely to chose between Inaction and action. So there you've, Inaction Vs Action! :-)

Hungry kya ?

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Disclaimer : This post certainly does not consider the most favorite road side banquets so you can save your comments on that! And it does not intend to offend any of you gourmets out there who've conflicting ideas on eateries.

How hard is it to find a good eatery in chennai ?
It was a sunday and a gang of friends are meeting up after decades. So they decide on an eat out (you know talk-talk, chop-chop! ) and all they wanted was a good restaurant with good food and good ambience. Now, thats where the problem begins !! There's lot of "Good" in there. Too much to ask for in a metropolis eh ? There were some constraints, Yeah . It had to be a mixed table with Non-veg and Veg , it had to have a classic and a creative menu, destination not too far( you dont want to get to your tables when your over your hunger !! ) and not to forget a reasonable price to pay. Everyone had ideas, so they sit to zero in on one and what do they end up doing ? Arguing for over an hour just to realise that the talk was going nowhere !!
Sad, they decided on Food court's . May be, the one in spencer's. But you know, you dont want too many people there lining up to grab your table even before you finish your meal ! So thats done. And if you were looking out for some nice dhaba, you are sure enough not to find a place comfortable enough for a group of 7 on a sunday afternoon. Even if you did, lets just say not worth the wait ( come on, its the same ol chappati's n mutter for gods sake! ). Dont even get started on the quintessential south indian outlets... right when you make yourself comfortable and start catching up with your friends you suddenly hear a pouty face announcing " sirr BILL " , more like an invitation to leave. Being a gang that had some sensible minds , the idea of pizza corners and huts was eliminated as soon as it was mentioned. So that leaves Chinese and the likes. Whoa, chinese...
It was half past 1 and all of them could sense strange bowel movements . Two of them put their foot down and ordered on Wang's Kitchen, Nungambakkam (Chinese) . There were veto's. It was certainly not a great decision but it seemed like their only final hope cause almost half of them gave up. So everyone scoots to the kitchen and Voila! Not bad at all. They actually had a great time. Atleast the ambience was great and they werent asked to vacate soon. And food, hmm.
So if you are one of those crazy foodies, the next time you ask yourself "hungry kya?" make sure you are prepared to enjoy a complete analysis of the eat outs in chennai !