To every rule...

When you are a kid, uniqueness is treasured. It is what makes a child so special to a parent, it is what makes one stand out in a class of fifty. It is that ability to stand out in a crowd that companies and headhunters look for in their candidates. That something which makes one unique, special and a perfect fit..

After a couple of years of working now, I think I have seen enough to comment on certain aspects of the irony that I find in the above thought…

Selection of people to work for an organization is done on various criteria-competitive, smart, confident, a good fit into the company and a little extra something….but over the years I’ve begun to discover that the “Fit” seems to include various definitions and all of them somehow more important than the ‘spark’ or that extra something…that which set you apart from all the rest..

Because at the end of the day there exists a set of rules or/and a framework, either set by an organization or by an influential individual in the organization that more often than not everyone is expected to conform to. And if you do not conform, well the consequences may range from funny to severe, single to multiple….I don’t know that part yet although I’m sure I will in good time!

What I fail to understand is, why look for the people who stand out in the crowd when all you want is someone who is going to bend over, listen to the rules and follow them as commandments, someone let a hair fall out of place or ever make you uncomfortable and someone who will actually enjoy micro-managing!!! Why would you need someone with a little extra spark to do all that unless you were sadistic enough to want to suck the cheer and the want for freedom and intuition and spontaneity out of a person? I mean, Why? What does it do for people?

If everything could be followed up in figures or in set parameters, if everything could be done within set rules, the world would be one big monstrous tragedy!

It is true that you need basic rules, they give direction and sometimes guide….they were never meant to stifle. It is also true that rules were made to be broken. If everything could be done by following a rule, there would be no scientists in the world, no innovators nor any artistes…

Why do people grow up and forget that it is that special something that makes one feel good, if you don’t try and nurture that in yourself and in others, you’re just going to turn out to be a strong contender for the Mr./Ms. Dull-as-Hell contest!!!

Yeah well…I guess there will always be those who hate rules and those who can’t live without them…and I will never understand why there have to be such sticklers for rules and why they have to be so maddeningly infuriating…yeah well…guess one’s gotta do what one’s gotta do!!!

But…aren’t exceptions the rule?????????