I recently had a chance to serve for two years in a Non
profit organization and had a chance to experience some of the best practices
of human behavior. One can do Yoga either in the morning or in the evening but
earlier the better since you gain more mileage out of it. So I wanted to take
up the role much earlier just to make sure I learn from people regarding the various
traits of human relationships. Being a guy who observes people I could have not
asked for a better atmosphere to learn things.
Diplomacy is one
of the most powerful words in English dictionary as it is basically as ‘Art’; Cooking
is an art since everyone gets the same ingredients to make a dish – what makes
a great dish compared to a good dish? Well it just depends on the nuances of
cooking and that what makes it an art. Same way being diplomatic is an art by
itself. The way you respond/react/talk has so much to do with your individual behavior.
Diplomacy at time may even be boring or tend to be cliché but do we get tired
of a nice dish irrespective of the number of times we had tasted the delicious
dish. It just depends on what context we use our words and actions. Observing
few senior people I learnt one of the best practices to have in your kitty is
to be diplomatic.
Being diplomatic
comes with experience though. Once we are exposed to real world situations and
conversations that we are normally not used to accustom in our day to day lives
we may tend to act in a very immature way. That’s where the learning curve
starts. At times even beating round the bush may seem to be appropriate. It
takes time to get into your system to acknowledge some of the ways in being
diplomatic.
Diplomacy has so many
different dimensions to it – a very slight variation in a sentence may tend to
be more diplomatic. How exactly you draft an email, how exactly to react to a
situation, on what basis a decision was taken, how you stress something and you
subtly convey something everything plays a role if you are to be considered a
diplomatic person. At times you might wonder am I losing my own individuality
by adjusting to things around you but later you come to know best way to handle
anything is to be balanced in your approach by giving yourself enough time for
dust to settle.
Diplomacy is definitely signs of maturity –
I used to dream that I wanted to pen my thoughts on any single topic and come
up with a book. May be this is the topic which I should cash upon since I have
so much of contents to write. I am aware this is just a wish list but
nevertheless I am happy that I have gained some invaluable lessons which are
much more worth than writing my own book.
