It is so funny. Several years ago I wrote a blog called, “The Rupee Mentality.” And then I wrote another blog with the same title recently. I’m not sure why I came up with the same idea twice, but I understand that is quite common in article writing.
My original article
The one I wrote many years ago did poorly. It was about my own personal battle with thinking small. Nobody wants to read about thinking small, especially not my personal small thoughts. People want to read about someone who had a great idea and turned it into something big. Although this article examined thinking small vs. being sensible, it missed the bigger picture. Saving every penny and being a miser will leave you with very little in the end. On a brighter note, making sensible decisions and paying for good employees will help you be more successful. But, how do you become a huge success?
My second article
The second time around I wrote about small-mindedness on the part of outsourcing managers and how annoying that is. I wrote about how managers hire cheap employees that can’t even function and how stupid that is. I don’t see how businesses with incompetent fools for employees even survive, but they do. I interview dozens of companies in India and turn them all down because I talk to their lowest level workers who can barely talk, let alone work.
My thinking about business has evolved.
Looking back at my 2010 rupee mentality article, I realize how much I have changed in the last few years. I used to be very cost conscious while now I think more about the quality and reliability of the work being done with price being a secondary consideration. In India, they have not evolved to this point yet. Maybe one day they will wake up and get it. India is so backwards in so many other ways, that thinking about quality before money is the last of their concerns. Just being able to function would be a welcomed change. Putting other people’s functionality aside, I just wonder where my thinking will be in another four years when I will probably reuse this blog title a third time!
What about a huge success?
In India, ten million rupees is called a “crore.” Maybe I should write something called “The Crore Mentality.” To be successful in a huge way, you often need to either reinvent efficiency to a masterful level, or reinvent the wheel. You need to find a completely revolutionary way of doing something currently done, or invent something new that people will need. With or without great ideas, you also need great workers. Companies like Google understand corporate culture. They understand the proper breeding conditions for innovation. They understand how to attract live-wired people. Google seems to be the opposite of people with the rupee mentality as they create super-function! I guess, when you are having a brain-storming session about business, ask yourself if that thought will make you a huge success. And if you are thinking of hiring someone, ask yourself if that person is going to drive your company to stardom. That is the difference between the crore mentality, the responsible mentality, and the rupee mentality. You cannot become a huge success unless you reprogram the way you think! So throw away your thoughts of rupees this instant and start thinking on a galactic scale.
A final thought
Putting aside how much better my short 2015 Rupee Mentality article is, the Rupee has devaluated a lot since I wrote the earlier article back in 2010. In any case, you can read both and see which one is better and why. Personally, I feel the 2015 article is much better because I no longer had the Rupee Mentality when I wrote it. Perhaps I should really think and write a much longer and comprehensive article about this psychological phenomenon!
The Rupee Mentality 2010
http://bpo.123outsource.net/2010/08/14/the-rupee-mentality/
The Rupee Mentality 2015
http://bpo.123outsource.net/2015/07/07/the-rupee-mentality-2/
The Rupee Mentality 2019
I have no idea what that one will be about, but I guarantee you it will blow you away!