An Indian based in Bangalore flew to Sweden for an important meeting at his head office. A colleague, a Swede, picked him up from his hotel and drove down to their office. They reached pretty early and found many vacant parking bays; however, the Swede went on to the farthest parking bay to park his car The Indian couldn’t hide his amazement at this seemingly ‘strange behaviour’ and asked him why he did that when many empty parking bays were available closer to the office building. Prompt came the response, “well, those are for people who may come in late for whatever reason, park quickly and reach office on time.”
*Culture and Maturity* What the Swede found normal seemed strange to another person who was not used to this empathetic behaviour. This is not about where you park your car. This is about empathy and carrying people along with you so that everyone wins Empathy is sadly lacking in many places – families, corporates and finally, the country. It doesn’t cost much to practice or lead with empathy, but we can make a big difference to people around us by doing so. Not only will we all be more productive, but we will be happier people. 🍁 Live a life that matters.. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/F1FACDC9-56AB-4B8C-B59C-AF03015456FB%40gmail.com.
