Being a working mother myself, this blog is bound to be autobiographical. At the risk of talking only for myself, I write this with the hope of bringing together similar women, who want to bring
the best for their family, and to the organisation that they work for (in that order only, always,
with only an iota of difference between the two).
I have always been a conscientious student, not in the brilliant league, but studious enough to
take care of my grades, and later in life, a job that calls for a great deal of financial astuteness,
public money being at stake.
My first five years as a young banker placed from campus, had me gain a plethora of
experiences in the junior execution level. After my year's break when motherhood reckoned, I
was unsure of returning to a full fledged career which would entail spending many an extra hour
working with passion, in order to get the wonderful gratification of having given the best to your
job.
As an in-between solution, I finally took up something that I was already good at, and did not
need all the experience that I had. I thought I'd achieved this wonderful thing called 'worklife
balance' and felt very good about myself to have taken up something less taxing so I could go
home in time for my daughter's dinner. Right? Wrong.
Within a month into the job, I realized the fact that colleagues who were all from a similar
background, putting in equal time at work, are getting much more in terms of pay and visibility.
Why? Only because of my selfimposed thought that I can somehow only contribute lesser that
everyone else because I have a more important role beckoning every evening, which I would
trade nothing in the world for.
The last two years have proved to me, that I just need to put together the best of my skills in
terms of planning and executing, along with taking care of myself well, so that I can do the same
for all around. Everyone likes a sturdy, dependable person around who can be counted on. So
much so, that we as a clan do get irreplaceable. And who better than you as a role model for
your child, to teach them the essential life skills, of working with crystal clarity of making the
world a better place for them to live in.
I am thankful for this bent in my career, for giving me the time to reflect on that added objective,
because of which i now work better, to live better !
the best for their family, and to the organisation that they work for (in that order only, always,
with only an iota of difference between the two).
I have always been a conscientious student, not in the brilliant league, but studious enough to
take care of my grades, and later in life, a job that calls for a great deal of financial astuteness,
public money being at stake.
My first five years as a young banker placed from campus, had me gain a plethora of
experiences in the junior execution level. After my year's break when motherhood reckoned, I
was unsure of returning to a full fledged career which would entail spending many an extra hour
working with passion, in order to get the wonderful gratification of having given the best to your
job.
As an in-between solution, I finally took up something that I was already good at, and did not
need all the experience that I had. I thought I'd achieved this wonderful thing called 'worklife
balance' and felt very good about myself to have taken up something less taxing so I could go
home in time for my daughter's dinner. Right? Wrong.
Within a month into the job, I realized the fact that colleagues who were all from a similar
background, putting in equal time at work, are getting much more in terms of pay and visibility.
Why? Only because of my selfimposed thought that I can somehow only contribute lesser that
everyone else because I have a more important role beckoning every evening, which I would
trade nothing in the world for.
The last two years have proved to me, that I just need to put together the best of my skills in
terms of planning and executing, along with taking care of myself well, so that I can do the same
for all around. Everyone likes a sturdy, dependable person around who can be counted on. So
much so, that we as a clan do get irreplaceable. And who better than you as a role model for
your child, to teach them the essential life skills, of working with crystal clarity of making the
world a better place for them to live in.
I am thankful for this bent in my career, for giving me the time to reflect on that added objective,
because of which i now work better, to live better !
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