Monday, August 18, 2008

'Middle' Life Crisis

Being the middle person is no fun. But in life, that is ONE role that you can't escape. Like a house on fire, there'll be one guy who connects the hose to the hydrant. Another guy at the end of the hose. And the middle guy comes in if the hose broke into 2.

The guy at the hydrant called the shot. The middle guy will be all drenched and tired. The hero (or zero) is the guy who held the hose. The middle guy COULD turn around the situation and be the hero by pointing the broken hose to the burning house. But he'd be working with a shorter hose which could bring failure as well.

So there you go. Life.

You can see this everywhere. On the football pitch, in you family, in your organization, business, everywhere! So, the question is: which one is you?

My take is - anywhere but the 'middle' :-)

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