Need & Want
Need and Want.
Two simple terms yet defined in such a broad manner. I was first introduced to these two terms during my tertiary studies by my lecturer, which have since stuck to me till now. He always tells us to only buy what we need and not what we want...and that has led him to wear the same pair of trousers from the first day we met him till now (maybe.....). that gave a huge impact on all of us, including me, on the vast difference between the two and how it has led us in our decision making daily...God bless this man!
Lately, I came to see these two terms in a whole different light....in the form of persons...in an organization... people often don't view human resource as an asset, but they usually are...they are the hands that work the talk and the brains that generate ideas..... and it is down to these again..the kind of person you need in your team, and the kind of person you want in your team.
Words does not mean anything if it is not furnish with the actions to support it. We may say we want certain people on the team yet our actions may always seemed otherwise. Wanting and showing that you want them and working towards that want is three different things which clearly reflects the real "wanting" of the heart/organization. But it will differ if you need the person. You will go all out to secure that need to be included in your team. Because you acknowledge the need within and fulfill that need to gain satisfaction and completing the need of the team. But.....little do people know that a person who is wanted can turn into a person who is needed when the time is right...but sad to say, those who were wanted will always remain as a want and not a need because people fail to see the real light within.
I don't know if it is a privilege or a downtrodden curse that I am experiencing both sides of the spectrum. Being the person that is wanted and the person that is needed. Nevertheless, i look at it as a blessing in disguise. Only when you have encountered the worse will you truly appreciate the opposite when the time comes. and I am thankful enough for that. To know that I am not wanted or needed here anymore. The time is up. Just sit and relax...while i still can.
God bless us all. Amen.
Two simple terms yet defined in such a broad manner. I was first introduced to these two terms during my tertiary studies by my lecturer, which have since stuck to me till now. He always tells us to only buy what we need and not what we want...and that has led him to wear the same pair of trousers from the first day we met him till now (maybe.....). that gave a huge impact on all of us, including me, on the vast difference between the two and how it has led us in our decision making daily...God bless this man!
Lately, I came to see these two terms in a whole different light....in the form of persons...in an organization... people often don't view human resource as an asset, but they usually are...they are the hands that work the talk and the brains that generate ideas..... and it is down to these again..the kind of person you need in your team, and the kind of person you want in your team.
Words does not mean anything if it is not furnish with the actions to support it. We may say we want certain people on the team yet our actions may always seemed otherwise. Wanting and showing that you want them and working towards that want is three different things which clearly reflects the real "wanting" of the heart/organization. But it will differ if you need the person. You will go all out to secure that need to be included in your team. Because you acknowledge the need within and fulfill that need to gain satisfaction and completing the need of the team. But.....little do people know that a person who is wanted can turn into a person who is needed when the time is right...but sad to say, those who were wanted will always remain as a want and not a need because people fail to see the real light within.
I don't know if it is a privilege or a downtrodden curse that I am experiencing both sides of the spectrum. Being the person that is wanted and the person that is needed. Nevertheless, i look at it as a blessing in disguise. Only when you have encountered the worse will you truly appreciate the opposite when the time comes. and I am thankful enough for that. To know that I am not wanted or needed here anymore. The time is up. Just sit and relax...while i still can.
God bless us all. Amen.
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