Cockroach Theory- A beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai. Once Sundar Pichai has been into a restaurant. He ordered coffee and started observin...
Cockroach Theory- A beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai.
Once Sundar Pichai has been into a restaurant. He ordered coffee and started observing a bunch of ladies in front of him.
At the restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on one of the ladies in that group.
She started screaming out of fear.
With a panic-stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands desperately trying to get rid of the cockroach.
Her reaction was contagious, as everyone in her group also got panicky.
The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but ...it landed on another lady in the group.
Now, it was the turn of the other lady in the group to continue the drama.
The waiter rushed forward to their rescue.
In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter.
The waiter stood firm, composed himself and observed the behaviour of the cockroach on his shirt.
When he was confident enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and threw it out of the restaurant.
Sipping his coffee and watching the amusement, the antenna of his mind picked up a few thoughts and started wondering, was the cockroach responsible for their histrionic behaviour?
If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed?
He handled it near to perfection, without any chaos.
It is not the cockroach, but the inability of those people to handle the disturbance caused by the cockroach, that disturbed the ladies.
Then he realized that "it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.
It's not the traffic jams on the road that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbance caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.
More than the problem, it's my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life."
Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in a word, whatever are not our own actions.
Lessons learnt from the story:
I understood I should not react in life.
I should always respond.
The women reacted, whereas the waiter responded.
Reactions are always instinctive whereas responses are always well thought of.
A beautiful way to understand............LIFE.
A person who is happy is not because Everything is right in his Life. He is happy because his Attitude towards Everything in his Life is Right..!!
Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Next time you’re in a compromising situation, consider it an opportunity to grow this space.
(I do not own this image, thank Google Images)
Information Source: The cockroach story narrated by Google CEO Sundar Pichai
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