THE BEAUTY IN CONTRAST

 Life has two sides-the stern and lax. The contrast in life “A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance…” Ecclesiastes 4 to imagine that everybody has a serious side as well as a lax one. Moses Mukisa says “There is a call in every crisis” Ironic, huh?

 Jerry Komagum goes on to assert that within every school bully is a soft traumatized heart. The beauty of the contrast in life is that it cuts across all sectors. JP Morgan one of the men that built America stated that every business man, however rich, has a price! You just have to find it. Something he proved when he purchased “US Steel” from Andrew Carnegie at $480 million!

Oh! the beauty in the contrast of Life!

Let’s redirect our thoughts to a simple contrast of a teacher and a stand-up comedian (both noble professions). Guessing that you can distinctively tell which one is lax and the other serious, think about why you would rather spend thirty minutes listening to a comedian rather than a teacher. Simple, the comedian uses a satirical approach to bring forth a major point whereas the teacher does exactly the opposite. The former will in most cases tell a funny and hilarious story of a lady in a taxi and from this story one is able to learn a lot. In contrast, the latter normally uses an approach of the major issues before bringing in the satirical approach.

This acknowledges that every life issue is best addressed if attacked from beneath. From the basics, the simplicity, the lax bit in everything and then onto the complexities of life. Proponents argue that the best way to market a product is to relate with the customer on a personal level (depositing into their emotional account) before moving onto the complexities of the product.

Management similarly follows a similar principle. The ability to understand and address Human resource related issues is surely handicapped if we put the complexities at the fore front. There is need to understand them from the basics of their life onto the complexities of bettering their performance. Only when we make endeavors to understand what pertains the individual lives of our human resource and appreciate how they influence their performance will we be able to better their performance.

Master how to make contrast work in your favor!