Thursday 20 September 2012

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Today I had I session with Snehal ma’am on Appreciative inquiry, this session was very different from any of my session I have attended so far. Usually every session talks about analyzing problems critically  in order to find the solutions. Today’s session teach me to appreciate things in order to find  solutions. By appreciating things in our life , we embrace  the goodness around us but  by critically analyzing them we make our life a  problem statement. Appreciative inquiry means focusing on the good side of a person while ignoring the negatives in him. Appreciative enquiry helps a person in evolving into a better human being. Appreciation creates positive energy which in turn construct an encouraging environment to work while a criticizing  approach creates negative energy and give birth to a discouraging environment. The best implication of this was understood by me with the ’Yes Game’ that we played in the class. In this game we were asked to say yes if a person is taking a right step towards the target but were asked to keep quiet when the person is deviating from the target, With these simple rules of the game we were only appreciating right things  and ignoring bad things. The result of this game was witnessed by me with the happiness and  goodness that got created in the class. The day ended with ‘Lord Ganesha Aarti’. The true symbol for appreciated inquiry. According to Indian mythology  once all  Gods competed among themselves to decide for the best god. The contest says the God who will finish the travel around the earth first will be considered the best. Lord Ganesh whose vehicle was rat, it was impossible for him to travel  on it, Lord Ganesha didn’t criticize anyone and but he made a use of appreciated inquiry, an arrive at solution of taking a travel around his parents.
Now I understand, life is not to crib about what we don’t have but to make the best use of what we have.

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