JAALAKAM - 21
(Window of 21st Century)

Whatever may be your gender, age or status
Open your window, look at the world outside
Not simply look at, observe closely
The realities of the 21st century.

A jobless world looms before us
Jobs are dying; works continue to live
We are in a dejobbed economy globally
Job famine is a harsh reality.

Computers have displaced clerks
Supervisory posts are becoming superfluous
Managers would be hired as "casual managers"
Job is becoming an unviable contract for employers.

Employer-employee relationship is vanishing
Client-supplier relationship is developing
World of business is globally interlocked
"Do a thing where it is economic to do it".

All men are not equal; they have different capabilities
 Pay according to performance
Focus on core competencies and outsource other works
Develop culture of high performance.

Tune yourself; flexibility is the 'Mantra'
The key is to think and act like an entrepreneur
Become your own master; you have to look after yourself
This is the answer to the menace of joblessness.

Narayana Murthy, Deshpande, Kanwal Rekhi, Rajinder Pawar
All have done this to become your role model
Technology has liberated 'work' from the clutches of 'jobs'
You can work without the medium of jobs.

People have needs; and needs create work
World population will always be on the increase
Ideas, not goods, are now the engines of economic growth
The fastest growing area will be "self-employment".

Distill your experiences; see what you are good at
You cannot slacken on your preparedness
Jobs will disappear; but plenty of work will be available
You can get adequate returns if you work.

These are a few of the unpleasant things to come
Take note of the signals; focus on your goals
You have to live life; actually breathe it, experience it
Generate new ideas; design your own career.

" Take up one idea, make that one idea your life-
Think it, dream of it, live on that idea-
Be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone
This is the way to success "