I have my reservations about the common conception that today (as of now) we are in the age of technology. I would say we are in the age of conceit, fraud, chicanery, deception, delusion, subterfuge, etcetera, etcetera.
Generally when we appear for interviews the most common question asked is our positives and negatives. When it comes to positives the spice added to our achievements takes them to a different level. The multiplying factor applied to them does not pose a true picture of our deservings.
But do we realize how concieted we are when it comes to negatives. As one of my friends (Bhagi) said we try to convince the interviewer on something that we have not been able to convince ourselves on (I hope you are getting what I mean). The very fact that we underplay our negatives and decorate our achievements, makes us guilty of not being true to ourselves forget about the rest.
Such sham and hollow character is what we sell.
It's not about only interviews but a fact in general. I know people who have used somebody else's hardwork as a ladder for their own success. And they are successful. If we say that everybody has to pay for his actions..... then I'm sorry to say but not everybody does, except for those who have worked hard, when their hardwork is conveyed* to the hardly working. And the hard workers do pay, rather bitterly, for working hard!! That is justice, isn't it? Well, that is exactly how fools should be treated. Who would be a dumb a@@ to work hard himself when there are ways to get credit without working urself.
Well, Forget about technology, it most certainly is the Age of Marketing (or Conceit)!!
Here I'm using the lawyer's meaning of convey.
(From dictionary.com)
con·vey Audio pronunciation of convey ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kn-v)
tr.v. con·veyed, con·vey·ing, con·veys
1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit: wires that convey electricity.
3. To communicate or make known; impart: “a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension” (Saki).
4. Law. To transfer ownership of or title to.
5. Archaic. To steal.
Generally when we appear for interviews the most common question asked is our positives and negatives. When it comes to positives the spice added to our achievements takes them to a different level. The multiplying factor applied to them does not pose a true picture of our deservings.
But do we realize how concieted we are when it comes to negatives. As one of my friends (Bhagi) said we try to convince the interviewer on something that we have not been able to convince ourselves on (I hope you are getting what I mean). The very fact that we underplay our negatives and decorate our achievements, makes us guilty of not being true to ourselves forget about the rest.
Such sham and hollow character is what we sell.
It's not about only interviews but a fact in general. I know people who have used somebody else's hardwork as a ladder for their own success. And they are successful. If we say that everybody has to pay for his actions..... then I'm sorry to say but not everybody does, except for those who have worked hard, when their hardwork is conveyed* to the hardly working. And the hard workers do pay, rather bitterly, for working hard!! That is justice, isn't it? Well, that is exactly how fools should be treated. Who would be a dumb a@@ to work hard himself when there are ways to get credit without working urself.
Well, Forget about technology, it most certainly is the Age of Marketing (or Conceit)!!
Here I'm using the lawyer's meaning of convey.
(From dictionary.com)
con·vey Audio pronunciation of convey ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kn-v)
tr.v. con·veyed, con·vey·ing, con·veys
1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit: wires that convey electricity.
3. To communicate or make known; impart: “a look intended to convey sympathetic comprehension” (Saki).
4. Law. To transfer ownership of or title to.
5. Archaic. To steal.
