On this Women’s Day, one of the newspapers covered letters
written by super achiever Moms to their daughters. One such letter was written
by Chanda Kochar, the CEO of ICICI Bank to her daughter who is doing a course
Engineering. The gist of the letter that motivated me to write this article is-
You have chosen a not
so popular field. Go ahead and do what you want to do. Don’t think of anyone or
anything and just do what you want.
A parent saying this
to a young child means-
- She has complete trust in the child
- She has full confidence in her upbringing
- The relationship is really strong.
- This also conveys that, irrespective of the outcome, we shall be there for you.
This shall make the
child highly responsible for her actions. She shall always respect and admire
her parent for giving her not just resources, but all the encouragement and
support that one needs to grow as a complete individual in life.
Now this is what I
call Empowerment. The parent is not just making the child empowered, but is
empowering the relationship too.
And this is true for
all our relationships-with spouse, child, parents, friends, co-workers &
bosses.
When our
relationships at workplace and home become so strong, we have mutual trust and
confidence, the place and the relationship becomes a source of happiness rather
than a cause of stress. We then look forward to being there and with those
people.
Let’s introspect and
find out if we are nurturing our relationships or avoiding confrontation/
communication.
Let us do our best to make our relations truly empowered.
