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Let’s Declare a War! -By Madan Lamsal Annual General Meetings of different associations get a very good coverage in the media, because such meetings are also accompanied by fightings going on among the members (or factions of the members) for different positions in the association. The new executive committee of the Association of Pharmaceutical Producers of Nepal was formed only after a lengthy wrangling among the contenders. The election in the Garment Association of Nepal was like the general election in the country in which the candidates have to carry out extensive electioneering tour trying to win the favour of the voters. All the three candidates for the position of the president were sweating busy wooing the members. The election a few months ago for the executive committee of Nepal Foreign Trade Associations had reminded the election for Nepali Congress party’s central working committee. It was only after an almost one week long struggle that the mediators could convince the other candidates to withdraw their candidacy. These are only a few examples. There is always a kind of war in the meetings of the country’s trade and industrial associations. And everybody is aware of the mega war within FNCCI during the elections for its executive committee. Many people grumble that this is a political malaise that has gripped the business community, which will further decrease the overall national productivity. But I ask, why be so negative? I think people should develop a positive attitude towards these things. Look at it from De Bono Principle. Fighting among the members brings about a healthy trend of competition. In this age of globalization, we should not be afraid of competition. Therefore, it is good for FNCCI that two of its four vice presidents are hardly in speaking terms with each other. Why waste time gossiping? Better spend the time fighting. Your muscles will be stronger by fighting. We the Nepalis belong to a community that is famous as the warrior community. Our ancestors have fought great wars. If we stop fighting, we will lose this glorious identity of Bir Gorkhali? Recall the six hats theory of Dr. De Bono. You have to change yourselves according to the situation. It means that if you can fight you have to fight. What is the harm in fighting? When you fight you either win or not win, but you will lose nothing. This is how you have to look at the positive aspects of the thing. There are many advantages of fighting, especially when you are in an association. If you win you may get an opportunity to visit the foreign countries as the leader of the delegation of your respective business sector or as a member of the prime minister or minister’s entourage. You will be meeting frequently with those ministers and secretaries of the government with whom you normally have a very hard time getting an appointment in connection with your business. Journalists will take your interviews. Your self-esteem goes so high that when you start addressing a public forum you feel like you are Sir Winston Churchill himself standing at the rostrum. A number of benefits will accrue to your business. After all, the associations are formed to provide benefits to its members. The benefits should logically start accruing first to yourself. The members can wait. Therefore, it is very wise to fight your might to get a berth in the association’s executive committee. It is a fighting age. Today everybody is fighting - one generation is fighting against the other generation, one association is fighting against the other association, one community is fighting against the other community, and one country is fighting against the other country. Then why should you lag behind? Let’s declare a war on ourselves! |
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