It is common for us to hear about an official who is seething with anger at his employees, but sometimes we find that the employee, like our friend “so-and-so,” is the one who leaves everyone in a state of astonishment.
His comfortable coolness does not mean procrastination, but rather an intelligent ability to manage the day, without turning the office into complete chaos.
Every morning, someone arrives smiling, carrying his cup of coffee, while the manager runs between meetings, receiving emails as if they were on fire.
His colleagues looked at him with looks of amazement and jealousy, while the printer made noises as if denouncing the overwhelming calmness of so-and-so.
As for the director, he sometimes sits at the edge of his desk, trying to understand the secret of this strange calm, and wonders: Is it possible that production is greater when silence prevails instead of screaming?
The director himself sometimes tries to provoke him, saying:
«So-and-so! The meeting started ten minutes ago!
Our friend simply replies:
“It became… and is present… and is accomplished.”
Things are going strangely quietly…
The strangest thing is that this calmness did not reduce his productivity, but rather increased it, and made the team notice that calmness and focus produced more than screaming and chaos.
And the irony? That so-and-so is the same person you see on the highway, walking in the left lane at 80, smiling and not caring about the looks of the world.
Then you see him in the supermarket standing in line without showing any boredom or restlessness, as if he was contemplating the philosophy of life between the shopping carts!
On World Mental Health Day, which falls on the 10th of October, let us remember that calm is a virtue, but when it exceeds its limit… it turns against it!
