It was disaster waiting to happen. I got over-ambitious and tried to prepare 4 dishes simultaneously today. Trying to juggle the brinjal subji and the broccoli saute that was on fire, I dropped the mustard seed bottle and spent half an hour cleaning up the kitchen floor.
No doubt cooking teaches best the skill of multi-tasking under severe time pressure - and also helps understand one's own strengths and limits. Not surprisingly, in my experience, women usually tend to be better managers - their multi-tasking skills tend to be fine-honed due to their greater exposure to cooking at home. And I mean no disrespect to male managers, some of whom are also very good at cooking.
Which brings me to the other point - it suddenly dawned on me today as to why the worst couple of managers I have ever encountered also happened - paradoxically enough - to be women. On hind-sight it is easy to explain - I know for a fact that both of them hated cooking.
No doubt cooking teaches best the skill of multi-tasking under severe time pressure - and also helps understand one's own strengths and limits. Not surprisingly, in my experience, women usually tend to be better managers - their multi-tasking skills tend to be fine-honed due to their greater exposure to cooking at home. And I mean no disrespect to male managers, some of whom are also very good at cooking.
Which brings me to the other point - it suddenly dawned on me today as to why the worst couple of managers I have ever encountered also happened - paradoxically enough - to be women. On hind-sight it is easy to explain - I know for a fact that both of them hated cooking.
2 comments:
=) good one aanu! :)
Can't wait to eat the feast you are cooking up :P
- Anupa
Ummm.....interesting.
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