TGF - Thank God is Friday again

The last week have been hectic. The shutdown in the US Administration on 1st October sent jitters to the global market and luckily, the investors are matured to expect that the spell is going to be short. This calms the market but today , at day 4, the loggerhead is still on and things are getting abit more tense as the US$ continued its slide southwards. Business is getting tough and the mood of every management team is getting foul and sensitive. The patchy US economy really gets edgy as the shutdown sents thousands of people going home jobless. The sentiments in the US will get worst as the shutdown bites in. I was travelling with my colleague KF and he told me that he thankful today is Friday. He has been rushing to meet his business budget the whole of September 13 and things was not so well as his profit target was below his budget. He was under a lot of pressure but he still stood firm and try to keep his jovial mood. Working for people is to meet their KPI and if we failed to meet the target, then we have to face the music or the smacking and we have to swallow our ego when we are scolded. Everybody is the same and if we make errors when the business is no good, we will be fired !!! All the contributions and hardwork is forgetten if we failed to deliver only once. If we do 10 things and 9 things excellently but we make one mistake. Our boss will only look at that one mistake and it will wiped off the 9 good things that we have done. Why can't the bosses be more udnerstanding ? Now , I know why some people cannot work under employment and prefer to work for themselves. I think it is the same. Either you are working for one boss or if you are working for yourself, your customers are your bosses and it maybe even worst. Of course, when you are successful, you can choose your customers and can act a bit tough but in the beginning, it maybe worst. This sums up my feeling for the whole week. It is exhausting and heavey . Hope next week will better. Namaste