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This is a story of a person (Arun-name changed) who was working with me some years back.

He was with our company as an office assistant, since his qualifications never attracted better jobs.

Our company was into Web Design & Development, animation, graphics etc. We had a team of designers, but drawing skills were limited.

Once we got an animation project. We required having some birds for the project, we thought of having the pictures from internet, but could not succeed to have a better one.

Suddenly, one came with an idea, he said Arun used to draw, he has skill. We approached Arun, he said would try. Ultimately, we got what we were looking for.

The project went smoothly, client was so happy.

Later on Arun tried to learn computer skills. He started learning Photoshop, Flash in his free time. The design team helped him.

Now after 5 years, he is a well paid designer with an MNC. Well versed in Photoshop, Flash, Flash Action Scripting and CSS.

When I got this information, I was thinking if he did not have an opportunity, he would have been in the same position with that company or some other. But he took the pain to learn and succeeded.

I always tell my colleagues to identify each person’s extra capacities, abilities and utilize. In that manner we are utilizing their capacity and giving him/her an opportunity to understand hidden qualities.

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