Art of Living
                                                    games people play to get their way
  A compendium of games which people play to get their way. Methods adopted, however, are, to say the least somewhat unusual. Strategies given are the excerpts of my interaction with cross – section of people from different social strata like employees, government and private, business men, students and so called local politicians, and of course, inspired from R K Laxman’s Cartoons on Indian Management, Rustom Davar’s book on Management, and from book "On the Way Up" by Tony Farnsworth. Now, the choice is yours to pick up the appropriate game.

 

Merchandising Technique

Quite often you will find yourself in a position where you can give what the other person wants. The technique or game here is to hold back what you can give, or to give it only in return for what you want. For example, as a child demanding from parents, as a teenager, as an employee etc. It’s a technique, which is practiced by all types of people.

 

Distinctive Technique

Secrets of success is being "noticed". This can be done by every one, even though he is unintelligent, void of personality, mediocre, uneducated and slow – witted? All that is required is to create an "image". Growing unusually long hair, changing dress habits and packaging technique can do this. Wear a stripes pant, and spectacles, which are bigger than your face. The greater the attention, the more dynamic personality image. Remember, tomorrow if you see someone across the road with unusual dressing, doesn’t think that he doesn’t have sense of dressing, that could be the one of the technique. Of course, this technique is quite often seen at gatherings like marriages, colleges and of course in offices on Fridays in the name of Friday dressing.

 

Packaging Technique

This is a part and parcel of the above technique. A product is identified in the market by its packaging and which creates an "image". In the same way, Doctor builds up his image, respect by giving appointment to half of his patients at the same time and rest of the patients after half an hour. Even with a grand total of eight patients for the evening, the impression created is that he has a large practice. You know, patients naturally have to wait and they must be "patient". That is why they are called as "patients".