Qacchua
CRAFT YOUR STORY.
ON YOUR OWN TERMS.
STEP BY STEP, FEROCIOUSLY!
We’ve all heard that story before. I had heard it as a young child growing up in India. The story of the “kharghosh” and the “qacchua”. The speedy Kharghosh challenged the slow Qacchua to a race. “Qacchua does not stand a chance”, they said. But on the day of the race, Kharghosh fell asleep, and it was Qacchua that won.
Kharghosh and Qacchua are just versions of us.
Kharghosh is impulsive and instinctive, while Qacchua is steady and deliberate. Kharghosh is in a rush to achieve and move on to the next best thing. Qacchua takes the time to think, to get the job done well, and then works on it some more. The loudmouth Kharghosh drowns out the deliberate Qacchua. It is tempting to be a Kharghosh. It is boring to be a Qacchua.
In the real world, things work differently.
No matter how you’ve heard the story, the impulsive Kharghosh burns out quickly, the reflective Qacchua always wins in the end.
STEP BY STEP. FEROCIOUSLY.
What is Qacchua?
Philosophy
Stories are important to us. Stories are what our grandparents and parents told us to make sense of the world. Stories are what leaders tell, and followers follow. Stories are what give us the confidence to face the world. When you meet a stranger, how else do you introduce yourself, but with a story?
Without that story, nothing makes sense.
For the longest time, my story started with my name and where I was from. If it was not a professional setting, maybe I would say I was married with kids. But almost always, within the first few sentences, my story shifted to what I did for a living. In other words, where I worked and what my job title was. And it went on and on about my professional accomplishments. I don’t think I was unique in this. We are conditioned such that what we do for a living is an ingrained part of our identity. People have their own names associated with an occupation. We cannot think of ourselves beyond our job.
I was more than just a “job”.
I was a son, a husband, a father, a brother, a leader, a friend, a member of the community. So many other stories that a single job could not define.
What is YOUR story?
Maybe you had it in your mind when you started out, and locked it somewhere safe, thinking you would check in once in a while. When was the last time you checked that story? Is it still the same, or are you someone more than that?
Or maybe your career is sorted. You are in that stellar job you always wanted, leading a bunch of people, but something is still missing?
The question is still the same - What is your story?
If you are here in search of a “career” coach who will get you your next job, I am afraid I am not the one. There are better "coaches" out there who will help you build a fancy AI-powered resume that will dazzle an AI-powered hiring filter. No worries, you need to do what you need to do.
But do ask yourself what does your story look like, and are you really living that story today. Then ask yourself if you are driving your story or someone else is. What happens if that someone else has a script in mind that has a role for you that’s different than what you had in mind.
If you just read this page and went, "Wait a minute! What is my story ?" then maybe it is time to take a step back, and craft your OWN story on your OWN terms?