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Myself and my friend who lives in Switzerland were reliving the good old memories of our days, when we joined an Engineering giant as Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) in the previous millennium. The locus of our discussion was Gyaan Nugget # 3 given in Chapter 1. One memorable part of our training program was that we played the role of an assembly line worker for 4 weeks. We easily mingled with the blue collared workers, coming in shifts to get hands-on experience in assembling the excavator machines. During these 4 weeks, although we had our share of tough times as workers in many aspects, the entire role play was enjoyable. This was due to the fact that cognitively, we were always aware that we are the GETs (Actor) playing the temporary role of an assembly line worker. We clearly understood that the problems of the role do not affect the actor in any manner.
In life also, we are playing different roles like father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter and so on. We have to switch between the roles instantly, in many situations. We have to face many challenges and experiences in our lifetime. Reflect on the assembly line worker – GET analogy and self assess your skills as an actor in your various roles.
Create a distance between the actor and the role cognitively. Always remember that the problems of the role can be utilized by us to become the best actor/ actress. FRIDAY GYAAN is available in Amazon in both ebook and paperback versions – Visit Website http://www.authorshankar.com)
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