Being at work is one thing but being able to R.O.C.K. is a different ball game!
As a former rock musician, Jonathan Sequeira connects how similar being on stage performing in front of an audience is to working in a regular corporate or office setting.
Every day work place scenes such as joining a new place or starting a new project, fitting in, arguments, frustrations and conflicts, being motivated, adapting to change, are so similar to the varied experiences of performing in a rock band!
Whether you are fresh out of college, moving onto a new project or having a change of career late in your life, this book makes you question your impact in giving it your all to whatever you do!
When you join a new place, you tend to like certain things; then there are other things that make you want to quit; your first successful project gets you laurels that make you want to stay with the company forever; you have arguments at work that make you want to plot revenge (half the time, those arguments happen in your head); you work long hours not knowing when to stop; or how to and the list goes on! You rarely know what to do in certain situations at work simply because your years of education did not equip you!
Before you know it, you’ve grown to a level where you have a fancy leadership title and you’re now managing people. The little things still irk you and there are times you wonder if you would have been happier had you made different choices. But there you are now, with a company or job that you don’t see yourself quitting, working with team mates you find difficult to be around with and the daily fire-fighting that comes withworking in a toxic environment. You find yourself plateauing.This book uses the analogy between being in a rock band and an everyday workplace because this former rocker-writer finds it so similar!
This book is a guide to help you understand how demanding a work environment can be, how to adapt to it and understand that both work and play are intertwined in the fabric of life.This book and the R.O.C.K. Principles mentioned in it are open to those about to take up their first jobs,those thinking of leaving behind a frustrating job for a change of destiny, those who have had a life-long career and where everyone else thinks that it’s time to leave the building, but you know you are just getting started. This book is for those who wish to be a rolling stone that gathers no moss.
Jonathan Sequeira is the Co-founder of Yomorebi Hospitality Consulting LLP, a Hospitality Solutions and Leadership Development firm based in Goa, India. After almost a decade working towards people development with the 5 star hotel industry in India, Jonathan now coaches and develops people across a spectrum of fields from hospitality, corporates, colleges, entertainment and the armed forces. He speaks at various organizations on topics of self-development and positivity. Jonathan is also a faculty of Learning and Development and Soft Skills at various colleges in Goa and beats the sun daily followed by a generous dose of prayer, exercise, meditation and reading. He can be reached at jonathan@yomorebi.com
