Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it

Its seven years now that I am currently working with the same company and I have a friend of mine who has so far jumped thrice, while I have sharpened my leadership skills he has sharpened his communication skills... or perhaps the way he sells himself.

We happened to catch up after a long time and spoke in length, I happened to share with him an instance where last year I did not put in best of my efforts and during my yearly appraisal my performance rating was way beyond my expectation, and this year I worked extra time, I worked hard, I did a fantastic job, I was always a part of the solution and was able to resolve the toughest and complex issues, overcame conflicts and delivered the results and my performance rating was not upto my expectations…

In return he told me the following story which helped me understand “We do a great job… we need to communicate the same in a right way for people to understand”

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way."

I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."

Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

While we parted for the evening, he asked me when was the last time you updated your profile.. to look EFFECTIVE ... ?

Now let me ask the same question to all my readers… when was the last time you updated your CV .. to look EFFECTIVE ... ?