Theory
We have a great feeling that quality management systems should be in place with
respect to business units and organizations. The quality management systems are
expected to improve these organizations on a continuous scale. Preserving
documents, streamlining process, gearing up activities for results, conducting
audits and managing for noncompliance are often buzzwords for execution in
organizations which really care for quality management systems.
Well, let us try and find out as to whether the quality management systems have
applicability in our personal life.
1. Benchmarking.
Identify the key responsibility areas of your life and set benchmark
for each of the activities. Say for example, you want to improve your
mathematics, set a benchmark of scoring above 90% as improvement.
Ensure that every aspects pertaining to your key areas for improvement are
bench marked.
2. Measure.
Keep on measuring your performance, quantitatively and
qualitatively and find out whether you perform beyond your benchmark.
Measure your performance, enhance your benchmark, and improve
continuously. Remember, only that thing that get measured, gets improved.
3. Check lists
Checklists help to provide a snapshot of key tasks, which in turn
serves as a reminder of goals to meet through the completion of such tasks.
Check lists helps us to get things organised and visible, ensuring a quality
day, week and month.
4. Lean management
Cut down your unproductive time, un-needed products, to cut costs
and wastes and bring in effectiveness, even when you are at home.
5. Audits
Do audits to know your strengths and weakness on a plethora of
aspects at home, so that you realign and balance.
6. Document control.
Have the entire important document stored in e- format. Make use of
e- lockers, drop box and Google drive for this purpose. Continue your
updates in this on a regular basis for safety and security of your documents.
Generally, the quality of life is determined by the following factors.
1. Material living conditions
2. Productivity or the main activity.
3. Health
4. Education
5. Economic security and physical safety.
6. Leisure and social interactions.
7. Natural and Living environment
8. Governance and basic rights.
9. Overall experience of life lived through principles and values.
Story
Four college friends Arun, Karthik, Sameer, and Jojo were known across
campus as “The Fantastic Four.”Not because they were brilliant…
but because they were fantastically confident about escaping every crisis through
last-minute magic.
The night before their toughest exam — Applied Mechanics — they decided to
“study together.”In college language, that meant: chai, samosas, endless gossip,
and a movie marathon. Books were opened exactly twice, once to check the
syllabus…and once to keep the laptop at the right height.
By the time they realized it was 3:00 AM, their combined syllabus coverage was
0% and their confidence was 110%. “Tomorrow we’ll handle it,” Arun said
heroically, as if he were saving the planet.
Morning came and reality hit harder than the previous night’s samosa. So they
devised a brilliant plan worthy of a Netflix heist thriller. They rolled around in dirt,
smeared grease on their faces, tore their shirts slightly, and walked to the Dean’s
office with expressions of tragic nobility.“Sir,” Jojo began dramatically, “we went
for a wedding last night… and while returning, our car’s tire burst!”“We pushed it
for 12 kilometers!” Arun added, as if narrating a war story. “We are mentally and
physically exhausted,” said Sameer, conveniently forgetting that he had eaten a
plate of biriyani at 2:00 AM. The Dean, a calm man who had seen 30 batches of
students attempt creative fiction, looked at them kindly.“Alright,” he said, “I will
give you a re-test, three days from now.”The four heroes almost cried with
happiness.
For three days, they studied seriously, for the first time since the invention of the
internet. They memorized formulas, solved problems, revised diagrams, and felt
ready to conquer the universe. “We’ll all get distinction!” Karthik announced
confidently, however life smiled silently.
They arrived for the re-test with polished shoes, fresh clothes, and the confidence
of four people who had finally taken life seriously for once. The Dean welcomed
them with a smile. “Since this is a special test,” he said, “Each of you will sit in a
separate classroom.”“No problem, sir!” they said in harmony. After all, they had
studied so well. Each sat down, opened the question paper…and froze.
There were only two questions.
Question 1:
Your Name?
They proudly wrote their names in handwriting so neat that even their parents
wouldn’t recognize it.
Question 2:
Which tire burst?
(100 points)
(a) Front Left
(b) Front Right
(c) Back Left
(d) Back Right
Suddenly, all four felt the same symptom: Heart slipped to stomach, brain exited body and sweat became waterfall. None of them…had discussed the tire. In four separate rooms, four geniuses stared into destiny. Arun thought, “Front left sounds good.”Karthik thought, “Maybe front right?”Sameer thought, “Back left sounds believable.”Jojo thought, “Burst tire means back side… I guess.”And in that moment, they realized something that no textbook had ever taught them:
Learning
Quality of life is not measured by how smart we pretend to be,
but by how honestly we live, prepare, and show up. Life keeps giving us “quality
tests” —not in exam halls, but in moments that reveal our sincerity. Every choice
we make, every promise we keep or break, every shortcut we take, every excuse
we create , writes the story of our life quality. Quality management is not about
perfection.
It is about:
✔ Integrity when no one watches
✔ Preparation when no one reminds us
✔ Consistency when no one praises us
✔ Responsibility when excuses are easy
Life’s biggest marks are not for “Name?” but for “Which tire burst? , the questions
that test our truth, discipline, and character. In the end, success belongs not to
the cleverest, but to the most consistent.
Activity
List out the set of activities you would initiate to bring in quality management in
life.
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Quote
“To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.”– Winston Churchill.
Takeaways
1. Quality management is applicable in our personal life also.
2. We can adopt the 6 point strategy to bring in quality management in our
life.