Recently, I’m reading the book,”What they don’t teach in Harvard Business School”. I am not going to write the review on the book. But just want to relate my experience with a particular case in the book.
In the first chapter, the author is presenting “Golf-course Insight”. From the behaviour on the field, he explains the nature of the people. As I don’t understand much of the golf, I could not appreciate greatly about his observations. But I just want to do the same kind of study in my field of game. Mine is not an external one. It’s internal. It’s a card game, known as “Rummy” in the circle
About the game:
- Generally played by 6 to 8 People.
- Each game involves rounds of play and goes on till the last person remains in the game, while others get out of the game.
- Each game is played for 200 points. As one scores 200 or above, he exits the game as a loser. So, the objective of each round is scoring less or winning that round.
- Anyone can skip three rounds consecutively, if they feel the card is not good to get into the play. Score of 20 will be awarded for him for each skip.
- Every game involves some entry fee. That will be the prize money for the winner.
- If anyone gets out, he has the option of rejoining in the game, at the highest score of the remaining players; but he has to once again pay the entry fee.
Now, let us come to the point. What are the common behaviors?
Organizing the card on the hands:
- Everyone organizes 13 cards on their hand. Organizing the cards conveys a lot of message about their off-court behaviour also. Some people will hold the cards firmly. Some people hold the cards loosely and spend most of their time in interchanging their cards frequently between places. This behaviour directly relates to the level of confidence in the game and also in their attempts in life.
Body Language:
- Observing others body language is one of the necessary techniques to win the game. Because it gets information about the other’s cards. Some people will not communicate anything with their body language. Their body language will be the same what ever may be their position on the game. They look same whether they are winning or losing. These guys are very closed in nature; one can’t get much information about them unless they purposefully do it. They are very confident and convinced of what they are doing.
- On the other hand, some people will communicate a lot with their body language. It’s their nature. They couldn’t help it. Sometime the way they keep the cards reveals their position on the game. The common indication is talking during the game and the ray of happiness over their face. They don’t talk in tension. Tension comes whenever the points on the hand are higher. These guys are open in nature. They reveal their strength and weakness easily.
- Opposite to the reveal of body language, some reads it and take advantage of the positions. These guys are good in observation.
Time to release the card:
- In every move, one has to pick a card from the bundle and release one card to the bundle. The guys with better calculative mind release the cards very quickly. They are quick in calculating how a new card changes their position and the options of winning. These guys are analytical in nature.
Play/Skip:
- Some guys play only when they get safe cards on hand. They don’t take any risk in the game and skip the rounds, if the cards are not good. They have some criteria like minimum one joker and rummy. We could see that most of the time, these guys skipping the game instead of playing it. These kinds of guys are very patient enough to try anything new. Generally, they tend to accept the normal behaviour.
Rejoining:
- Some guys rejoin the game, even if the get out quickly. By rejoining they increase their stake in the game. But they one more chance to win the game. These guys are high risk takers. They try anything till last. They are persuasive in their attempts.
So, the list goes on like this. Hmm.. .I tried to observe the people. First lesson in the book.
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