The Peter Principle, from what I understand, is related to the Law of Averages...that everything comes to the average over a period of time. While statistically correct, it needs to be understood in the context of life and not as dry science or maths. Can we take it that someone playing a game, for example, after an initial brilliance (or abject failure) will eventually become an average player? If that is so, then how can one explain those sportsmen who just keep achieving records or going on an unstoppable winning streak, like Roger Federer or Sachin Tendulkar or Bruce Lee etc., to name a few? Saurav Ganguly, the ex-Indian captain, was playing along with Tendulkar for the most part and since they were 2 greats, there was obviously a rivalry. Ganguly was molded to be a captain while Tendulkar, a batsman. When the selectors found that Ganguly was past his prime and there were a lot of youngsters standing on the queue to be in the team, they gave the signals asking him to retire. And he did so and thankfully for him, the Indian Premier League just got started and he became a part of it. Now, when age was catching up with Tendulkar too, an interviewer put the question to Ganguly on why unlike him, others were getting preferential treatment. He replied that there was bias in the selection committee. But a fact of the matter is that Tendulkar came in at the age of 16 and so if he had stayed long, it was because of this reason. A little later Tendulkar went and smashed quite many centuries and commentators just said that age had no effect on Tendulkar and he was playing like how he did 2 decades back. Not only this, he went on to become the first and only cricketer to score 200 runs in a match. This time, when Ganguly was asked what he thought about the 200 runs, he said that he always knew that Tendulkar could do it. While this is going on, Tendulkar also got his team, the Mumbai Indians, to the final of IPL and so his backers retained him in the squad for the next season while Ganguly's backers just dropped him not giving any respect for the brand value that went along with his name as the past Indian cricket captain. I care neither for Tendulkar nor Ganguly...if anything, I liked Ganguly a little better than Tendulkar because Tendulkar was too rude back then. When Tendulkar said in a commercial that after playing long, he has learnt that he is a competition to himself, I attributed it to arrogance but in truth, it was just that he was creating a bench-mark for himself and trying to reach it everyday. Just because I support Tendulkar now, it doesn't mean that I haven't had or still have a Ganguly in me. These are universal thoughts and feelings that is there in everyone, you, me, Tendulkar, Ganguly etc. There is no point in crying over the other person going up because everyone is made uniquely and expecting everyone, including oneself, to settle for an average using the Peter Principle as a support is nonsense. The Peter Principle still holds in the sense that as everyone reaches the top, each has an aspect in which he or she is uniquely the best where the rest are averages...like master of one trade and jack of many. For example, a Peacock or Koel or Sparrow all share many average features but still perfect in their own unique way.
Over here, Peteru is a colloquial word when someone puts on a front or acts like a bigshot, a slang for passion, whether the person has weight or not. Its' both used as teasing among friends as well as for saying something nasty behind another's back. It comes from the western style and attitude we have from the time the Britishers were here which was then taken over by the Americans.
Peter Pan is the character who is an adult physically but still has the mindset of an adolescent or youth or teenager. A state of growing up or evolution.
Peter England is a brand name of a shirt in India. Their slogan is...Peter England - The Honest Shirt. I like and buy them because they are reasonably prized and of a quality that I can go along with (unlike the others which come at higher cost and a supposedly higher quality).The funny thing is...it's factory or company has no link with any business houses in England...it's as if the name has just been shrewdly branded. It's a smart move because it's a western outfit and the name is quite common. It seems to be an evolved state since the brand did make a good impact when it was launched and I guess it has made profits.
So why I have combined the 4 into 1? To me, it looks like these 4 are a natural progression (though I'm not sure about the order) from Tamas to Rajas to Sattva and finally transcending all these.
Over here, Peteru is a colloquial word when someone puts on a front or acts like a bigshot, a slang for passion, whether the person has weight or not. Its' both used as teasing among friends as well as for saying something nasty behind another's back. It comes from the western style and attitude we have from the time the Britishers were here which was then taken over by the Americans.
Peter Pan is the character who is an adult physically but still has the mindset of an adolescent or youth or teenager. A state of growing up or evolution.
Peter England is a brand name of a shirt in India. Their slogan is...Peter England - The Honest Shirt. I like and buy them because they are reasonably prized and of a quality that I can go along with (unlike the others which come at higher cost and a supposedly higher quality).The funny thing is...it's factory or company has no link with any business houses in England...it's as if the name has just been shrewdly branded. It's a smart move because it's a western outfit and the name is quite common. It seems to be an evolved state since the brand did make a good impact when it was launched and I guess it has made profits.
So why I have combined the 4 into 1? To me, it looks like these 4 are a natural progression (though I'm not sure about the order) from Tamas to Rajas to Sattva and finally transcending all these.
