Gift of the gab for the cab

I have been thinking about doing a MBA for quite sometime now. All brochures for MBAs would normally have the same line about how they would create a world class manager out of you. However this was something I never understood. Is it possible to make a world class manager out of someone who doesn't want to open up to people or someone who doesn't have the gift of the gab. Since long I had always doubted myself, on how effective I would be if I were to manage a team. However all my inhibitions thrashed by one experience. I am a rash driver. Believe me that's an understatement. I have banged my Alto(no pun intended) half a dozen times in past 18 months. Although the Pune roads and public have to take some part of the blame, I can't escape from the fact that I am a hopeless driver. After banging my car the last time in April, I decided that this was enough and I am no longer driving my car on a regular basis. So I started going to office by rickshaw. Manyatimes I would walk down from office. After all I loved walking and 9 kms wasn't much for me. The walk down through the army camp was lovely in the evenings, only till the rains came. The rains threw me offtrack. I had to look for other options. I decided to start a cab service from Wanawadi to Kalyani Nagar. I did find a good number of people interested for this route but just interested. It wasn't as easy as I thought. People committing and then backtracking, everyone has their own issues and ofcourse the timings had to be settled. I had to counsel each person individually to solve their problems. Also sometimes had to make the difficult decision to say "no" to people. The toughest part for me was to create a feeling of trust in people who didn't know me at all. Rather I had to make myself believe that these people will trust me. In short, I had to make full use of my gift of the gab which I felt I never had. I am human, I make mistakes in judgment!
Managing all this for 3 weeks was some task but when we finally started the van I felt I had accomplished something. My first task as a manager was done. Now I will have to see to it that this cab keeps running smoothly and we move on to a better option. A smooth transition. Doesn't this sound so familiar. Well, this experience has helped me get over my complex, so are you thinking of starting a cab!