when you are young, most of the passion is all heart.
And ever muscle and bone in your body would be telling you that is what you have been cut out for....
with time you begin to realise that your are just not cut out for it.
you are not built for it, or you have an infirmity or deficiency to see that passion through...
realising and accepting that you are deficient in that passion is hard to accept....
I think what you love is not necessarily what you are going to be good at.....
And this is very difficult to accept.....
But once you begin to realise this aspect of life....that is when you begin to take matters of heart and passion with a pinch of salt....
The crux of this insight is that you may not be necessarily be good at what you love.
But if ever you find out what you are good at....and you will fall in love with it.
That, what you are good at will always be a cut above the rest.....
It will have its unique design that always renders your niche.....
most of us somehow get lost in the passion and love and heart.....that we fail to recognise if we are good at it.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
the fair share
though we have motivation and passion for a good thing, these emotions alone do not get us the good thing.
this is generally how we look at in a professional set up, we always hope that our efforts and emotions will reward us in direct proportion in vying for a prospective business deal.
What we miss is that our emotion though aimed at acquiring that prospect in reality should be used as an aid, to know and recognise the prospect and its expectations.
In contrast we usually get blinded by emotion alone, we get misled into believing the prospect as a potential.
over a period of time, perhaps experience bestows the ability to identify the prospect from the potential.... knowing that we can close the deal on this one or just walk away.
We do feel steadfast with time....it is not always running after every rabbit that we can find......
Though the most we expect is to acquire the prospect I feel with time and experience I am more inclined to think that the least that we should expect is that life is fair and life offers its fair share to all with time.
We just give it our best shot and that is about as far we can go.....
this is generally how we look at in a professional set up, we always hope that our efforts and emotions will reward us in direct proportion in vying for a prospective business deal.
What we miss is that our emotion though aimed at acquiring that prospect in reality should be used as an aid, to know and recognise the prospect and its expectations.
In contrast we usually get blinded by emotion alone, we get misled into believing the prospect as a potential.
over a period of time, perhaps experience bestows the ability to identify the prospect from the potential.... knowing that we can close the deal on this one or just walk away.
We do feel steadfast with time....it is not always running after every rabbit that we can find......
Though the most we expect is to acquire the prospect I feel with time and experience I am more inclined to think that the least that we should expect is that life is fair and life offers its fair share to all with time.
We just give it our best shot and that is about as far we can go.....
smoker research
An average smoker tries to quit nine times, not even dieting has that high a failure rate.
what gets me thinking is that an average smoker tries harder to quit smoking perhaps more than anything else he would have ever tried so hard - not even dieting comes close.
which can lead on to infer that if we have a smoker who is trying to diet, and he was given one wish of success by his fairy godmother the smoker would choose to quit smoking than be a success at dieting.
I mean he rather be a couple of pounds heavier and not smoke....rather than be cool and smoke.
for me that is startling.....
Its startling because most smokers take up the habit to look cool.
mind you to look cool......
they take up the habit to look cool...
but when it comes to losing the habit, the smoker does not mind looking out of shape, perhaps less cool.....
what gets me thinking is that an average smoker tries harder to quit smoking perhaps more than anything else he would have ever tried so hard - not even dieting comes close.
which can lead on to infer that if we have a smoker who is trying to diet, and he was given one wish of success by his fairy godmother the smoker would choose to quit smoking than be a success at dieting.
I mean he rather be a couple of pounds heavier and not smoke....rather than be cool and smoke.
for me that is startling.....
Its startling because most smokers take up the habit to look cool.
mind you to look cool......
they take up the habit to look cool...
but when it comes to losing the habit, the smoker does not mind looking out of shape, perhaps less cool.....
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
criticism yields the truth
to know somebody's truthful opinion about a product or a place of work or anything that could be pertaining at that matter - it becomes important to phrase the question in the right manner rather it would be preferable to phrase the question negatively.
Instead of asking how do you like this product or what you want in this product - it would be more commensurate to ask what you 'dislike' in the product.
What you like makes you comfortable...and what you are comfortable with...you accept...you learn to bear with that comfort....but you would more than prefer not to have any discomfort ...and it is the discomfort that makes you think or render a solution or the truth about the predicament.
Simply because the pointers for improvement come from what one dislikes in that product....seldom if ever can an improvement be yielded from a positive feedback, I mean how can you improve upon a positive feedback. There isn't much to do for an already content consumer...if he is content he will come back....the key is to get the disgruntled consumer.....
It is the criticism that yields the truth - the substance to base an improvement upon.
much more than anything which is kind of ironic when you come to think of it......negativity yields an improvement .....while positivity.....yields acceptance to the status quo.
Now the question is what is the real deal about positive thinking.....and why do we have a host of books touting positivity......
when it is negativity that actually yields areas of improvement....
Instead of asking how do you like this product or what you want in this product - it would be more commensurate to ask what you 'dislike' in the product.
What you like makes you comfortable...and what you are comfortable with...you accept...you learn to bear with that comfort....but you would more than prefer not to have any discomfort ...and it is the discomfort that makes you think or render a solution or the truth about the predicament.
Simply because the pointers for improvement come from what one dislikes in that product....seldom if ever can an improvement be yielded from a positive feedback, I mean how can you improve upon a positive feedback. There isn't much to do for an already content consumer...if he is content he will come back....the key is to get the disgruntled consumer.....
It is the criticism that yields the truth - the substance to base an improvement upon.
much more than anything which is kind of ironic when you come to think of it......negativity yields an improvement .....while positivity.....yields acceptance to the status quo.
Now the question is what is the real deal about positive thinking.....and why do we have a host of books touting positivity......
when it is negativity that actually yields areas of improvement....
to be successful
the obvious things is most people want to successful.
the next obvious thing is to be successful you need to have a success.
the next to next obvious thing is that to have a success you need to have worked on a successful endeavour.
the darnedest thing, is how would you know if that endeavour would turn into a success!
another way of saying this in advertising parlance:
the only advertising that works is the one consumers have noticed and remembered.
the darnedest things again would be you don't know which one would be noticed and remembered.
the next obvious thing is to be successful you need to have a success.
the next to next obvious thing is that to have a success you need to have worked on a successful endeavour.
the darnedest thing, is how would you know if that endeavour would turn into a success!
another way of saying this in advertising parlance:
the only advertising that works is the one consumers have noticed and remembered.
the darnedest things again would be you don't know which one would be noticed and remembered.
insights and ideas
is an idea an insight or is an insight an idea.
more than anything an insight states a truth that alters the way we live or the way we see the world. We begin to see things in a whole new light.
I guess ideas on the other hand are generated more often, I can't think of an idea as life altering or world changing.....some do create a paradigm shift but then those would be insights....than ideas.....
A single insight can bring about a tidal wave of ideas that can bring that insight to life....
An insight would require a logical persuasion and an element of emotion.
If you can get the other guy to buy into your logic ...you crossed the bridge halfway...
The other half is getting the other person to think.....hey that's me you are talking about...hey that is so familiar.....hey that is my life or at least one that I wish for....hey I feel that emotion....crying, laughing, joy ....it just needs to be emotive, endearing and personal.
The question of implementing the insight is one...
The question of getting the insight is another....
more than anything an insight states a truth that alters the way we live or the way we see the world. We begin to see things in a whole new light.
I guess ideas on the other hand are generated more often, I can't think of an idea as life altering or world changing.....some do create a paradigm shift but then those would be insights....than ideas.....
A single insight can bring about a tidal wave of ideas that can bring that insight to life....
An insight would require a logical persuasion and an element of emotion.
If you can get the other guy to buy into your logic ...you crossed the bridge halfway...
The other half is getting the other person to think.....hey that's me you are talking about...hey that is so familiar.....hey that is my life or at least one that I wish for....hey I feel that emotion....crying, laughing, joy ....it just needs to be emotive, endearing and personal.
The question of implementing the insight is one...
The question of getting the insight is another....
the marketplace
the marketplace is a smorgasbord of opinions. The foundation of this smorgasbord are a paradox in themselves.
At one end we have the democratizing urge that all humans are equal, that you are no better than John Doe whom you meet, interact with, are neighbours with, play with et al.
At the other end, we have this competitive edge that marks us to think of us as different individuals, each with her/his own individuality, each created uniquely, each made for an activity, the activity itself having an hierarchy much in contrast to a democratic approach.
We are all out here trying to polish our selves a niche above the rest at the same time we also subscribe to a democratizing thought of existence. We are a paradox in ourselves. I mean if we are all equal why are we trying to be a cut above the rest.
We say we are all equal, we have equal opportunities, equal rights but we have to elect one leader, we have that one vote.
If we are all equal what would be the need to elect one above all to lord over us, and we do this wilfully ...mind you!
We think in paradoxes and we live in a paradox, and we are being educated in a paradox.....
At one end we have the democratizing urge that all humans are equal, that you are no better than John Doe whom you meet, interact with, are neighbours with, play with et al.
At the other end, we have this competitive edge that marks us to think of us as different individuals, each with her/his own individuality, each created uniquely, each made for an activity, the activity itself having an hierarchy much in contrast to a democratic approach.
We are all out here trying to polish our selves a niche above the rest at the same time we also subscribe to a democratizing thought of existence. We are a paradox in ourselves. I mean if we are all equal why are we trying to be a cut above the rest.
We say we are all equal, we have equal opportunities, equal rights but we have to elect one leader, we have that one vote.
If we are all equal what would be the need to elect one above all to lord over us, and we do this wilfully ...mind you!
We think in paradoxes and we live in a paradox, and we are being educated in a paradox.....
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