"Even the wise cannot see all ends".
To be knowledgeable does not necessarily makes one wise. We live in a world where information is a click away. There is noise and clutter all around . I can be knowledgeable but am i smart to find the information i want, but then am i wise to assimilate this information and use it for my optimal growth?
The question which remains is if i can find all knowledge on web, do i need to study? Do i need a degree and waste my time while once i am out of school / university i will be competing with people who will also be looking for information from the internet while at work. This is one question i see the youth of today asking themselves. What purpose and utility is the paper degree. The quality of education depends on the society we live in. Some countries have a very high level of education , while for some its a necessary mandate to show literate population.
My question today is not about the level of education but about ideas that make Good companies become Great. As said by Asim Premji " If people are not laughing at your goals, then your goals are not big enough".
My dreams were to live the moment. I did what i felt was fun and somehow it become my job. Ideas excite me, there is no idea which is bad. Its the timing of executing that idea which is crucial. Many people have fear of failure and therefore sometimes ideas that can change the very fabric of society are found in draft folders.
I still remember 2001 or maybe it was 2002, one of my clients wanted to launch their bus in India. Now we always see buses showcased on ground due to their size and weight. My team wanted to place this bus on a 4 ft high stage. First time ever done in India. The entire event was showcased on this stage with the bus being the focal point. A 80 ft long / 40 ft depth and 4 ft high stage was created. A mud packed stage, with 10mm iron sheet to hold the bus weight on floor and a steel ramp to get the bus on stage was all fabricated within 10 days to have this launch. An idea if you ask anyone was simply crazy, but to my client and my team it was exciting. We did it and when the Global CEO of that company honoured my company and team by calling it the best launch event he had seen made my team swell up in pride. Thats the power of an Idea if one believes in it.
There was a time, events gave me a high. Yes i am not much of a drinker and i don't do drugs but creating and executing an idea gives me a high more potent than any substance abuse people do. Then came the time i wanted to teach people meditation and help people de stress themselves and take a journey within. Somehow i missed creating things around me. Therefore i came back after leaving this industry twice.
As we all say "The show must go on". This is my life show which is going on. Today i felt i lost another marble of mine, when on twitter after putting one tweet i gained more than 40 followers in half hour. My new journey to start innovating on being a Motivational speaker.
Now i have worked with many such speakers, and there are very good people out there. But then somehow as i said an idea is good as long one executes it. I have never been a boss in literal sense. To me my team comes first, and then any client. I personally believe in teaching a person how to fish, than feed the person. Spoon feeding is not my forte and i have always put an open challenge to my team to excel at their work and lead.
As i have discussed in my earlier posts , three pillars of our stress ; fear, mindset and addictions. As a boss we have fear of becoming dispensable, our mindsets and fears make us hire people who are incapable of doing work themselves. If someone is smart, we put so many processes and demotivate that person to ensure our position is secure and a good asset leaves the organisation. We don't create leaders , we want followers.
If one has worked so hard to create and make a company a success , then why is it that when that person leaves there is no one to lead and take the company further for some time?
Leaders create leaders, and boss creates followers.
As i said i live in the moment, fear is unknown territory for me, speaking my mind out leads me to dwell on ideas which keep formulating in my mind and a good challenge sees my ideas to life.
Saying all this, there is a thin line between madness and being a genius. We all have both these traits with us. Take a journey within to find your marbles and even if you lose some, happiness is in following your dreams and ideas.
To be knowledgeable does not necessarily makes one wise. We live in a world where information is a click away. There is noise and clutter all around . I can be knowledgeable but am i smart to find the information i want, but then am i wise to assimilate this information and use it for my optimal growth?
The question which remains is if i can find all knowledge on web, do i need to study? Do i need a degree and waste my time while once i am out of school / university i will be competing with people who will also be looking for information from the internet while at work. This is one question i see the youth of today asking themselves. What purpose and utility is the paper degree. The quality of education depends on the society we live in. Some countries have a very high level of education , while for some its a necessary mandate to show literate population.
My question today is not about the level of education but about ideas that make Good companies become Great. As said by Asim Premji " If people are not laughing at your goals, then your goals are not big enough".
My dreams were to live the moment. I did what i felt was fun and somehow it become my job. Ideas excite me, there is no idea which is bad. Its the timing of executing that idea which is crucial. Many people have fear of failure and therefore sometimes ideas that can change the very fabric of society are found in draft folders.
I still remember 2001 or maybe it was 2002, one of my clients wanted to launch their bus in India. Now we always see buses showcased on ground due to their size and weight. My team wanted to place this bus on a 4 ft high stage. First time ever done in India. The entire event was showcased on this stage with the bus being the focal point. A 80 ft long / 40 ft depth and 4 ft high stage was created. A mud packed stage, with 10mm iron sheet to hold the bus weight on floor and a steel ramp to get the bus on stage was all fabricated within 10 days to have this launch. An idea if you ask anyone was simply crazy, but to my client and my team it was exciting. We did it and when the Global CEO of that company honoured my company and team by calling it the best launch event he had seen made my team swell up in pride. Thats the power of an Idea if one believes in it.
There was a time, events gave me a high. Yes i am not much of a drinker and i don't do drugs but creating and executing an idea gives me a high more potent than any substance abuse people do. Then came the time i wanted to teach people meditation and help people de stress themselves and take a journey within. Somehow i missed creating things around me. Therefore i came back after leaving this industry twice.
As we all say "The show must go on". This is my life show which is going on. Today i felt i lost another marble of mine, when on twitter after putting one tweet i gained more than 40 followers in half hour. My new journey to start innovating on being a Motivational speaker.
Now i have worked with many such speakers, and there are very good people out there. But then somehow as i said an idea is good as long one executes it. I have never been a boss in literal sense. To me my team comes first, and then any client. I personally believe in teaching a person how to fish, than feed the person. Spoon feeding is not my forte and i have always put an open challenge to my team to excel at their work and lead.
As i have discussed in my earlier posts , three pillars of our stress ; fear, mindset and addictions. As a boss we have fear of becoming dispensable, our mindsets and fears make us hire people who are incapable of doing work themselves. If someone is smart, we put so many processes and demotivate that person to ensure our position is secure and a good asset leaves the organisation. We don't create leaders , we want followers.
If one has worked so hard to create and make a company a success , then why is it that when that person leaves there is no one to lead and take the company further for some time?
Leaders create leaders, and boss creates followers.
As i said i live in the moment, fear is unknown territory for me, speaking my mind out leads me to dwell on ideas which keep formulating in my mind and a good challenge sees my ideas to life.
Saying all this, there is a thin line between madness and being a genius. We all have both these traits with us. Take a journey within to find your marbles and even if you lose some, happiness is in following your dreams and ideas.
