When we watch a movie and notice the hero flaunting a six pack body or showing off excellent dance moves we het hyper. We join the gym , exercise for 3 to 4 days with full gusto but unfortunately are not able to maintain the tempo. Same is the case when we see people praising high performers in our class or ridiculing below average achievers. It spurs us to draw up a rigorous time table, force ourselves to study for a few days before slipping up again.
No wonder the gurus call failures the best teachers. They change a person's mindset completely, make him more determined.
I was a fairly good student during my school days. During my college days my hobby was reading books , fiction along with the personality development genre. I felt these books to be inspirational and develop a clarity of thought in you.
Like I mentioned, it is either failures or certain experiences that bring about a permanent change in our thinking. More often than not, events or issues momentarily inspire us like the six pack urge that I had earlier alluded to. But when the change is permanent, then your objective is well defined and takes top most priority in your life. I would mention a couple of experiences which had a profound impact on my thought process .
After my graduation, I had joined Chartered Accountancy course which involved three years of rigorous and often arduous Articleship. I had to be at the office by 9 am and was usually back home by 8 pm. I used to commute by bus and often had to wait at the bus stand for over half hour to forty five minutes. Like the Buddha found His enlightenment under the bodhi tree, I keep claiming that I found my Enlightenment in the bus stand......
No wonder the gurus call failures the best teachers. They change a person's mindset completely, make him more determined.
I was a fairly good student during my school days. During my college days my hobby was reading books , fiction along with the personality development genre. I felt these books to be inspirational and develop a clarity of thought in you.
Like I mentioned, it is either failures or certain experiences that bring about a permanent change in our thinking. More often than not, events or issues momentarily inspire us like the six pack urge that I had earlier alluded to. But when the change is permanent, then your objective is well defined and takes top most priority in your life. I would mention a couple of experiences which had a profound impact on my thought process .
After my graduation, I had joined Chartered Accountancy course which involved three years of rigorous and often arduous Articleship. I had to be at the office by 9 am and was usually back home by 8 pm. I used to commute by bus and often had to wait at the bus stand for over half hour to forty five minutes. Like the Buddha found His enlightenment under the bodhi tree, I keep claiming that I found my Enlightenment in the bus stand......
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