How can we test whether a particular fact or observation is a universal truth?
Our mind is a thinking machine. It keeps on thinking in every situation. Our inner voice is never tired of commenting on every event, every incident and every person we come across. Dr Manas C. Fuloria has very rightly termed it 'the thinking life'. In this thinking life, we come across many facts and also observe many things. Sometimes these thoughts and ideas become permanent but mostly they get lost as time passes.
Recently i watched a marathon taking place. It refreshed some well known facts in my mind. We all know that it is not advisable to start the race with our full speed. Such a strategy will tire us and we may not be capable to complete the race. It is always advisable to start the race in a slow, comfortable but agile speed and gradually increase it as our body gets habitual to the process. Our speed steadily keeps on growing as we progress.
Now this fact caught my attention. I kept on thinking this for quite some time. Then it struck upon me that our entire life can also be compared to a marathon. It is also a long race.
The most striking feature is that of speed. After some contemplation, i came to the conclusion that the speed strategy applies to our life also. If we start our life running very fast, we get tired very early. I have seen many people who started their life in a hurry and got retired also in a hurry! Of course, there are some exceptions to this rule. There may be some top performers who began early, who began in a style and continued it for very long and stayed in shape. But, we all would agree that Sachin Tendulkar is an exception only. And exceptions never become the rule. They can never take the place of a suitable example.
There is one more explanation to this factor. When someone starts his career with a very high responsibility job, it often happens that the person may find the duties, responsibilities and the challenges too demanding. And his mind soon gets conditioned as a loser. His graph comes down quickly.
On the other hand, when you start slow and steady, you get the benefit of margin of errors! And in this gradual process, you develop confidence and a positive 'i can do' mindset. After some initial successes, one is ready to take on greater challenges. Isn't it similar to a marathon?
Yes! The speed strategy of marathon is a universal truth! It applies to life in a very general sense. Can you please suggest me some particular cases where the marathon case applies?
4 comments:
Dear Sir,
One thing that came to my mind after reading this blog is that to "stay ahead" and to be in a "hurry" is a totally different thing.
We should always maintain a pace(in any activity hat we do) that keeps us ahead of our competitors and keep us unique i.e."standing out of the crowd". To achieve such a pace we need to work on it "slowly and steadily"
Lastly an axiom to justify the above statement "Rome was not built in a single day".
Yours Faithfully,
Gautam Gunjaria
Fall 2009 intake
Dear Sir,
It's always a pleasure reading your blogs which are truely spiritual and inspirational. Regarding your blog on Marathon, one thing that struck me instantly was "Walk PT Walk". The same strategy applies here too:if we walk very fast in the beginning, we get tired very soon but if we do that slowly and gradually, we can cover the distance.
Regards,
Proton Nehal Thaker
Ahmedabad Campus
Fall '09
Dear sir,
After reading your wonderful comparison b/w a marathon race & life the 1st question that strucked in my mind was that , it is often said that ''Well begin is half done'' then sir how will you justify the above fact with the comparison!
Yours Faithfully
Kawan Dave
PInnacle Regular Student
Dear Sir,
I totally agree to the point discussed by you in this blog as i have seen one of my very close friend joining his family business at a very early stage of his life and was not able to perform the duties and responsibilities properly, as he was not ready for the challenges. Now the condition is that he is not able to get back to his studies and can't stay as no additional output is coming after he being in business. This is the example which according to me can be related to Marathon example shared by you.
Regards
Vidit Shah
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