Which sweets are the best in the world?
Which is the best book of the world?
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Simple to ask questions. For young kids, they may be easy to answer questions as well. But someone told me an observation regarding such questions with which i could not disagree.
And that observation is very simple. Which sweets are the best in the world - is probably an incorrect way of asking. I should rather ask, 'Which sweets do you like most?'. The probability of getting an answer will be many times more. Similarly, if i ask 'which book do you like most?' instead of 'which is the best book of the world?' , i might get an answer in much less a time.
Allow me to delve a little deeper. I can offer you sweets, but how do you find their taste is entirely your personal territory. I can bring the best of dishes for my young ones, but how much they enjoy their taste is up to them only. Some experiences are non-transferable!
I like to meet a particular person very much. A simple chance to get in touch with him is a great opportunity for me. It fills me with great joy. I want my friends to have the same pleasure. But i cannot assure this. The best i can do is to provide them an opportunity to meet the person. How much pleasure (if any) they derive from that meeting is entirely up to them.
Recently i got a chance to read the book "Autobiography of a Yogi". It was a great experience. This book blessed me with some very unique spiritual experiences. I wanted some of my acquaintances to read the book so that i can discuss with them on the subject matter. I gifted the book to some of those people, five of them to be exact, but could not help them go through it. Only one of them, unarguably the busiest of them, did read the book and shared his pleasure with me and the others simply could not start reading the book.
To sum up, equality of wealth is possible. Equal distribution of resources is also possible. But equality of experiences is never possible. One just cannot assure equal distribution of happiness. This is entirely a personal territory.
I am a teacher and a provider of education services as well. What i can assure is merely this - provision of the same course content and similar teachers to all. And the gaining of knowledge, motivation, transformation and spark - this is an individual experience!
6 comments:
Respected sir,
you are very true.we all have equal resources,time and mind but it is upon us how to use that resources. In the example given by you (you gave the book for reading) only one person read that book other not. Here only that person can really understand the value of that book. so that book have worth only for that person rest can't realise that value. so it's upon us to make thing valuable for ourself by using that in a better way.
Regard,
Proton Surendra pratap Mourya
Fall09
Respected Sir,
Rightly it's all up to on us how much we derive.
THANK YOU for your valuable post sir.
Dear Sir,
This blog reminds me of my own importance in the process of learning. It puts forword the motivation to individual's capability and effrots to learn and grow.
Thank you
Proton Saket Singhai
P.ID.B034
Ahmedabad campus
Dear Sir,
I feel this blog explains about narrowing the question circle and simplifying it to the reach of the person to whom question is asked. Thanks for throwing light on asking right question with the right frequency. If right questions asked then 90% chances are of getting appropriate or expected answer.
Regards
Vidit Shah
I want to say about this Blogs. In this Blogs, You mentioned about the best book in the world as well as the best sweets in the world.
I agree from your points but one thing is sure that we can't choose any specific book because we need to read lot of books which is helped to improve our communication language as well as personality development.
Because if we can do gaining of knowledge, reading ability to improve our own strengths to show to others.
That's why we must make our personal experience and opportunity for giving better results in the future.
Thanks & Regards
PROTON: Rakesh Sharma
And that's what make the job of management more interesting and more challenging because most of the time management is all about dealing with people. But one thing which I would like to say is that one always has two behavioral pattern - one is related with the identical behavioral pattern of all the individuals which they reflect on a particular situation and one is one's own, which differentiate oneself from the mob. Leaders/influencers also only exploit those identical behavioral patterns.
I think the focus should be on identifying those identical behavioral patterns, the individual behavior will take care of itself. Nothing can be done about it.....
Vivek Sharma
IMDR, Pune.....
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