This morning i met an ambitious young engineer. He has come back to his native town after working for an IT company for nearly two years. A question was asked to him about his future plans. He replied, "As of now i am trying to think and plan what to do. I hope to be able to think clearly within two or three months. Then i will decide what to do. Either it will be a fresh entrepreneurship venture or i will be joining my family business."
I know it is a very common thinking. Many young boys and girls think on the same lines. I remember someone telling me a week ago, " Sir, I have a job at my hands. But i want some time to think whether to join it or not. I hope that i will have a clear vision in two or three months. Then i will take a final call."
This is a classic confusion. I may also call it classic indecision or inaction. This situation may be compared with going on an unknown dark path with a single Deepak (an earthen lamp) in hand. We just can't wait for the entire path to be clearly visible before making a start. We can just see 10 to 15 feet ahead only. But it's also a fact that as we progress the way ahead will be visible. If we start, we shall always be able to visualize the path ahead and progress. If we don't start, we shall keep on waiting for eternity.
So the message is - just start! Take the first step. The road to success is never easy and never totally visible. But with a keen observation and the ability to take the right decision on every step, one can always reach the destination. The world is changing very fast and it will be useless to wait for having a clear vision. Remember, time and tide wait for none.
Now is the time.
Today is the day.
Do it now.
I know it is a very common thinking. Many young boys and girls think on the same lines. I remember someone telling me a week ago, " Sir, I have a job at my hands. But i want some time to think whether to join it or not. I hope that i will have a clear vision in two or three months. Then i will take a final call."
This is a classic confusion. I may also call it classic indecision or inaction. This situation may be compared with going on an unknown dark path with a single Deepak (an earthen lamp) in hand. We just can't wait for the entire path to be clearly visible before making a start. We can just see 10 to 15 feet ahead only. But it's also a fact that as we progress the way ahead will be visible. If we start, we shall always be able to visualize the path ahead and progress. If we don't start, we shall keep on waiting for eternity.
So the message is - just start! Take the first step. The road to success is never easy and never totally visible. But with a keen observation and the ability to take the right decision on every step, one can always reach the destination. The world is changing very fast and it will be useless to wait for having a clear vision. Remember, time and tide wait for none.
Now is the time.
Today is the day.
Do it now.
2 comments:
I am happy that you have brought forth these thoughts. The world is changing ever fast. We all are running without any direction. E.F. Schumacher has also described in his book “Small is beautiful” that we are have become footloose. I think, in today’s time things are changing so fast that whatever we plan for future becomes obsolescent just next day. So it is a good idea to at least start something, but that too shout be according to one’s own faculties (credentials and skills). And it is also a fact that one just can’t plan every movement of one’s own life. There is a need for one to follow one’s own believes. Sometimes it is good to give importance to means rather giving importance to the end. If one has strong fundamentals and strong will to achieve something, he can get successfully conquer whatever comes in his way.
And it is true that there is no tomorrow…..future starts today……
Regards,
Vivek Sharma
IMDR, Pune…
Respected sir,
I do agree with the idea that no time should be wasted in planning.There is a quote which ,I think, suits the concept of the blog. The quote is "We learn to walk by walking, to talk by talking, to play by playing." Truely speaking there seems to be no other better way.
Yours Sincerely,
Pr. Avinash Choudhary
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