Where there is a will there's a way...So all one should worry is about having will in place and will will find its way!
Social media these days is more than flooded with material on realization, philosophy, psychology, brain hacks, productivity hacks, life hacks and what not. Not just books, blogs, articles, courses etc, there is also a galore of coaching professions - leadership coach, life coach, spiritual coach and so on. And then another category of management lessons from ancient texts - management lessons from Lord Hanumana, modern day Chanakya etc. Many researchers/authors have done phenomenal jobs in studying ancient texts and drawing parallels with the modern world. The internet has certainly changed many things and pushed many limits but has the proportion of highly successful people changed? Motivation for example, does it always work and work for all? Lawyer and world famous speaker Mel Robbins says - "Motivation is garbage"!. So what's the role all these things has to play then? Welcome to another blog in curious case series. As I mentioned, social media these days witness deluge of enormous "gyan" coming from almost every one right from CEO to a fresher who just passed out from college. I am reminded of a funny post on Linked-in (though unable to recall more details) - “My dream is to become CEO and post random shit on LinkedIn” :)
At times I feel the collective wisdom shared on Linked In and Twitter can outshine that of Tibetan monks. Who knows if disks storing those Linkedin gyan posts would lead to knowledge discovery for next civilization after global deluge wipes out current civilization! ;) Jokes apart, with advent of things becoming easily available on the internet and also people collaborating better, it's quite delightful to see many success stories coming out. All of us know about the success story of a coolie in Kerela cracking civil services exam by studying using free wifi available at railway station in 2018. But such success stories are relatively less. I often wonder why everyone is not so successful even in this age when the entire recipe is out in open and all the tips/tricks/hacks are available in more abundance than ever before? Why only few are able to find their way out by making right choices? And many others struggle even now and now they struggle with abundance! i.e too many options which gets overwhelming beyond a point (FOMO)
The answer to this question lies in another question…….how did ancient scientists make it that big when even advanced technology was not available? The internet after-all is not even 50 years old. For a while, let’s forget scientists and think about how did ancient sages like Aryabhatta and others achieve so much.
Upon thinking about it, I came to realize that true niches always stand test of time and hence are timeless. Where there is a will there's a way so all one should worry is about having will in place and the will will find its way. Those who have the knack of cracking crack irrespective and those who fail, fail irrespective. Winners find reasons and execution, losers find excuses and fear. (Altogether different debate actually)
So then what role preaching, planning, time management gurus, life coaches etc. play if achievers can achieve no matter what and losers fail, again no matter what?
I am reminded of the book “Winning” by Jack Welch where I think the answer to this question for me lies. In the book, Jack talks about the category of employees in terms of their performance - Top 20%, Average 70% and Bottom 10%. Jack mentions that those who are above 90% are mostly on their own barring few exceptional circumstances. But those who lie in the range of top 70-80% are the ones who need special attention. They have untapped possibilities which when given right push can let them cross that threshold to break into the top 10%. This category is the answer.
Many strive not for becoming "phenomenal" but just to become "comfortable" from "miserable". Top and bottom mostly remain the same but the masses in between are the ones whose lives can be more impacted by stuff like motivation self-help etc. People in average category resemble a pendulum wherein there is a lot to swing on either sides. All those who are benefited may not even be able to break into top 10% but since this range of average is widest, people lying here still have measurable breadth to cover and can make significant difference in their lives without landing in either extreme 10%.
To summarize, will seems to be the most important thing. Will along with integrity should be fine to keep one going in most of the cases. Where there is will, there is way...else there are excuses leading to setbacks, fallbacks, drawbacks and so on. If basics are in place, things will fall into place. Most of our struggles arise from the fact that we miss out big time on basics and then try to chase other things separately in isolation. Wishing best for everyone!
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