Wednesday 15 June 2016

Monday Motivation

What is so special about Monday or what is so frightening about Monday, the debate may go on. If the day (Monday or Friday) doesn't ignite you doesn't excite you, no second thought you are losing your creativity and innovation. However, irrespective of our love or hate to our job, we must remember we are paid for it and we are ought to just it. And if not, just pass it and move on to something which really excites the self within.

There are pretty good chances that one fails to recognise, what ignites and excites him/her. So wondering how to zero in - Live the day as if it were your last and then find out what you love to do. Steve Jobs said at Stanford University in 2005 ‘If you live every day like it’s your last, someday you’ll almost certainly be right. It takes lot of courage to say ‘Sorry, but I’m really not happy with this so I’m out of here. Most like to hang on there whether they like it or not, because it pays off, and I am no different. Learning is vital and learning process involves experiencing all the things first-hand as opposed to reading about them in books or third-hand from someone who had never lived outside of academia. Nothing can be better learning than the Listening. Listening not only to other, but also to your inner self.

Many people often ask how to be a good listener, puzzled I think if they will be patient enough to listen how to be a good listener. Errrrrr, jokes aside the best way to be a good listener is become an interviewer . Being an interviewer gives you good chance to listen to the other side after throwing questions at them. Listen to the success story and of course more importantly failure fiasco.

If you’re someone who believes in going your own way and having a lot of fun doing it, then you’re
already on the right track and there’s probably very little anyone can say to modify your course more
than a few degrees. I’d just urge you to do a lot more listening than talking, don’t be afraid to wear
your passion on your sleeve for all to see, and when in doubt trust your instincts. The shortest distance between two points is the straight line, any attempt to reach the desired point in zig zag is essentially a diversion which need to be eliminated.

If you google leadership lesson, you may get millions of replies within seconds. but the leadership is not something which comes only from google search or library search. It is about igniting the inner self with set goals and to tread on straight lines connecting those points. Look at it, Stare at it and Grab on it.

Monday Motivation should not start and finish on Monday, it will be certainly be more fruitful if it goes on till Friday or even Saturday and Sunday.