My friend Chandan called me yesterday and told me the challenges he faces after he was fired from his job. He was doing well in customer support but laid off in the company's restructuring exercise. Now, he is not getting any calls and hence was quite depressed. I explained to him about so many career choices available these days. Those like video editors, YouTubers, internet marketers, and so, asked him to pick some new skills on the technical and mindset front. He didn't seem excited and went on ranting about all the problems in life, blaming his parents and everyone around him. I just kept quiet, listened to him, and finally said, "do let me know if I can be of help". This incident reminded me of the man's lovely story in a remote town. I love it because it's the story of your life. And mine. And everyone else's. It seems the man was an honest, hard-working who never hurt a fly. Pleased with his excellent work, a fairy magically appeared before him an...
"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂" 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻. To realize your unlimited potential, we need to improve ourselves all the time. We generally improve ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation. If we're taking responsibility for self-improvement and showing people how to reach for more meaningful, better lives, our trigger is an inspiration. If we are waiting for any external triggers, our trigger is desperation. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿? What we become is far more critical than what we have. Most of what we have today, we have attracted by becoming the person we are right now. Income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes income takes a lucky jump, but unle...