We fear change. We probably carry this fear from our ancestors in the Savannah’s. And yet, most innovation and progress has come from times of change. Change has a lot of potential to do good if it is treated as that. Sooner we realise this the better it will be.
Tag: motivation
Consciously Analysing Risk
We human beings are terrible at risk analysis if we let our sub-conscious mind do it. Take the example of public speaking. Most of us are terrified that we’ll make a fool of ourselves except what really makes a bad impression on stage is being nervous. If we are able to ignore our sub-conscious mind’s flawed risk analysis and instead consciously analyse the risk of the critical situations we find ourselves in then we should be able to come up with better approximations to the real world.
The importance of death
On a day when the world mourns the death of a visionary, I ponder about the words that he left behind:
For the past 33 years, everyday in the morning I’ve looked in the mirror and I’ve asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” and whenever the answer has been ‘no’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Akshat Rathi 