My two cents on life -II

There is no undo button:  Think before you do anything. All the kings’ horses and all the kings’ men couldn’t put humpty together again. As already said life is unfair, don’t make it harder for yourself. There are so many ways mess up a thing but so few to do it correctly.

 

Remember the priorities: When you grow up no one is going to remember what your undergraduate percentage was, what was you GRE or CAT score whether you were first class throughout you academic career. But what they will remember will be how nice you were to them, how you made them feel comfortable, how you made them feel special. That is what you want to be remembered for.

 

Be distinct: You don’t want to be known as one of them. NO one likes run of the mill stuff. Try to be different in better way. Don’t follow just because tide is going that way. Go because you wanted to go that way.

 

 Don’t be distinct for the sake of being distinct: There is no point in being distinct just for the sake of it. Don’t make it a formality. If everyone was different everyone would be the same. You don’t have to make it hard for yourself at every point in life. Pick out your spots.

 

You can’t be good at everything:  Its bit harsh but true all the same. You were not designed to be good at everything and no where is it written that you have to be. Decide what you are best at and then go for it. Passing marks in others shall suffice. The day you will try to be master of all you will end up being jack of some and master of none.

 

You will never know until you try:  The best way to do something is just to do it. You won’t know whether things will turn out right or wrong until you do them. Probably you will mess them up but you have the satisfaction of doing something which millions others couldn’t muster the guts to do.

 

Dream big:  Never let your dreams saturate. Dream as big as you can. They don’t cost you anything but provide amazing inspiration in whatever you aspire to do. The day you stop dreaming you have lost a big chunk of your life. Dream impossible and you attain the best thing possible.

 

(2+2) != 4: There are so many parameters to be optimized in life that most of the times supposedly obvious things wont take place and weird things will make a point to show up. You plan to do something and it will turn out 180’ out of phase. Point is not to stop trying but to be more prudent next time. They say Edison took 100 attempts to master the bulb. You easily have 99 more chances.

 

Domino effect: If you don’t know what Domino effect is click here. Apologies for my wicked sense of humor. Anyways so point is universe doesn’t work in isolation. Whichever action you take has infinite visible and invisible repercussions. But good thing is that majority of them will get damped out so all you have to bother about manageable number of outcomes.

 

Butterfly effect: It’s said that a butterfly flapping its wings in Mexico can cause a storm in Australia. I don’t know how true this is but many times it will be the unknown things which will be dictating the terms in your life. Do what is in your hand in the best possible way and have faith. It was not your fault if your daily route was converted to a one way and it caused you to be late for interview.

 

It ain’t over until you think it is over: Until you decide to give up no one can make you give up. Change is the only constant in universe. Flip flops occur continuously. Keep trying even if you feel you its useless. No effort has ever gone waste. Avenues open every moment. All you need is to keep your eyes open.

 

Have a feedback mechanism: Don’t make living a formality. Time and again stop and take a look back. Is that what you intended to do? If answer is affirmative go ahead. But if not figure out what went wrong and how that can be avoided next time around.

 

Go for change: Sticking to change made a black man born to Muslim father whose middle name and last name are similar to his countries two worst enemies the president of USA. Can your problems be more complex than that? Demand change. Don’t go along just because the problems aren’t bothering you today. It was someone else today it can be you tomorrow.