India’s youngster should work 70 hours a week. Narayan Murthy floated this idea to combat challenges in growing economy. It revived old debate of HARD work vs SMART work.
We are in era of productive race. People are running in one way or another. One identity is not enough. Earlier it was great if you were successful in one field. It is era to wear multiple caps.
I know one friend who is good singer, cyclist, yoga freak, artist, painter, and designer. While another friend is family man, psychologist, yoga enthusiast, story teller, and family man. Doing well in all hats is an art. People are exploring multiple areas of interests. Branding themselves in unknown territory.
All self help books are filled with productive sutras. I see around so many people running daily schedule like machine, as if, life is race of productivity. Everyone wants more in limited time. It make sense too when TIME is limited commodity.
But at some point we need to review the big question - Are we barking on wrong tree? . We have to mend our ways or goals. Life is every changing in current world. We have to adept in it and make life worth living to make an impact.
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Life is like a game. Impact is a true measure of how effectively you lived. Earlier generation was living in scarcity and its purpose was more of accumulation of assets. Next generation is more about pleasure. This generation is bridge between the two.
We have different prospective. It is more so in today environment when we discuss political topics – Modi vs non Modi fans. Emotionality takes over rationality.
Science says no human can be super human. But we human believes in gods and saviours. We pray them.
Krishna saw all aspects of the issue. He was the only one who discussed the matter with Pandavas and all key people in Kaurvas. He tried his best to find solution. He wanted no war. And He tried his best.
All rich and powerful have one big concern and question, who will succeed after them and how well ? Will he able to take legacy ahead ?
Life is changing fast , so our social values. Earlier power or money used to stay with one family for long. Now it just slips away as untrained successor have no clear plan or skill. Longest surviving legacies have few examples in recent history like Mughals ruler of India, Queen of England, Congress party of India, or TATA group of India. Power. Money. or legacy passed from one generation to another smoothly.
Driving change is business's oldest function. In fast moving changes, you have complexities to manage both systems and processes and flexibility of work. Corona has changes many things. Distributed work places has given advantages too for knowledge workers. Life cycle of business has reduce drastically. If a business to survive more than two generations, it needs many things like loyal employees, technology addiction, political well wishes, and visionary leaders , along with many other things.
Brain has tendency to move around. Autopilot is default game. We keep moving arount hurt, pain, loss, or dreams. It is easy for brain to do it. Focus on one thing is difficult. That’s why multi tasking so easy. In mobile world, attention deficit is so common. With age time barriers reduces so we feel lost what to do what not to do.
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