Are you successful???
I guess a few responses.
A confident humble person
might say “Yeah, I guess”,
An ambitious brain, “Yet to
be”.
Someone like me hmm..say, an
idiotic prankster, “Lol, What successful? Why success? YOLO DUDE, I aint
thinking about that, Life is too short for all that crap”
And finally the most common
response, a loud reverberating
“NO!!!!!”.
We humans (or atleast most of us) have the insatiable
bug of desire, wanting more.You might
deny it, but your subconscious knows the truth. You may have convinced yourself
that you are happy with all you have, but once in a while you may surprisingly
find yourself wishing for just a little more….Having read so far,a thought must have popped up in a few
genius souls, “It seems this guy is about to bore me with a lecture on ‘We
should be content’. Satisfaction leads to eternal happiness”. And if not, Haha
I appreciate your sincerity and thank you for not being judgmental. I for one
was going to say something quite contrary. I believe, that little bug of
insatiable desire is the best thing any living organism can have. The challenge
is, using it by turning it in our favor.
Archive that thought for now. We shall come back to it
eventually. I promise!!! Now, tell me what would you do if I provide you
limitless resources necessary for that to happen? I am sure you thought of it
without even letting the question finish. Thumbs up (not for thinking about
something not happening rofl) but confirming that you’re ALIVE and look forward
to something. Sometimes, we do this not because we know it’s going to happen,
but just for FUN. It’s FUN to think about all you could do if you had the
resources for it. Which brings me to something
we all struggle with on a daily basis “WANTING TO HAVE FUN!” Some may say, “What’s wrong with that?”. In
all honesty, Nothing at all! The problem lies in the cost being paid for FUN.
If you’re rich no need to feel relieved. Cost isn’t only in monetary terms It
can range from ruining organs to kicking relationships to of course suffering a
huge loss. Well, what about it? . Again,
lets add this to that archive folder add come back to it (See the pattern
here!).
Fun always reminds me of everything else I did not do
while I was having FUN. So tell me, have you ever waited till the last moment for
completing and submitting assignments?(Response: Always!!!).Then you must have
FELT the meaning of the word urgency. Well unless nature not playing a vital
role, this problem can be controlled. Someone like me says: Why? when this
works just fine!.Thanks smarty for your input but I am trying to make a point
here and hopefully by the end of this you will get it!!Considering the above
example, if the deadlines are looming right above our heads we are forced to
fool ourselves of practicing it properly later. That LATER gets piled on so
badly that we are again forced to fool ourselves and it keeps recurring. I am
sure you must got the point, where procrastination leads us.(Thoughts : Again a
new concept??ok!!! But what about it??Are there any solutions??Because this is
frustrating!).Well again, lets add this to that archive folder and come back to
it.
Finally deep regrets never come if you miss watching
an episode of your favorite tv show or perhaps losing a practice match. Regret
builds on something IMPORTANT, something that mattered and we were proved
unsuccessful. This thing keeps multiplying every time we think about it. So…….!
This brings me back to all the archives we were
building. How to succeed? How to use that thirst for more to our benefits? How
to cut the cost of FUN and exact the amount? How to make the NOT VERY URGENT-à URGENT? How to create a scenario where there is no
regret at all?
Ans: PRIORITIZE : (a million brains smacked
together : All that crap, for another crap?)
Want to smash your head? Well I can’t stop you but I
suggest reach the end if you managed to tolerate me so far. Now the dictionary
defines prioritize as ‘is to set priority; the precedence of what ever you
consider set with respect to eachother’ , Okay so we all know that, so what I
am telling you that you don’t already know??
The secret recipe- “3 teaspoons of chilly powder, 2
pinches of pepper and a drop of lemon in it”. If you are scratching your head, congratulations you’re on track. If you
thought this was the new herbal remedy to help PRIORITIZE…. Wishful
thinking!!:P.
Enough of messing around, I have set a formula putting
weights on the deciding parameters(any guesses what these parameters are??).
And you will be glad on hearing that its something what will work for almost everyone. See how I sneaked in the “ALMOST”. Sorry
for covering up for failure prior telling you the solution ;) . But
believe me it is tested(by me) and results are positive so far, but can we
really have a key to all doors? The
power lies in the hands of WHO IS APPLYING THIS FORMULA?
So the three parameters as you may already have
guessed by now are IMPORTANCE>URGENCY>FUN. But
if you think about it, in practice unfortunately, its always the other way
round (IMPORTANCE<URGENCY<FUN).
That’s the catch here!!!!!
The weighted formula is 3 x Importance ? 2 x Urgency? 1 x Fun.The reason for this weighting
just like our analogy is, Chilly=Importance,
if you don’t get it done you are likely to BURN later. Pepper=Urgency, cause once the pepper(deadlines) is out of the
bottle, its are most likely to make you sneeze if it doesn’t reach the
destination in time(Your food!). Lastly, Salt=Fun
cause… well have you ever tasted something with NO SALT (fun)??? YUCK!!!
Now the job is not done yet, because I know you great
minds will discover or perhaps have already discovered, FUN seldom wins. Then
what about living I mentioned somewhere up there. THATS TRUE!
The crucial factor to deal with this is the frequency
(how many times)of using the formula.
Now here is the drill:
1) Rate the 3 parameters on 10 points for a PARTICULAR
task keeping in mind the deadline of that task. The intense the feeling, the
higher the rating.(Suppose you rated IMP= A out of 10, URG= B out of 10 and
FUN= C out of 10).
2) Now put this into the formula that is 3 x IMP? 2 x
URG? 1x FUN.
(So in our case it will be 3 x A? 2 x B? 1 x C).
3) Add the 3 scores. That’s the score of that particular
task.
4) Similarly follow the drill for the other tasks we need
to choose from.
5) Compare the score they got with each other and which
ever is the greatest, WINS!! and needs to be done.
6) Suppose if the number of months left to the deadline is more
than 5, follow the above drill for all the tasks in the plateonce
every month. If the number of months left is less than 5; use the formula every
week (one step down to the given unit). For best results try 2 or 3 steps
down(i.e every day in this case), I sense the future managing directors getting
the drill J.
Anyway PRIORITIZE!! And see yourself saying “HELL
YEAH!!!” everytime you are asked the success question. Thanks for your patience
so far, Good Luck!
PS: The best part (my favorite) still remains.
I have written few lines summarizing the whole
concept; if a lil more left try this too. By now you must have figured out that
it is nothing new what I told you, its just me putting known facts together to
solve the mystery, the popular enigma.
AN ENIGMATIC KNOWING
Sensory organs cry with ease,
Internal of those, scream please;
If last day of life, best thing ever,
We know the truth whatsoever!
Nature’s no play, I shout clear;
Many things still crucial OH DEAR!!
Band-aid visible, what a relief,
Stacks not worked, the same old grief.
If lived enough, define heartache?
HAHA you can stop, for god sake.
Sent by the lord, with an altruistic angle;
Chilly P he loves, please don’t strangle.
Cough happens for a reason,
Deal with the root, that’s my vision.
3 teaspoons of turmeric, 2 of salt, 1 table spoon of
honey,
At regular intervals, saves money!
Being serious makes no sense,
Be sincere, that’s it, through my lens.
On an ending note I say good bye,
See you soon; your response “ Oh NO WHY ?”.
