The power of being non-sticky
Hi,
Last week was hectic for different reasons. I had a friend's well-wishers turning against him (well, how many people can boast (!?) about this) . The following were their key "complaints":
"My friend is Non-sticky, lacks focus and is perpetually changing (jobs and the things he do)"
He felt blessed.
He told me why. During his final year at the managment school, he had a professor who was always restless - spending odd hours at the library, working on off-beat computer programs, reading Shakespeare & Dostoevesky, and of-course partying a lot. He had a way to surprise people by inquisitive queries, at the end of almost every shallow discussion. He is still my friend's role model. The major complaint against him was "non-sticking and perpetually changing".
The great poet "Bharathi" exhibited different interets - poetry, physical exercises, learning the vedas, etc. The complaint against him was being temporary on all things he did.
My friend also reminded me about the legendary Akio Morita's immortal words "Taravarane Sonova pokora" (donno whether I spelt it right, but I know what it means in Japanese - it means "the mind that never sticks").
He was thanking his folks for calling him non-sticky.
Thanks
Vijay
Last week was hectic for different reasons. I had a friend's well-wishers turning against him (well, how many people can boast (!?) about this) . The following were their key "complaints":
"My friend is Non-sticky, lacks focus and is perpetually changing (jobs and the things he do)"
He felt blessed.
He told me why. During his final year at the managment school, he had a professor who was always restless - spending odd hours at the library, working on off-beat computer programs, reading Shakespeare & Dostoevesky, and of-course partying a lot. He had a way to surprise people by inquisitive queries, at the end of almost every shallow discussion. He is still my friend's role model. The major complaint against him was "non-sticking and perpetually changing".
The great poet "Bharathi" exhibited different interets - poetry, physical exercises, learning the vedas, etc. The complaint against him was being temporary on all things he did.
My friend also reminded me about the legendary Akio Morita's immortal words "Taravarane Sonova pokora" (donno whether I spelt it right, but I know what it means in Japanese - it means "the mind that never sticks").
He was thanking his folks for calling him non-sticky.
Thanks
Vijay
posted by Vijay at 11:28 PM
1 Comments:
Hi, my Professor of Degree First Year in his first class gave us a small tip to succeed in life. That was to 'KEEP ALOOF'. Let me state that tip helped me a lot throughout my life. So why dont you write something on 'Importance of Being Aloof' ??
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