The myth of manifestations
Hi,
A young friend approached me for career guidance. His concern was, what he does now is a far cry from what he aspires to do.
Young minds often take manifestations as actual experience. As part of jobs, we all interact, seek, write, communicate, think and do many other stuff. The "actual experience" lies in doing these things. These basics collectively manifest in the form of various functions. We name such functions as research, banking, consultancy, et al. I told the young friend to get these basics right and the rest is going to follow.
I think it is these basic activities that differentiate us from the rest. Strengthen these basic skills (think, talk, write and interact) with apt tools (technical / management), you get the right mix to go places.
I could remember the parallel one of the management thinkers (was it Jim Collins?) drew with the self-guiding missile, to explain career goal. With the distance intended to be covered being set, the missile sets its own trajectory and is programmed to evade obstacles enroute. Each young mind need to have a goal (derived out of introspection of strengths) and get going on a self-guiding mode to attain the goal.
I also added that Ibuka and Akio Morita (of Sony) recruited musicians when they could not pay engineers to track wave patterns. They understood the actual experience needed and did not get carried away with the manifestations. It was a class act, to penetrate who can do a job better, if engineers are not available. It was a sound (no pun intended) thought to zero-in on musicians as they are sensitive to beats and their timings. (Ibuka and Akio's goal must have been to get people to handle the assignment, than have a fixed idea of having engineers to handle the same).
My young friend's face appeared brighter than what it was when we started the conversation. But, I left the meeting with a vague feeling - not sure if I had over-simpilified things.
Vijay
A young friend approached me for career guidance. His concern was, what he does now is a far cry from what he aspires to do.
Young minds often take manifestations as actual experience. As part of jobs, we all interact, seek, write, communicate, think and do many other stuff. The "actual experience" lies in doing these things. These basics collectively manifest in the form of various functions. We name such functions as research, banking, consultancy, et al. I told the young friend to get these basics right and the rest is going to follow.
I think it is these basic activities that differentiate us from the rest. Strengthen these basic skills (think, talk, write and interact) with apt tools (technical / management), you get the right mix to go places.
I could remember the parallel one of the management thinkers (was it Jim Collins?) drew with the self-guiding missile, to explain career goal. With the distance intended to be covered being set, the missile sets its own trajectory and is programmed to evade obstacles enroute. Each young mind need to have a goal (derived out of introspection of strengths) and get going on a self-guiding mode to attain the goal.
I also added that Ibuka and Akio Morita (of Sony) recruited musicians when they could not pay engineers to track wave patterns. They understood the actual experience needed and did not get carried away with the manifestations. It was a class act, to penetrate who can do a job better, if engineers are not available. It was a sound (no pun intended) thought to zero-in on musicians as they are sensitive to beats and their timings. (Ibuka and Akio's goal must have been to get people to handle the assignment, than have a fixed idea of having engineers to handle the same).
My young friend's face appeared brighter than what it was when we started the conversation. But, I left the meeting with a vague feeling - not sure if I had over-simpilified things.
Vijay
posted by Vijay at 4:11 AM
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