Monday, June 18, 2007

Instability or Ease

Here is what I want to understand a bit more. There are a few people whom I have seen and met who don’t seem to be worried or moved by anything. They are not worried and have a KOI FARAK NAHIN PADTA attitude or that MAIN KUCH NAHIN KAR SAKTA attitude.

Is this a real Quality they have and then they can manage situations better or is that they have the capability to not show their uneasiness? Is that these people are actually very perturbed and that uneasiness is hidden behind that calmness?

Are these people, the kind who don’t do anything or are these people the kind who have got things easily or are these kinds who are very optimistic and have a lot of faith and thus they win?

But then what happens to the understanding that I had got from Tom Peters views which said more unstable you are more will you think and more will be the efforts thus better will be the result. The same is what I could understand from the History (WW II) and by Eisenhower’s strategies. In strategy you need to think what the opponent is thinking and out think him or her. But don’t keep the opponent thinking too much so that he is on his toes of thinking and ultimately out think you. Is stability the key or uneasiness the key? Is hunger the key or contentment the key? Is anger the key or adjustment the key? ACCHAA hai bahut ACCHAA hai. Anger or the adjustment (theek hai koi nahin)

Coming back to the topic are these people the ones who have got things easily and thus this attitude developed. Has their growth stopped? No! actually no, intellectually their growth has not stopped but may be there contentment has stopped their thinking ahead and wanting more.

Let’s think a bit more and get to know what is that the Americans are made of. They are the ones who are most successful today or may be in the past so far. And they are the ones who have moved out of their homes (comfort zones) and challenged the things. They are the ones who have had the best of the hunger – hunger of MORE, BETTER etc etc. They are the ones who have been by far the most aggressive ones and who have not slept at ease and challenged the unchallenged and dreamt the undreamt. They are the ones who have been at unease always and thus they are the ones who have succeeded.

Tom peters mentions another anecdote and this time it is from the S&P instability ratings. The data proves it and proves it over the years that the sectors and the companies who have been more unstable have given more returns. Then FARAK PADTA HAI KYA? Isn’t it important to get perturbed and DO something? As they say the best strategy is doing something :)

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