miPratik

It’s been 18 years passed now to our last meet. Last evening, I met with one of my childhood close-friend. We had a great dinner and have a lot of discussion on lot many topics. We ended up saying each other, “Hey man! You have changed a lot.” Later, I relaxed myself on bed and while going asleep, this sentence caught my attention. I went into deep thoughts over this ‘you have changed a lot’. Really? Is it like, we both are not on our expectations from each other? Is it like, we are both expecting each other like that we were 18 years back? For me, I am as it is since our last meet. I see myself nothing different than that of myself in childhood. And I am sure, he also thinks same about himself. Then, what that exactly is, which made us to say each other “You have changed a lot”? Actually, we are what we were. We carry ourselves as we were earlier. What really change is age and the experience that comes with it. As we grow up, we got to see every time a ...

About a person, it is not just the IQ or the academic grades only but the knowledge, skill sets, expertise and experience does matter. Instead of looking someone down, I should focus on how the person could contribute to my learning? How can I uplift myself? Through this, at the end of the day, I could learn something new everyday. Instead of judging a fish on its ability to climb a tree, my focus should be on its ability to swim. I must focus on its swimming skill so that, if I fell in the water someday somehow accidentally, I should at least survive. I need not to swim for medal in Olympic but I should be able to come up to the bank to save myself. Helping someone else from sinking would be a super thing for me. - miPratik #miPratik #stupid #IQ #knowledge #skill #experience (pre-posted 12 June 2019 in LinkedIn articles)