One thing that constantly is buzzing in my head is about my job.One my previous managers got into my head that you need to make yourself irreplaceable.Now it is another story that he himself got replaced. But his suggestion has really made my mind think, and think more.This small suggestion has allowed me to delve deeply and bring out some interesting facets of human life.The first being...
Isn't everyone worried about being irreplaceable ? Doesn't everyone want to become unique ? That makes the human life different than say animals or plants and so on.Hey, we got movies in our world and to be in a movie you have to be extraordinary :-) Anyway, coming back to the original point, it is one of the basic identities of life to become a unique person ? At times, I feel I have to put in real efforts in order to become unique. For example say in my current job at Cisco. I need to know all the products, configurations etc. to become really successful and differentiate myself. But then I think there is another way, which is to first focus on yourself and find out what exactly ticks you. This cannot be done in a hurry. You need a lot of patience and acceptance to do that. In other words it is exactly opposite of putting in efforts, call it effortlessnes.
Usually I think it is the combination of efforts and effortlessness that will help you to differentiate yourself. Imagine if Einstein had been putting only efforts in the wrong direction without knowing his interests in Physics or Mathematics. Or imagine, if he had only known that he was interested in Mathematics and Physics but had not written any papers or not done any research.So being replaceable involves both...effortlessness or efforts.
Should you land onto this blog, here is your homework-what are you good at and what have you done to grow those skills ?
Isn't everyone worried about being irreplaceable ? Doesn't everyone want to become unique ? That makes the human life different than say animals or plants and so on.Hey, we got movies in our world and to be in a movie you have to be extraordinary :-) Anyway, coming back to the original point, it is one of the basic identities of life to become a unique person ? At times, I feel I have to put in real efforts in order to become unique. For example say in my current job at Cisco. I need to know all the products, configurations etc. to become really successful and differentiate myself. But then I think there is another way, which is to first focus on yourself and find out what exactly ticks you. This cannot be done in a hurry. You need a lot of patience and acceptance to do that. In other words it is exactly opposite of putting in efforts, call it effortlessnes.
Usually I think it is the combination of efforts and effortlessness that will help you to differentiate yourself. Imagine if Einstein had been putting only efforts in the wrong direction without knowing his interests in Physics or Mathematics. Or imagine, if he had only known that he was interested in Mathematics and Physics but had not written any papers or not done any research.So being replaceable involves both...effortlessness or efforts.
Should you land onto this blog, here is your homework-what are you good at and what have you done to grow those skills ?
