You may call it hyper-activeness or my unconventional way of thought process (unconventional, marking mediocrity as reference), I am constantly being tortured by my own thoughts. These thoughts, on an abstract level, are my deeper fears of being incompetent, mediocre or sometimes, even wastage of human resources. These thoughts sometimes render me thoughtless; at other times fill me with the synergy of the world. But regardless of their effect on me, they just flash a neon sign board in front of my eyes shoving 'you are not doing what you got to do' EVERY SINGLE TIME in my face.
If you ask me, the real essence of success is best tasted in the dusk of the next day. The sun is setting, birds are returning to their nests and there you are, standing alone, introspecting and thinking about the hard work you did at that point of time yesterday, the day before yesterday and so on and the memories bring a sweet, secret smile on your relaxed and content face. I am pretty much sure that you all must have felt something like this sooner or later. I was lucky to experience it once when I cleared NTSE Level -1 with state rank 8th (2005; 9th standard). I eventually became NTSE scholar after steering through all rounds but the feel, the gist of achieving something is still intact in my heart. And since that time, I have been trying to experience it just one more time.
The reasons that I account for not getting any concrete success after that is my lack of optimum devotion to anything that I get into. I am a student in an IIT but not intelligent enough, in CS branch but ain't a coder, a photographer but human emotions fail me, a graphic designer but color combinations always test me, a drummer with issues in double bass pedal and odd time signatures. So you see, I know 30-40% of everything but 100% of nothing. A classic telltail sign of 'Jack-Of-All-Master-Of-None'. A perfect example of classic mediocrity. And this thing make me wince. Whenever I party, I feel like I don't deserve it. Whenever I watch any movie, I feel like I've wasted my time. I have done so many things since my freshman year which I thought I could never do but I've always failed to touch the height of any specific domain. (I want to blurt everything out. Please let me do it.)
The thing I want to share with you through my story is that being mediocre sucks big time. If you think big , you'll always find yourself amidst scarce resources. Be it time or infrastructure. But if you try to push yourself to the limits, try to increase your comfort zone, you will see that the bar will itself go higher. Challenge yourself and become better of it. There ain't any room for mediocrity. Be the best in whatever you do. If you are a player, play the best of the game. If you are a singer, sing the hell out of it. If you are mason, lay that brick like no one else. If you can arrange for an excuse for anything, you are bound to fail. DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
Watch the following clip from the movie, 'Rocky VI' and learn from Stallone how winnin' is done.
Always remember folks -
I have designed a poster inspired by this thought. If you like it, you can download it from my flickr account - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahirnish/8031862083/in/photostream
If you ask me, the real essence of success is best tasted in the dusk of the next day. The sun is setting, birds are returning to their nests and there you are, standing alone, introspecting and thinking about the hard work you did at that point of time yesterday, the day before yesterday and so on and the memories bring a sweet, secret smile on your relaxed and content face. I am pretty much sure that you all must have felt something like this sooner or later. I was lucky to experience it once when I cleared NTSE Level -1 with state rank 8th (2005; 9th standard). I eventually became NTSE scholar after steering through all rounds but the feel, the gist of achieving something is still intact in my heart. And since that time, I have been trying to experience it just one more time.
The reasons that I account for not getting any concrete success after that is my lack of optimum devotion to anything that I get into. I am a student in an IIT but not intelligent enough, in CS branch but ain't a coder, a photographer but human emotions fail me, a graphic designer but color combinations always test me, a drummer with issues in double bass pedal and odd time signatures. So you see, I know 30-40% of everything but 100% of nothing. A classic telltail sign of 'Jack-Of-All-Master-Of-None'. A perfect example of classic mediocrity. And this thing make me wince. Whenever I party, I feel like I don't deserve it. Whenever I watch any movie, I feel like I've wasted my time. I have done so many things since my freshman year which I thought I could never do but I've always failed to touch the height of any specific domain. (I want to blurt everything out. Please let me do it.)
The thing I want to share with you through my story is that being mediocre sucks big time. If you think big , you'll always find yourself amidst scarce resources. Be it time or infrastructure. But if you try to push yourself to the limits, try to increase your comfort zone, you will see that the bar will itself go higher. Challenge yourself and become better of it. There ain't any room for mediocrity. Be the best in whatever you do. If you are a player, play the best of the game. If you are a singer, sing the hell out of it. If you are mason, lay that brick like no one else. If you can arrange for an excuse for anything, you are bound to fail. DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO.
Watch the following clip from the movie, 'Rocky VI' and learn from Stallone how winnin' is done.
Always remember folks -
If you can't be a pine on the top of a hill
Be a scrub in the valley, but be the best little scrub on the side of the hill
Be a bush if you can't be a tree,
If you can't be a bush, be a bit of the grass
And some highway happier make.
If you can't be a muskie, then just be a brass,
But the liveliest bass in the lake.
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There is something for all of us here.
There's big work to do and there's lesser work, too,
And the thing we must do is the near
If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail.
If you can't be the sun, be a star.
It isn't by size that you win or you fail.
Be the best of whatever you are.
- Douglas Maloch
I have designed a poster inspired by this thought. If you like it, you can download it from my flickr account - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahirnish/8031862083/in/photostream
