On Change!
There are truly remarkable stories out there about Change! Right from Obama, Evan Williams to mythical David and Goliath. Really, they are inspiring, scary and something that beats sense and reality despite you dislikes. The more I read about these success stories, I see some common patterns/traits/skills that needs to be developed. Some of the skills are naturally ‘hard coded’ into people some needs nurture
- Vision: As opposed to contrary belief, I am of opinion that vision is not something that comes to you in flash of a sec. Instead it comes from toiling with the problem, working in real-life situation as opposed to sitting in Ivory tower and making calls. Key difference between dreamer and visionary is at some point in time visionaries ‘execute’.
- Focus on bottom lines: You become a good artist by drawing more(and good) painting, you become a great programmer by writing more code. You become better Businessman by doing more business. All of this requires single minded focus. Its not so easy, considering that there are so many distractions and hurdles both nature made and man made. Biggest hurdles I see in front of entrepreneurs is themselves.
- Patience & Persistence: Patience teaches you when not to give up, and Persistence teaches you when to hang on. Both really important properties if you want to be king of an island.
- Honesty and Judgment: To asses one’s own strengths ans weaknesses one needs to be honest. Judgment is the intuition that guides you in darkest hours of life when things are foggy.
I have started making changes in my personal life, as I come step closer to reality, a step closer to becoming a ‘businessman’ from an engineer.
