Getting unstuck: solving the perfect problem

The only problems you have left are the perfect ones. The imperfect ones, the ones with a clearly evident solution, well, if they were important, you've solved them already.

It's the perfect problems that keep us stuck.

Perfect because they have constraints, unbendable constraints, constraints that keep us trapped. I hate my job, I need this job, there's no way to quit, to get a promotion or to get a new boss, no way to move, my family is in town, etc.

We're human, that's what we do--we erect boundaries, constraints we can't ease, and we get trapped.

Or perhaps it's your product or service or brand. Our factory is only organized to make X, but the market doesn't want X as much, or there is regulation, or a new competitor is now offering X at half the price and the board won't do anything, etc.

There's no way to solve the perfect problem because every solution involves breaking an unbreakable constraint.

And there's your solution.

The way to solve the perfect problem is to make it imperfect. Don't just bend one of the constraints, eliminate it. Shut down the factory. Walk away from the job. Change your product completely. Ignore the board.

If the only alternative is slow and painful failure, the way to get unstuck is to blow up a constraint, deal with the pain and then run forward. Fast.

--From Seth Godin's Blog

Think Thinking

THINKING. That’s what’s our mind does all the time. But let me ask you a question, Is it really thinking or just worrying. The best litmus test to know the difference between worrying and thinking is easy to do. Worry takes you to negativity and thinking leads to possibility of life. Worry makes you weak and thinking takes you to joy.

We are in a great need to replace “worrying” with “thinking”. This shift is simple, not easy, but simple for sure.

Spend some time each day thinking because what’s the point getting to the top of your mountain realizing you did the wrong thing. Think. Think how you can add more value to your life. Think how you can be the bright example of possibility for others and yourself. Think how you can live the best possible life around you.
In the fast lane of life we have forgotten the magical blessings of thinking. In ancient times people used to devote time in pure thinking and designing their lives. Yes, life is no chaos but a wonderful masterpiece if we design it well. And this time is the best time to do so. Never in the known history we have got such an easy life in terms of available recourses. This time is the best time to execute whatever we want. Pure positive thinking is a tool to get a life of significance and authenticity.

Many of us engaged in worrying all day long and losing a great chance living a perfect and balanced life. What we get outside in this world comes from within. Our thoughts design our destiny. Our habits make us, (destroy too). The habit of worrying is one of them and mind it, it’s a big one. Many of us take our self out of the bed with the thoughts of last night and mostly they are negative. We start our day with something we are worried about. Rather than worrying about it, think about the solutions of the issues if they are bothering you. Speak to your family, friends and teachers. Take their advice and fix your worry habit. In your busy schedule get time to think what is important for you. Don’t be a machine. God has given us power to think, we should respect it. Science is trying to create Artificial Intelligence (already done in many ways). Machines are thinking like humans and we are becoming machines. Isn’t it? In this time it’s more important for us to make sure that our thinking power stick to its superiority. The simple reason is we are the best species on this planet. How can we let it go to machines? :)

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I Afraid..

“The pain that’s created by avoiding hard work is actually much worse than any pain created from the actual work itself. Because if you don’t begin to work on those ideas that God has blessed you with, they will become stagnant inside of you and eventually begin to eat away at you. You might seem OK on the outside, but inside you will be ill from not getting those ideas out of your heart and into the world. Stalling leads to sickness. But taking steps, even baby steps, always leads to success.” ~ Russell Simmons from Do You!

We actually fear taking baby steps because sometimes we are not ready yet, sometimes recourses are not proper, sometimes we are too young for it, sometimes we are over aged and sometimes we don’t believe in baby steps, we just want to start big, really big. But we just don’t do it. We also don’t do it because we don’t believe in our own ideas thinking what this world will think about our small and tiny ideas. May be they will laugh. All this and many thousands of excuses are there with us when it comes to making our ideas a reality. The good fact about all this is- it’s all very much natural. It’s inspired and developed by our environment because all this is what we have understood and learnt about the life. So what if I am afraid taking my passion into the real world? I say nothing. This is the first step for every success you are looking forward to. Every person you adore for his/her success felt the same or worst in some point in life. But those successful people have taken the second and the third and the forth and the fifth and and many more after the first one. They never allow their selves to stuck and give on the first step. Many of us stop after self doubt and initial failure. When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream; dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts and friction from the world.

Only understanding of our fears and areas of opportunities can make us ready for next big thing. In other words awareness is what takes us to the next level. Information and learning we just need to crack the code. We have to understand some new techniques using we can overcome our shortcomings and develop the confidence to making the blue print of our mind a reality. This world is filled with the genius who did nothing, because they never learnt how they can utilize their gifted minds for the betterment of their own lives. We stop learning after school/college, but in fact life after school/college is the place which teaches us everything. In school and colleges we just learn how should we take the lessons of life..Nothing much. So don’t feel you are done with your studies once you are out of your school. Take a fresh view on things around and start learning what you love to create in this world. And doing this, you will create your legacy. Meet the people who are successful. Make them your mentors. Learn from them. Read books and understand about the ideas stacking in your mind. Once you are confident enough, tell your friends and family about it. Ask what they think about it. You are still in the process. Ask for feedback and work on it. Again tell them keep doing the same till the time it’s not ready to serve. Don’t take too much time in this process alone, because there are many other things to do too.

Once you are ready to serve, start small. Learn to serve small. Day by day accumulate the experience and happiness which you will get doing what you were wishing some day in past. This would be the time when you will be walking on the path on which every individual dreams to pass. The path of success. You will be happier, filled with bliss and joy. I know you can see that at the moment because that’s where you belong to. That’s where your authentic life is. That’s where you meet your true self. Don’t you really want be there?

So get up and do the very first thing which you think will take closer to your idea. Even if its 1%, continue it for next 30 days. After that you will be 30% close to your idea. And it won’t take much from 30% to 100%. Don’t leave it on the next day. Because as I always say tomorrow never comes, tomorrow never dies. Only the day today is alive. The present of life. Use it completely. Your life is your choice to live the way you want to live, but be aware, God has given this life as a responsibility too, first to yourself and then if you succeed, for others.

Mind Body And Alignment

You know I am missioner around the whole idea of inspiring people around me. It needs consistent thinking of new ideas and applying into my own life. It includes reading many great minds, pushing my own limits and having faith in me. This past week has been great. It was a week of change for me. I started working out and it feels so great that I know I have got something I was looking for a long time. It feels like that boundless energy and freedom is back what we all have experienced in our childhood. While running on treadmill and lifting weight, many ideas come to my mind and inspire me to live a life of significance rather living a life a chaos. Staying fit makes me happy and inspires for my goals.It helps me keeping my spirit high. I am pushing myself harder to get more done and make a bigger difference in the area I know I can do my best. I know in a great body resides a great mind. People go to temple everyday and I go to Gym.

I read somewhere; Good health is a crown on the head of a well person that only a sick person can see. Should I wait to get sick? I can’t. I want to get that crown on my head too and that inspires me a lot. Good health is insurance for our wellbeing and I guess paying some time in workout is the premium we should pay. Every one of us has a dream to go for. In today’s competitive environment is it possible to rise above the ordinary without a great health? Our thoughts need to get a physical shape and convert into reality. It needs a great amount of work from our bodies too. A perfect body only can align with a perfect mind when it comes to making our dreams into reality.

As I wrote earlier on this blog, any new habit takes only 21 days to get develop; I invite you to join the club of wellbeing. Join it for21 days and you get a membership of lifetime. Start getting up little early from your bed and give yourself a gift of good health. I know it’s tough; it was hard for me too. But don’t you think it’s a great opportunity to tell yourself that no matter what I will get what I deserve. No matter what I will make my dreams a reality. No matter what I will get the best possible life for what I got birth on this planet. Believe me you are special and everyday chaos can’t be a reason for you to not live your authentic life. This is one life; just once. Make it the best you know around. Your life is your responsibility.

LETS BE IDIOT

3 Idiots…A Movie..A Message…is that it?

Let’s take it further. Most of us have seen this movie and appreciated. But why are we limited only to appreciate this movie. Why don’t we step in the life we want to lead for ourselves and give others a chance/reason to appreciate us? Answer lies with us only..and the answer is: We fear from taking the risk. We fear to walk on the road less traveled, less explored and less known. We live whole our life with fear of unknown and uncertainty and die living an un-living life. We are like this, may be because our system makes us so.

In the movie, a young guy, who just wanted to enjoy something without being worried about its outcome, he chose to do what he was passionate about from his childhood. That passion made him the best of the best and he wins with all the glory.

Nothing in life defines us more than how passionately we go about doing what we believe in. Life becomes easy for those who chose to do anything with passion. Just look around you and you will get many success stories. None will be the same. Every story is different but common is the passion for the dream. Ask any successful person, what’s the mantra to be there- the answer will be the same; and the answer is : Walk towards to the road which takes you close to your dreams. A point to remember- Walk is important. Without walking we simply can dream for something but can never get it. So the habit of action is a must.

The habit of action gets developed with the energy of positive thoughts. No matter what, you have to be positive in your journey. The energy of positivity will help you to walk miles of your journey with a smile on your face. “All Is Well” is the mantra. In the most crucial moments in life, whenever you feel that life is not giving you what you are asking; simply sing the song “ All is well”. It will not resolve your issue, but will give you the support and hope. We all need support in turbulent times. If not anyone is supporting you, at least you can support yourself.

The habit of action will be with you till the time you preserve it. Many times life shows us the mirage, and many go for it and get nothing. You have to firm enough in walking your path that no one can misguide you. Never leave the hope and belief in the power of your dreams and keep walking. Many have done it, so why can’t you. Soichiro of Honda, Marilyn Monroe, Beethoven, Spielberg, Michael Jordan, Vincent Van Gogh, J.R Rowling, Richard Branson, Steav Jobs are some of the names world labeled as failures. Everyone called them Idiots. But in fact, they are the most successful people of their area. The reason is one: Sustained habit of Actions. They never got distracted with the noise of the outer world because they were enjoying the music inside them.

3 Idiots is a movie runs around the ideas of exploring the unexplored and standing out of the rat race and following your dreams. These ideas lead to a wonderful life for sure. I invite you to join the Idiot Group. I am sure you will meet your best life there. I am waiting there for you.

2010- Gateway to A Good Future!

On January 1, 2010 we are done with so many days of our life and get a fresh box of 365 New Days. These days come with lots of new opportunities and hope to get a big life this year. Many of us will make New Year resolutions and will try to follow them; and some of us will leave those resolutions in between and start living an unlived life all over again.

Don’t you think this very same thing happens every year and we get nothing out of it? Do you want to do something new this year, which makes you different in coming 365 new days? Don’t you want to make this year a difference from you lived till now? I am sure answer is …Yes. So why wait. Let’s start a process today to make this year a best year of your life lived till now. Instead of making some new resolutions, have a look and reflect on some resolutions you made in last some years. Think about the promises and wishes which are still pending. I am sure we haven’t got everything we wish last year. So let’s start and continue the process of getting things done this year. Let’s clear the backlog.

Every year we will get another new year, like we get a new day every day. But the Big Question is- do we seize if fully? Do we utilize it the way super achievers do? This year is a great chance to fix all the issues once again. Let’s don’t waste it again. There is no point in leaving the things on tomorrow because tomorrow never comes (tomorrow never dies). Things get done when we set a time limit for them. In 365 day time line decide how many days you want to finish the incomplete jobs. At the same time don’t forget to live each day with its new energy and power. Day by day finish the jobs and move forward towards a great life. Make 2010 an year of achievement. When we move to 2011, we should not think about the past and what all is pending. Let’s finish everything now. With all due respect, I think our religion also teaches us lessons of good deeds so after we die we get to the Heaven. We do good deeds in present for a better future. 2010 should be a year for us for a better 2011. It should be the gateway to a great future. No doubt, globe is going through a rough phase, so responsibility to make our life better is little on the tuff side. But no option is left there except being the best of ourselves. Let’s make this year rocking.

Wish you a great & Inspiring 2010.

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The Possibility Zone

Everything we need in life stay out of the comfort zone. It always stays in the POSSIBILITY ZONE.

Whatever we want it always seems out of our reach. And that’s true. Everything important in life stays in Possibility Zone which is just outside of our comfort zone.

If you ever noticed about the things you wanted, you have got them after some or long struggle. Sometimes you waited for long and sometimes for a short time. But nothing came easy.

Now today when you want to go the next level, you are still waiting. Why? May be because the task is bigger than before or it’s hard. May be you think you are not the same who you were some years ago. Or you are so habitual of sticking into the comfort zone that you are not able look beyond that into the Possibility Zone where your best life is waiting for you.

We often try to procrastinate and think we will do it later. And slowly days go into weeks, weeks slip into months and months become years and finally we see we have lost it. Why we allow ourselves to do it. BIG question. Isn’t? For how long we will ask this question rather doing something to get whatever we want.
Let’s try to find out the ways to step into Possibility Zone-

-If we see the task as a big mountain; we think it’s too hard. Rather looking the task as a big mountain focus on doing the job in small chunks and the way you can do your best.

-Try finishing 1 percent of the thing at a time and you will find after 30 days it’s done by 30%. Small steps lead to big journeys.

-Stop thinking overall task you have in hands. It haunts sometimes.

-Forget about anything else when you do that 1 percent.

-Enjoy the amazing magical sense of achievement which you get every time you move your mountain. Celebrate it but keep running as the work is not over yet.

-Promise yourself that you will do it at least for 21 days. It’s proven that if we do a task for 21 days; it becomes our habit. Let’s make a habit of success.

-Make a public pledge. That means put a positive pressure by telling your friends and family about your goal. It helps us in doing the work in flow else we as human; procrastinate the things many times.

-And last but not the least- D.I.N- Do It NOW!

I invite you to step into the Possibility Zone today and make the best of your life; and needs to remember- it’s (Life) just once.

Press The PAUSE Button

You are watching your favorite movie at home. An intrusting plot is going on. Suddenly the door bell rings. You don’t want to miss a single scene and go to open the door but outside your best friend is waiting for you. What will you do?? Hey don’t you have the PAUSE button?? Press it…and open the door. Welcome your best friend and double your enjoyment while watching your favorite movie together.

"Sometimes to be faster, we have to be slower." 3 Time World Champion racecar driver Jackie Stewart

Sometime pressing the Pause button in life is too important to get best out of it. We all are busy being busy everyday without even knowing why and where we are going. Running all the times till the time we are crashed. PEAK PERFORMERS don’t do like this. Pause for some time. Re-think/re-view your life and plan how to get the best from the surroundings. Re-energize to gain mental piece and re-define your goals. Give time to introspection. Every day we sleep. WHY??? Everyone knows it. This is the basic Law of Nature. Same applies to our life; in all the things we do and think. We are not machines. We are purely humans in this world but surround by so many machines and think we are one of them. Just pause and get yourself a gift of rest. Mental and physical. Use this short break to re-design your tomorrow. Mastery in the outer world begins with the mastery in the inner world.