A light in the darkness

Life has its own way of teaching things. I was lucky enough to secure a good job. This job gave me power over many things. Now, power means to command. This sounds very good, but in actuality, getting work done by your juniors is the real skill of leadership power. Within a few months of my posting, I understood this. So, rather than being bossy, I chose to be participative with them and sweetly make them all work with me. This worked well. This was my first lesson of life—the two sides of power and how to balance both of them and how to make your leadership most meaningful to everyone. The darker side of power, which wants to rule and ruins everything, is always overwhelming. We need to be careful with it; otherwise, it will overpower us and ruin things beyond repair. I am glad that I was in a situation where I had to choose the humble power aspect, which tries to work with everyone without hurting them.  Similar to this lesson is my introduction to the passion hypothesis. I still...

So today I am discussing the conclusions drawn from the passion hypothesis. CONCLUSION #1: Career Passions are Rare Passion means an intense desire and enthusiasm for something.  Now, what is the relationship between this intense enthusiasm and career? Are they related or not? I always enjoyed altruism and did it most often without complaining, but I am not a rich person, and I cannot become a philanthropist at this moment. So, my passion and career go nowhere.  Similar are the results of the study done by Robert J.  Vallerand  in 2002. He found dance, hockey, skiing, reading, and swimming as the common passions of college students. When it comes to offering jobs, it seems very difficult. Does dance actually materialize in a promising career? No. Does skiing provide any jobs? No. Reading provides a good job. No.  I still remember daydreaming about being an artist or a painter and earning a lot. But, in reality, a painter has a very tough life. Then for a while I...

So as I proceeded reading the book "So Good They Can't Ignore You_Why Skills Trump Passion," I came across the phrase " how to 'figure out what you want' and 'know what you'll be good at.'"  I had always read the story of Joseph, who had a dream of being in a high position and all his brothers and father and mother were under him. The next moment his whole family got against him, and the seed of jealousy was sown. As a result of this, he was sold to foreigners. The one who dreamt of big luck is now a slave in a foreign land.  The beautiful garden story has now turned to an anxiety arena. He is lonely, far, far away from all his near and dear ones. No one to lend a shoulder to cry on. A young boy of 17, all alone to fight. What would you have done if you were in such an overwhelming situation? Curse everyone! Be full of negativity! Take revenge! This 17-year-old boy had nothing but to do as commanded. He was full of ambition and dreams. He had...

This season I have thought to reflect on the book "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari." After deciding this, I landed on a new book, which caught my attention. This book is "So Good They Can't Ignore You." CHAPTER 1 I think this decision to write on this chapter is apt for this hour. Since I do not want to disclose many things from my life, I would stick to my enlightenment at this moment. So, today's discussion is on Steve Jobs. Over the years, he had been my inspiration, but this story of his I did not know. So, Jobs actually began his college life as a student of Western history and dance at the leading Reed College. Sounds weird, for the tech world knows him as a visionary and pioneer of the personal computer revolution. That is true.  In order to make you understand what I saw in Steve Jobs story, I was carried to read the section of the book "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. In this book he describes logotherapy, which focuses on th...