just when we thought with computers we would get rid of the "briefcase", along came laptops and laptop "bags" that some of us must carry :P
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Saturday, November 14, 2015
In-different Observation # 40
i have always hated competition! it's about revelling in mediocrity, creating comparisons and eventually achieving nothing positive.
Pursuit of excellence on the other hand, inspires me. makes more sense to rise above the competing lot... even in college, while i scored top grades in my undergrad, it was not because i wanted to get the better of the "system". it was because i tried to know much more about the subject than what the curriculum taught. in short - pursue excellence! and so getting good grades was only a by-product, not the aim. there are several things i still recall from basics. not because i studied to pass the exams, but because i knew things way beyond the curriculum.
it makes me feel swell with pride when i see i've been having the right approach in life towards competition! Peter Thiel talks about something similar in his book Zero to One. Don't compete.. dont occupy yourselves with benchmarks of petty comparisons. Innovate n excel. not only be the "best" at what you are doing, find n do something that no one else is doing! add value to your work through differentiation.
Pursuit of excellence on the other hand, inspires me. makes more sense to rise above the competing lot... even in college, while i scored top grades in my undergrad, it was not because i wanted to get the better of the "system". it was because i tried to know much more about the subject than what the curriculum taught. in short - pursue excellence! and so getting good grades was only a by-product, not the aim. there are several things i still recall from basics. not because i studied to pass the exams, but because i knew things way beyond the curriculum.
it makes me feel swell with pride when i see i've been having the right approach in life towards competition! Peter Thiel talks about something similar in his book Zero to One. Don't compete.. dont occupy yourselves with benchmarks of petty comparisons. Innovate n excel. not only be the "best" at what you are doing, find n do something that no one else is doing! add value to your work through differentiation.
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