Striving towards Excellence

-Karthik Gurumurthy

Everybody talks about Gen-Y and how the trend goes towards empowering Gen-Y. One of the reasons mature people are apt to learn less than younger people is that they are willing to risk less. Learning is a risky endeavor, and nobody likes to fail. By late 30s most of us carry in our heads a tremendous database of things we have no intention of trying again, because we attempted once and failed. We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning or growth without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to accomplish more, we need to be willing to risk more, and embrace failure. That is the last step before achieving any kind of lasting success.