-Karthik Gurumurthy
I am thankful for the train ride to work every day. It gives me a chance to read, observe, contemplate and capture ideas that will be relevant to my audience and useful in my speaking, writing, coaching and consulting. Reading broadly and eclectically develops intellectual bandwidth. If we read only what others are reading, we will likely lack the ingredients for true originality.
-Karthik Gurumurthy
I wrote this post couple of weeks back but did not get to post it until today. This was written when Germany beat Argentina to win Football Worldcup.
Argentina played well but the way Argentina played was it just played enough to survive.
It is a pre-requisite, obviously for everything else. But that cannot be the end goal. Germany however, played to win.
A client once told me, “I didn’t go to college to learn how to survive. I want to thrive!!”
Of course if we don’t expect much in life and don’t get it, we aren’t as disappointed. Some people aim low–at surviving–with the confidence that at least they can achieve that.
During difficult times, both individuals and businesses are sometimes faced with survival as a primary goal. But like Robert Schuller says, “Tough times never last but tough people do.”
The danger is staying in survival mode longer than necessary. Anyone can become so accustomed to playing not to lose that they stop playing to win.
Michaelangelo said, “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
To change your future, change your present perspective.