MONDAY MUSE (7 Jan '08)
NO SHORTCUTS
Every visitor to Pedro’s college was treated to the spectacle of his ability to
jump over ten steps from the mid-landing of the staircase to the landing below.
However, one visitor was not amused. He was an athlete and sought to prove that
Pedro’s feat was ordinary.
Pedro pleaded with him not to try it out. It was not prudent for a winner
athlete to consider an ordinary person’s feat as a challenge. But the athlete
would have none of it. He went up to the mid landing and jumped off only to
fall spread-eagled on to the last three steps.
Pedro helped him to his feet and told him an enduring lesson. Pedro had
initially started jumping off the fourth step. After a few days he moved to the
next step. One step at a time over four months, he was able to develop the
skill of jumping from the tenth step. Pedro asked the athlete, “why did you go
straight to the tenth step?”
Things are not always as easy as they seem. And there are no guaranteed short
cuts to acquiring the abilities of those who make it seem easy. We can cover
ground faster by putting in more effort and following a well planned process.
But things will not happen immediately even if we believe that we are better
equipped than the one who can do it. Getting better is a process that requires
time, thought and most importantly confidence that is not clouded by conceit.
To ‘BE BETTER’ take one step at each instance…
There are no real shortcuts to cover the distance!
Regards
Pravin
7 Jan 2008, Goa.
Since 2004, the Monday Muse series (based on the annual theme of JCI-India) is
penned by Pravin Sabnis - a life coach with a passion to connect people to
their potential. He employs his creative competencies in theatre and trekking
in his unlearning unlimited workshops conducted for leading corporate & other
groups.
Pravin K. Sabnis
visit: www.unlearningunlimited .blogspot.com
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