I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LONG BREAK!
I was so busy with university preparation stuffs and arranging a music ensemble. :s
I have been reading and viewing motivational articles a lot lately. Decisions change our life. All those articles were relentlessly about change your life, do something, speak up, make your move, etc.
The adults (those authors and speakers) hinted that what we do now will determine ourselves in the future. As Steve Jobs mentioned in his commencement speech in Stanford University: "Of course it was difficult to connect the dots looking forwards. But it was very very clear looking backwards ten years later. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." and by dots here he meant the things we have done. Live our life like everyday is our last, and we will do something different that gives impact.
Making decision isn't that simple indeed. Especially for people at our age now where just in the past we had to get permission just to hang out with friends and now we are held against decision which will affect our life and future not for temporary but as a whole. As an anxious young man, I listen a lot. There are people who claims that doing what we love is the best for us whereas there is another group who advices me to do what I'm good at.
Let me elaborate this information. We have the things that we like and good at. For some, they are the same. In contrast, for others they may have very different fondness and specialty. (Okay, for you who claim to have nothing you're good at I can only say sorry to you :( ). Logically, we are more bounded to success given that we do the things we good at rather than the things we love. We have a basic skills and we are ahead of others and competitors. On the other hand, for the things we love, we might only have just right knowledge, skills and opportunity in it. This will hinder our progress. However, others might argue about life will be so miserable, being a slave to a particular banal and repetitive job. Nevertheless, wouldn't it be so bad if we do the same thing over and over again? Even if it is the thing we love, eventually we will lost our interest or even hate it. Ironically, in the end we could be no better than if we did something that we are better at.
There are no good or bad decision, nor best or worst scenario. The wrong thing is not doing anything!
"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it."It is not wrong to be open to critics and advices but we have to remember that it is our life and don't let anybody lives it for us. Just experiment with anything, make mistakes, falls, fails. Why should we afraid of failing? Pain? Pain is temporary. It may last for a minute, an hour or a day, or even a year, but eventually, it will subside, and something else will take its place. If we quit and give up however, pain will last forever. It's now about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; it's how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!
Picture ourselves 10 years from now on. What will we be? Some might says doctors, engineers, entrepreneurs, accountants, scientists, whatever. We have our own dream. What have we done towards all of that? Can we just malinger? I don't think we can still procrastinate. I have a dream that one day I will rise and be a successful entrepreneur, a great leader and an epitome for everyone. I want the world to be a little bit better because I exist.
If you ask is it wrong to set high expectations? The answer to that is no.
You can dream of being a noble prize baccalaureate, winning a Pulitzer prize, acquiring Grammy awards, anything you want.
Nonetheless we have to face the reality. Aiming high means we have a very little margin for error. We have to be outstanding among the best. It is not a trivial and spontaneous things you can get hands down.
"You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can''t do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period." - Will Smith
I heard someone once said "he who said he can and he who said he can't are both usually right." Which one are you? However, again, saying and wanting do not suffice. Dig down ourselves and find out what we really want. It may sound hilarious to people, but no problem. Find a way and achieve it. Airplanes were preposterous back then, but now? A massive heavy steel structure can fly across the oceans.
For me, I believe that the moment we start failing is the moment we stop believing and dreaming. Many great inventions start from a reverie. Just decide everything and boom boom boom the dots are connected and we will be amazed ten years later. (Or perhaps we will regret not doing it?) :D
---Gio
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