- make mistakes -

oh don’t get me wrong – it is not an invitation of any sort for you to let go off your guard and make more mistakes (as if you need to!)

neither is it some cool insight i come out with every now and again. so don’t get peeved off if i sound a little lame to you.

the thing is that i went to this conference today on leadership to present a paper with my finance h.o.d. and Dr. Kiran Bedi was the Chief Guest. all in all it turned out to an uneventful day, but she came to the dais to speak (which went on and on and on) and she said a few cool things (which on gods – green – earth had absolutely ‘no’ connection with the conference theme of ‘leadership’) but in any case i found really insightful, and i thought it’d be neat to share them to you all before i forgot them … soon (i mean they were good, but you don’t expect me to remember them to heart, do you!!)

*ahem* any how, long speech short (lucky you – you are saved from the crappy parts); there were these two things she said which sort of struck a chord *twang*

1. she says life s always a slant – so its like you are either going up or down ala your luck always see saws. so its just a matter of assuring yourself that things will get better. and that joy and sorrow will keep on alternating (author s note: though the blessed ones get more of the former and losers get more of the latter)

2. upon being asked as to whether she made mistakes and how she copes up with it, she said (and this is good! – an apt interview answer) that she does not make mistakes. after all a mistake is a mistake only if you prolong it. if you take actions at the first sight of distress  and make an earnest endeavor to negate the ill effects of your mistake, it ceases to be a mistake. it is only when you keep on going on making the mistake that it becomes … well … a mistake!

it makes some sense, doesn’t it. after all i have seen that making a mistake is like a vicious circle – and once you make it you get entangled into a downward spiral and things just go on getting worse. case in example: i had a tough time when i started dieting about 4 years back, and i remeber that i was near – anorexic and refused to eat more than 12 – 1300 cals a day. i used to hate me when i would gorge even a little. it was just that when i would indulge a little that i would feel so ashamed and disgruntled that i would – well – eat more! this is in fact the biggest and the baddest reflex to get over. one should understand that one binge eating session is not gonna make you any fatter. one just needs to be pragmatic, patient and assure yourself that ‘its alright – no harm done‘.

anyhow … moving on … i’m getting carried away. the point is that what she said made such beautiful sense – i got like a big wake up call when i heard her. unquestionably that female is an over – achiever and is a born optimist, and any attempt whatsoever to emulate her would only lead to failure  if i try. but i got a fresh outlook at life, and i can imagine how handsomely this sort of an approach will work

a. it will make sure you do not carry on your mistake

b. it will make sure that you remain an optimist

plus i feel this sort of a mindset enables you to have a more risk – taking approach; since you can always appease yourself by reassuring yourself that “well … i can always correct my mistake!!”  

authors (worried) note: at the outset i would like to apologize to everyone in case you found this post lame. (please ignore if you liked it – god knows i could do with some (positive) comments) its just that this sort of a post sort of restricts my free – writing skills and i am forced to constrain my demeanor to a more formal outlook. i don’t know – i feel it is a crime to write such things. me?!? trying to make others optimistic ?!? hA – funny (duh)

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