Become a Designer in Everything You Do

“Imagine a passenger on an airplane who doesn’t know that flight exists. As the plane takes off he panics, thinking such thoughts as “What’s holding us up? What if this plane is too heavy? Air weighs nothing, and this whole plane is made of steel!” Thrown back on his own perceptions, the panicked passenger loses all sense of being in control; he is trapped in an experience that could be leading to disaster.

In the cockpit the pilot feels more in control because he’s been trained to fly. He knows the aircraft; he understands the plane’s controls that he works. Therefore he has no reason to panic, even though in the back of his mind the danger of mechanical failure is always present. Disaster could occur, but that is out of his control.

Now move on to the designer of jet planes, who can build any craft he wants based on the principle of flight. He occupies a position of greater control than the pilot because if he kept on experimenting with various designs, he could come up with a plane that is incapable of crashing (perhaps some kind of glider with an airfoil that never stalls, no matter what angle of dive the plane goes into).”

These three paragraphs from the "The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life", a gift from really good friend of mine, really defined what I always wanted to do with my professional life, design businesses that empower and enhance people's life through technology.

One of the most important things in life is realising what you REALLY want to do with your life and I must say those three simple and straight paragraphs inspired me a lot.

To finish, I want to share an inspiring quote from the famous and super funny actor Jim Carrey:

"How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out.

As someone who has done what you are about to go do, I can tell you from experience, the effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is."