Blame the decision; not the mind

1.9 crore salaried Indians lost jobs since COVID-19 lockdown, 50 lakh in July alone

Around 6.1 million youth in the 15-24 age group are likely to lose their jobs in 2020 if India takes six months ending September to contain the Covid-19 pandemic and this will be around 40% of the total job losses the Asia-Pacific region is expected to witness, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a joint report Tuesday. The financial crisis caused by deregulation in the financial industry in 2008 caused the recession Nearly 8.8 million American jobs were lost between 2008 and 2010, according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics in.

There is a lot of panic & resentment at the moment in the minds of young workforce in our country. Every decade demands patience & perseverance from us to sustain & survive such failures. Despite getting everything right with your preparation, the odd chance of not making it through might let you down. Human mind is designed to self motivate aspirations with positive results and appreciation. The magnitude of certain failures could take you back to square one, where you might have to start the journey all over again. Under those circumstances, what keeps the drive enthralling for you?

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. When you're rejected by certain things in life, it is important to understand that the situation has let you down and not life as a whole. The nature of your past journey and how you approached the journey with your attitude should become the most resilient factors to keep you alive in the new journey.

In circumstances like these, it is imperative to protect your mind the most. Don't let anyone tell you that one failure is the end of the road. Listening to these things will only corrupt your mind.

Elon Musk has had lots of failure while taking Paypal, SpaceX and Tesla to success. If there is one quality that kept him going in life with an undying attitude is Self belief. It is nothing but a close connection with your own mind, decisions & actions where you reassure & show faith in yourself.

When you decide to break your comfort zone, unexpected setbacks & challenges are inevitable. The idea of getting something pitch perfect with your first attempt could only happen out of constant effort & a stroke of luck. However, if the stroke of luck doesn't favour you for reasons variable, it could end up as a disaster. This is how you learn to create "leaner & innovative" ways of achieving results.

The worst decision of life stemmed up from the same mind which produced some of the best decisions of your life. You have every right to question the rationale behind the worst decision but not your mind.

Half of the things you feared in life has never happened and it is only in your mind that you create and destroy the fear you always conceived.Your happiness is as important as anything else in life. And its nature's law that after every bad phase, a good phase follows. You'll have a good time at some point.

It is important that you're healthy enough in your mind to enjoy the good time. This is indeed round the corner. 

Here are few tips:

1. Take a bold decision to shift careers - impediments are bounds to occur but you should be able to move forward.
2. Don't hesitate to enrol yourself with a course to learn a new skill. The 21st century challenge is Learn-Unlear-Relearn. Take it up!
3. Reach out to your network and knock the doors. Not many would be willing to open their doors and the very few who indeed opens, may not be in a position to support. It shouldn't deter you from knocking the next one.
4. Don't confuse your mind between Self respect & Ego. Accepting your failure and display of courage to manage the failure in front of people is the way forward.
5. Invest your savings in taking your life forward. Or else, it will only benefit your banker & nobody else.

Written by Renjit Ravi Keshav