I don’t know…

I was in this classroom of my Masters and we were having a discussion with my teachers and peers and suddenly “the question” that was making the rounds of the class landed on the most mischievous person (read: imp). The person has a backdrop of speaking their mind which is not seen in good taste not by teachers and not by that version of me.

We were serious and in the midst of some serious discussion where each one of them was making a point …there was a clear tug-o-war of proving their mirth on the subject matter was on and here the person only had to say “i don’t know” . Easy pisy but I could not digest being the facilitator of the class and also falling in the line of populist I tried to reframe the question… I looked a hard look at the person but his na?veté was quite evident that there was no news that side … I tried to check with the person on a personal level such was the disbelief in me that how can that person pull that stunt here in the class. That is how the mindset has been that its a mark of disrespect to just turn down the question in case asked by a person of certain stature in this case it was a professor.

This incident had a deep imprint in my mind…the then mindset understood if a question is asked it has to be answered and I thought that person is so shameless to give such a lame answer.?

My personal story can be taken a bit in rewind … let’s say when I was in school … my aim was to answer all the damned questions asked of me.. I was quite a meticulous kid and I used to respond to all of it … At one point in my graduation days I in fact mumbled some stupid made up answers in my viva voice of the carpentry workshop … that livid that memory is where I was the ridicule still I kept up my old habits … since they die hard u see… I could never fathom that there might be a possibility that u have no clue about something….those are the deep beliefs life threw at me and I kept collecting them..

Lately when life started throwing bouncers at me I realised it’s no use toiling hard to get the answers because trust me nobody knows anything for sure and in case they do it will only help them …?

“I don’t know” is a phrase unacceptable to my household and many may have felt the tremors but it’s the most reliable way to move on in life … as if the path is unclear … we have no absolute answers but we are ready to dive in … what more can you expect to do in cases like these …?

As introspection kicks in I realised I was a part of the team “ridicule” when somebody quoted “I don’t know” …I was also a part of the gossip bench little did I know I might land on either side of the fence few years from now ….… I might have scored brownies in class amongst my professors but a great lesson awaited my awakening… that u might stand a chance to be ostracised but it’s ok to accept that u have no clue … and face whatever it is ….?

Have u used this phrase “I don’t know” (idk) yet … or u afraid to face the music ???????? Happy Coaching #Shambho #leaders #leadershipdevelopment?#motivation #success #consciousplanet #people #leadershipdevelopment #leaders #coaching #stress #consciousness #innovation #future #creativity #digitalmarketing #entrepreneurship #careers #socialnetworking #startup #futurism #europe #travel #mindset #writer #blogger