Two Pearls of Wisdom to Start Your Day

“Today, when I started to put words onto the laptop screen, I was not sure which topic to write. So many topics listed to write for this newsletter, but so little time to decide the topic and complete the draft.”

That was yesterday. I had a group call session after that, and once the session finished, I realized what topic I would write.

Yes, wisdom words! But why would you follow these words I’m about to write! ??

Obviously, You don’t need to. But, certainly, you can explore and judge whether there is any value in it.

I choose to write about the cliche topic because I believe its importance outweighs its rumored ‘negativity.’

So, here we go!

? What is common between a mirror and your?work?

If you look at the mirror, you will be able to see yourself, reflected, perhaps with a smile. But, even though you are seeing yourself ‘now,’ it seems that ‘now’ is, in fact, a delayed ‘now.’

?? It takes a little under seven nanoseconds, that’s seven billionths of a second, to travel a meter to the mirror and then bounce back to the same point. So, the ‘reflected you’ is the ‘past you,’ slightly delayed in the reflection.

Depending on the angles, distance, and mirror type (plane, concave or convex), the reflections and the lag time might differ. Several scientific laws to understand reflection and angles that determine the time lag, but you got the gist, right!

Your work also acts as a mirror, although it doesn’t follow the time and distance measurements to reflect within nanoseconds. When we complete work, sometimes we expect the result to be experienced right now. However, results don’t come that often. Although not as fast as our reflections in the mirror, it takes time to reflect. ?

As our reflected mirror doesn’t take that much time, we can’t separate the delusion of seeing the exact present us; but it still has a time gap. So the same should be applied to see our results.

In this busy work loaded lifestyle, we are always rushing into things and expect results within a blink of an eye. Therefore, we need the patience to calm ourselves and wait for the results rather than falling into anxiety.

? What’s with overflowing the bathtub with?water?

Suppose you want to go for a nice, relaxed, comforting shower in your bathtub. You are filling it up, and you keep releasing the water even once it becomes full.

What will happen is the water will overflow the tub and will cause a flood. So, now, you have more work to clean up the mess, and your mood is ruined as a bonus.

Why I’m bringing this example here? I believe it resembles the workload we thrive for and the anxiety we carry, day in, day out, and the aftermath of it.

?? Modern humans are workaholics, whether you (or your manager) believe it or not! According to a report from Inc. Magazine, for 95 percent of human history, people worked 15 hours a week.

Yes, of course, more work brought more innovations, positive changes, and evolution in our civilization. And, there is no denying that work is necessary to progress.

However, even though we engage ourselves in work, we often remain pressurized and over-burdened with it. As a result, we take too much anxiety into our home than we used to be before. Even when our work is complete, we talk in grapevine and take more inputs into our brains. And, that translates into utilizing your brain more into the work-related things, tensions, anxiety, and other unknown things that run in the background. ??

We think that relentless work (and thinking about it constantly) will make us efficient and bring us closer to success, but we surely need to check the balance. If we continuously overflow and over-burden us with the unnecessary pressure and unthinkable loads, it would backfire and ruin the floor (work/workplace).

?? And it will also impact the lives of your coworkers, peers, superiors, and juniors; because your work will have connections to their work. And that slowly transmits into an organization, to its employees (and their professional life), and then into their personal life.

So, think about your work, conduct yourself in your best behavior, work diligently, aspire for success, and cheer up in your workplace. But, do not overflow your brain and put pressure.

Thrive for efficiency, effectiveness, and excellence, but don’t get crazy!

Your brain, your body needs rest and time to recover, rather than running continuously with the thought of improving your current state. Because although you are thinking to have a smooth, relaxing future with all these additional efforts (just like the relaxing shower in the bathtub), the burden might ruin the ground (the overflow of water damaging the floor). ??

And, then you have to clean the mess, again!

?? Concluding notes

Those two comparisons might sound crazy and a lot like influencer talk, but it isn’t. Think about those two things, compare them in your life, and I believe you will find a bit of similarity.

If so, take it easy!

Inhale the realizations, and perhaps start your day with these acknowledgments so that you can still strive for success, along with adding a relaxing tone to your life.

You got this.

Sources

?? INC. Magazine. Article: 'For 95 Percent of Human History, People Worked 15 Hours a Week. Could We Do It Again?' Link.?

?? Explain that Stuff. Article: 'Mirrors — the science of reflection.' Link.

?? Cover Image. Pixabay in Pexels. Link.?

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