Why we do, what we do?
I wrote an article this morning on my birthday wishes and thanked everyone who wished me. I thanked people who I really don't know and most of whom I never met or probably will never meet. And I forgot to mentioned my wife and family who actually made my day.
And that has gotten me thinking - Why do we do what we do?
- Why do we take our families for granted? My wife has stood by me through my various entrepreneurial failures. Some of them were monumental failures. Any normal person would have dumped me long back. Yet she stood by me through all of the troubles and I always forget to thank her . Why?
- There may have been a zillion times I told my wife, or her mother, or my mother -"I'll call back in a meeting". Why do we do this? Don't we go to work so we can earn to spend with our family? Yet we prioritise meetings and work over family.
- We spend so much time away from home on the pretext of we are doing it for the family. Is our priorities right? This work for home has taught us we can stay at home and still work. Why do we need nature to force us to understand what is important?
- And the biggest question is why do we care so much about what people think? This whole social media charade is nothing but fake imagery we use to build our image. Is this really essential? Would people's opinion about us really matter to who we are? I realised we are more polite and respectful to people we don't know. And we are rude and obnoxious to people we love! Why?
- Why do we care about people who will never be there for us and ignore the one's who stand by us? Why is it so essential to get social currency when it cannot feed you or pay your bills?
I wonder if it's just me or are there more idiots like me in this world? I am convinced today that I had my priorities and my whole approach to life wrong! Maybe that's why am not where I believe I should belong. I think doing things unintentionally does not mean it does not hurt. So I need to apologise and course correct ASAP.
I need to take a concentrated effort to really re-look at the way I am leading my life. Love, Concern, Care are all nice words but mean nothing if we don't demonstrate it.
Managing Director | PE led High Growth Executive | Expert in building and scaling organistaions | GCC set up | Build,Transform,Value creation
4 年It's not just your courage, wisdom, self reflection but a simple honest heart, which is a build of upbringing, in some ways genetic, close surroundings (whom you mentioned) that fuels the power to introspect and be fearless to share the truth of your current perspective, which says Darshan M, your are a true human!( a rare breed). Course correction is normal. Ability to sense that it is required is not!
Head HR-Electric Vehicles / IIM Kozhikode/Top HR Minds awardee
4 年Very nice. Speaking your heart out