Food for thought
Yesterday I was listening to a talk from a young person- around 27 years old. It was a very short speech. The young man was quoting Deepak Chopra, Robin Sharma, Osho etc. Nothing bad in that. But I found he was just ‘vomiting’ the great thoughts of others. Many of us had enough food for thought from the afore said great people. Why are we feeding with the same concepts again and again?
Or is it a problem with me only? Don’t know.
Generation Y has a lot to experience with the latest technology compared to Gen X. I really do not know whether this has any influence on the reading habit of Gen Y people. But I am sure, this has resulted in putting very less or few effort in thinking.
People simply do not think at all!
They are quoting others and vomiting what others had already said or thought. Why can’t they think for some time? They are not looking at a situation from different perspectives. This also has great impact in solving the day-to-day problems because they cannot see a problem in different angles.
Think for at least 15 minutes a day. It would be better if you jot it down in a diary. Develop lateral thinking skills. It is very difficult to think properly in the initial days. But constant practice to think in a better way will help you in the long run.
P.S: I know software engineers in MNCs drawing a salary of more than Rs.20,000 just for doing a routine, clerical job. This is the world. People are getting paid for not to think at all!!
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