Brains

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is hardly likely to look back out - Georg C. Lichtenberg.

Its said that the size of the brain compared to it's body helps understand the evolutionary advancement of the creatures under study. As the mind consumes ~30% of the total energy required by the body to survive, its development is highly prioritized and efficiently organized. Its complexity is only now being understood using advanced tools like the Magnetic Resonance Imaging and is already helping scientist's to come up with hi technology gadgets which detect brain impulses and map them accurately in an attempt to influence it's functions.

Its a strange contradiction that mind power is helping discover the brains true power and potential.

Btw: amongst mammals, only dolphins have the apparently advanced minds to recognize themselves in a mirror. This proves the existance of self consciousness or awareness of one's own self. This is considered to be the primary development giving rise to the understanding of social behaviour and cooperation amongst this pack hunter, who apart from homo-sapiens is the only mammal which enjoys sex for reasons other than procreation.

Carrot stick

Talking politely and carrying a big stick may work better but does nothing to earn a loyal following. It does however encourage a lot of negatives like opportunistic loyalists, wavering respect and backstabbing allies - all of which could be avoided to ensure unwarranted rivalry. While it can be argued that selfish motives are the key to emerging success, its utility remains untested in a world dictated by survival of the fittest.
This policy was created and implemented as a diplomatic tool used to teach opponents resisting the govt policy and was populist in nature.

So where does it lead us? To a point where the doctrine of M.A.D. is assured. Mutually assured destruction is the only reason the world exists as we know it.

Demystify

Nothing will work unless you do - Maya Angelou.

The simplicity of the statement hides a profound truth. The kind of truth derived from extensive experience of a bygone era, that is final in itself.

As simple as it sounds, it is a very difficult discipline to follow willingly in today's world that we live in.

When managers frequently use phrases like:
You haven't reached your fullest potential, they essentially mean they don't know how far you can go but are sure you haven't travelled far. makes one wonder if they know the experiences a lot better than you yourself do. Especially when you don't care!
The path that this conversation takes completely negates whatever existing little enthusiasm the manageé was left with!

Nothing will work unless you do is also marginally based on the presumption that there's no dependency, which in a collaborative environment doesn't stand a chance.

In a semi-personal sort of a way, this some how makes good sense. In a wholistic approach, this is almost like living alone or wandering off on a trek.

While in a conundrum, the legendary Leonardo da Vinci said: The knowledge of all things is possible.

Assuming the presumptions he most certainly relied upon were, that no one man or entity would be expected to learn, and recall from it all. And secondly, the context of science and the reality of their collective knowledge was very limited.

So it is plausible for the statement to hold true under certain conditions.

Coco Chanel once said: my life didn't please me, so I created my life.

Coco was ofcourse a very well accepted and revéred in the fashion industry. In a world of fluffy uncomfortable long gowns, she created and dazzled the page-3 audience with the hot new design of hers; The Little Black Dress. Also popularly known as 'the LBD!'

Once it was declared the biggest hit along with the most sensational scent created for women(in the world), there was no stopping and looking back. Its become such a rage, for such a long time, women still wear it now when attending red carpet gala's like the Academy of Motion pictures association which hosts the Oscar's. Considering this, her statement on creating life shouldn't be surprising. Although, it remains a mystery if she said it before or after becoming a global phenomena.

Looking for Passion

Constantly craving for and staring at some objective doesn't get you any closer than you already are. All it does, is to increase the longing and decrease the patience. Is that really what anyone needs? If anything, the time on station should be utilized for productive endeavours fulfilling the need of a healthy mind.
But that's not how we live our life now, is it? A few wannabes vying for attention in life at a crucial moment are always going to remain and will challenge when its least expected to take over and enslave a free soul.
The freedom of "being what we are" and to ensure it remains so - is a constant struggle. Its not about denying your heart a pleasure it so desperately seeks. Its about going into a constant state of denial to ensure a way of life.
Its in the very nature of things to bring fore an unfulfilled dream so the imagination may live its course, giving an array of reasons, the ability to choose and differentiate between mere meet eaters and farmers.

Success as defined by current standards of society has to meet the norms of an inescapable consequence derived from mistakes of the past. Its hardly the lesson learned, as the effective charge of education has a role reversal when it comes to observations of a factual reality. While the schooling remains biased with a single teacher teaching the same thing to multiple products of economic sustainability multiplied by the hopes of the sexes, it in no way helps, even the most ardent followers of bullock-cart load's, full of text books.
The true essence of a victor, even today, relies on ingenious creativity tugged along with copious amounts of space and time fusing together for the sake of a desirable outcome.
Either that, or blame it on the hereditary inheritance!

Confucius says: Don't be concerned, others not appreciating you.
Be concerned, about your not appreciating others.