Mindless Experience or Mindful Action: what makes a difference for success?

Human is slave of its behavior. Brain makes behavior for the reason of not doing his job. Brain does not want ‘one’ to change; not only this, ‘other brains’ do not want other to change too. In essence, we all seek stability. We do not want to go through the grind every time, despite the fact the ‘grind of time’ is ever running. Everyone wants to keep hold of everything and anything. Brain, I say is not in one’s control. It literally takes granted the ‘holder’.

Conclusive impact in the corporate world can be seen when you see a manager talking to his subordinate, ‘This is the way to do it.’ How come there is only one way of doing one thing. It is not managers only who stop creativity, out of their fear of losing control?? Look at other manager, saying ‘I have experience of doing it, so you have to do it the same way’.

How unfortunate it is. How mindless we become due to our habits of seeking stability by stopping other from attempting something afresh. Let the experience people know, the relevance of ‘experience’ is to learn but not to follow. 

Context and perspective keep changing, ever changing. Unstoppable.

It therefore means that there is not only one way of doing a job but many ways. Only difference is or rather has to be, the chosen way should depend on the current context.

‘You can’t solve today’s problems with yesterday’s solutions.’ Ellen Langer says.

What it does mean that what made one successful, cannot make other person successful by following same rules of success. Context changes, time changes, even perspective & objective changes of doing a job; than how come one rule applies to all. Mindless thinking.

Be Mindful to be successful, she suggests.

Mindful state makes you get the guidance from old rules, routines and goals but never allow them to govern you, today.

Research of over nearly 40 years done by Ellen Langer proved be mindfulness.  She has defined Mindfulness as a process of actively noticing new things.

“Mindfulness makes one, more sensitive to ever changing context and perspective. It is the essence of Engagement.” The study of Langer revealed that by paying attention to what is going on around us, instead of operating on auto-pilot, we unlock our creativity and boost performance.

So, go around ‘mindful’ to look at things in your own perspective in different or changed context. ‘Experienced people’ will try putting before you their perspective even in changed context today. What a mindlessness proposition. Isn't it?

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