Comments on: The Soul of Success Part 4 – Role of Luck http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/04/14/the-soul-of-success-part-4-role-of-luck/ Knowledge is Scrumptious Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:13:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rajagopal sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/04/14/the-soul-of-success-part-4-role-of-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-12419 rajagopal sukumar Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:39:14 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1299#comment-12419 Thanks Karthik for the kind words. That is a great example of how we spot things in the same areas where we operate for a long time. Saraswathi has recounted a similar experience from her life. Thanks Karthik for the kind words. That is a great example of how we spot things in the same areas where we operate for a long time. Saraswathi has recounted a similar experience from her life.

]]> By: Karthik http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/04/14/the-soul-of-success-part-4-role-of-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-12413 Karthik Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:12:19 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1299#comment-12413 Another great post Sukumar. Two days before reading the blog i was thinking about the focus. Let me give an example from my side on focus. We use to travel to buffalo downtown daily to clients office and we do car pooling with other 4 people. Almost a year we are travelling in the same road and none of us noted the NY lottery billboard thats display the lottery amount which is usually in millions. For the last one month we had a new member who is interested and when we cross this billboard everyone on board watches this amount and discussion goes on. For tomorrow's lot it is is 325 million. :-) Interesting discussion goes on what everyone will do if they win the lottery. The point here is as you said it is just we don't see lot of things thats happening around us since we are not focussed on such items. Focus on goal is very important. I used to go for amazon reviews for good books, and from this blog i am getting great recommendations from you all. Thanks to everyone. Another great post Sukumar. Two days before reading the blog i was thinking about the focus. Let me give an example from my side on focus. We use to travel to buffalo downtown daily to clients office and we do car pooling with other 4 people. Almost a year we are travelling in the same road and none of us noted the NY lottery billboard thats display the lottery amount which is usually in millions.
For the last one month we had a new member who is interested and when we cross this billboard everyone on board watches this amount and discussion goes on. For tomorrow’s lot it is is 325 million. :-) Interesting discussion goes on what everyone will do if they win the lottery.
The point here is as you said it is just we don’t see lot of things thats happening around us since we are not focussed on such items. Focus on goal is very important.

I used to go for amazon reviews for good books, and from this blog i am getting great recommendations from you all. Thanks to everyone.

]]> By: Sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/04/14/the-soul-of-success-part-4-role-of-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-10615 Sukumar Sat, 02 May 2009 12:00:19 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1299#comment-10615 Saraswathi, Those are great insights on Goals. What i am finding more and more is that a lot of people don't have any goals at all. They simply drift through life. Is it because goal setting is so hard or are they afraid of setting goals and not meeting them? Maybe they don't realize that setting a goal is a great way to get your mind focused there by increasing the chance of making the goal. Saraswathi,
Those are great insights on Goals. What i am finding more and more is that a lot of people don’t have any goals at all. They simply drift through life.

Is it because goal setting is so hard or are they afraid of setting goals and not meeting them? Maybe they don’t realize that setting a goal is a great way to get your mind focused there by increasing the chance of making the goal.

]]> By: Saraswathi http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/04/14/the-soul-of-success-part-4-role-of-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-10602 Saraswathi Fri, 01 May 2009 13:20:33 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1299#comment-10602 @Sukumar: I am getting back to the comments after a delay thanks to my laziness. "Choosing" or "identifying" right goals is definitely the toughest thing. I am still not sure what my "right" goal is. But these are my thoughts: 1. Experiment: When I came back to India, I wanted to work in the social sector. But now after 4 months, I have visited a number of NGOs, met people from this sector, discussed, attended interviews etc. The "goals" I had set 3 months back don't seem to be applicable today as I have "learnt new things about this field". So when we experiment, we will get more clarity of what "right" goals can be. 2. Don't have too much ego or rigidness w.r.t your goal: The "goals" I set 4 months back are no more applicable. So I am re-configuring my goals. If I have attached too much "ego" to my goal, it will be difficult to re-configure. People may say "This girl started off saying she is going to do so-and-so and now she is not sticking to it'. These comments will be common. But unless we are open to "reconfigure" our goals based on our learning, i feel we will become stagnant. 3. Before talking with others, sit down and think what you want: It is very easy to get influenced by others when you are in the process of setting goals. It will be "tempting" to follow the path somebody else has followed. But it is better to sit down and write down "What you really want?". Taking advice from others is not bad. It does help. But unless "we are clear" what we want, all other advice is not going to help. I have faced this problem the last 4 months. @Sukumar:

I am getting back to the comments after a delay thanks to my laziness.

“Choosing” or “identifying” right goals is definitely the toughest thing. I am still not sure what my “right” goal is. But these are my thoughts:

1. Experiment: When I came back to India, I wanted to work in the social sector. But now after 4 months, I have visited a number of NGOs, met people from this sector, discussed, attended interviews etc. The “goals” I had set 3 months back don’t seem to be applicable today as I have “learnt new things about this field”. So when we experiment, we will get more clarity of what “right” goals can be.

2. Don’t have too much ego or rigidness w.r.t your goal: The “goals” I set 4 months back are no more applicable. So I am re-configuring my goals. If I have attached too much “ego” to my goal, it will be difficult to re-configure. People may say “This girl started off saying she is going to do so-and-so and now she is not sticking to it’. These comments will be common. But unless we are open to “reconfigure” our goals based on our learning, i feel we will become stagnant.

3. Before talking with others, sit down and think what you want: It is very easy to get influenced by others when you are in the process of setting goals. It will be “tempting” to follow the path somebody else has followed. But it is better to sit down and write down “What you really want?”. Taking advice from others is not bad. It does help. But unless “we are clear” what we want, all other advice is not going to help. I have faced this problem the last 4 months.

]]> By: rajagopal sukumar http://www.sastwingees.org/2009/04/14/the-soul-of-success-part-4-role-of-luck/comment-page-1/#comment-10575 rajagopal sukumar Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:35:43 +0000 http://www.sastwingees.org/?p=1299#comment-10575 Thanks Ganesh. Yes, luck does a play a part in getting you to a certain place, after that grabbing opportunities and shining is the individual's skill not luck. Thanks Ganesh. Yes, luck does a play a part in getting you to a certain place, after that grabbing opportunities and shining is the individual’s skill not luck.

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