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..... if you have to push back, who do you push back?
those who try to get too close or those who believe in their own dignity?
those who love to criticize others or those who introspect and then speak about everyone else?
those who love to hear the sound of their own voice or those who simply appreciate?
those who take the horse to the water or those who try and make it drink?
those who love you till they smother you or those who hate you and want to speed up your destruction?
......if you have to push back, push back those who are negative in their thoughts - whether they love you or hate you should not matter. Even age and relationship must not matter. They may appreciate you, but then they may be biased.You must, must push back someone who is selfish though they may be good to you. Never listen to an idea which is limited to you or the idea generator- the idea must maximize the positive fallout of any activity.
"....... it little profits that an idle king, matched with an aged wife, I meet and dole, unequal laws unto a savage race...." (From Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson).... this is just what has inspired me since I read it and understood it. I live by it; it is my mantra.
........ and then having understood that doling out unequal laws(read ideas), biased laws(again, read ideas)and laws(yet again, ideas) which are partial and unbalanced will most certainly result in less profits and more losses, I now ponder over whether there is one benchmark or many permutations and combinations for which thought or idea is right and what is wrong. I then arrive at the conclusion that while there may be many rights and wrongs, we again benchmark any action against the positive impact, and we will find the success rate gets higher- better- more assured. The decision then, to push back or not to push back, will be more correct than before. Before means when we were just not evaluating. Just going by who loved us and which peer group we belonged to; and who was coming forward with an idea or concept or simply who was asking us to do something. The idea was overshadowed by the person- the thought was eclipsed by who it belonged to.
..........so pushing back is a science because its a studied decision which determines the growth path of an initiative or idea.
........also pushing back is an art because any idea can be pushed back and re-formed or re-stated in a positive manner to be of any use. When something is generated, it is only fair that we explore how best to use it. I dont believe in flatly refusing to look at it because on the face of it, it looks negative;
I never would blindly say no.
....... as for pushing back people, once we are clear about the good or the bad, and we feel responsible for lesser mistakes, or minimum error, then we are eligible to judge them and then push back. But before attaining that confidence level we all need to look at ourselves closely. Are we being fair?
......if you have to push back, push back those who are negative in their thoughts - whether they love you or hate you should not matter. Even age and relationship must not matter. They may appreciate you, but then they may be biased.You must, must push back someone who is selfish though they may be good to you. Never listen to an idea which is limited to you or the idea generator- the idea must maximize the positive fallout of any activity.
"....... it little profits that an idle king, matched with an aged wife, I meet and dole, unequal laws unto a savage race...." (From Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson).... this is just what has inspired me since I read it and understood it. I live by it; it is my mantra.
........ and then having understood that doling out unequal laws(read ideas), biased laws(again, read ideas)and laws(yet again, ideas) which are partial and unbalanced will most certainly result in less profits and more losses, I now ponder over whether there is one benchmark or many permutations and combinations for which thought or idea is right and what is wrong. I then arrive at the conclusion that while there may be many rights and wrongs, we again benchmark any action against the positive impact, and we will find the success rate gets higher- better- more assured. The decision then, to push back or not to push back, will be more correct than before. Before means when we were just not evaluating. Just going by who loved us and which peer group we belonged to; and who was coming forward with an idea or concept or simply who was asking us to do something. The idea was overshadowed by the person- the thought was eclipsed by who it belonged to.
..........so pushing back is a science because its a studied decision which determines the growth path of an initiative or idea.
........also pushing back is an art because any idea can be pushed back and re-formed or re-stated in a positive manner to be of any use. When something is generated, it is only fair that we explore how best to use it. I dont believe in flatly refusing to look at it because on the face of it, it looks negative;
I never would blindly say no.
....... as for pushing back people, once we are clear about the good or the bad, and we feel responsible for lesser mistakes, or minimum error, then we are eligible to judge them and then push back. But before attaining that confidence level we all need to look at ourselves closely. Are we being fair?
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