Monthly Archives: September 2020

HOPE

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Since March, life has changed for the complete world and I am no exception to this. As an entrepreneur, it has been a humbling experience to live without much progress in what I do and convincing potential clients to adapt our technology has become even more tougher. Each day, I start with a HOPE that today things are going to change, but the day ends with disappointment and depression.

I however believe that if we stay resilient and keep focusing on the goal, things are definitely going to come your way over a period of time. How to stay resilient?

Resilience is not a quality which will come in a day, it has to be practiced. This is an attribute which comes over a period of time. People who changed the world have this quality and I tell myself that this is what is required to ensure success.

We have come of an age where we see sudden successes and ideas changing the world, but did those ideas get executed overnight? Of course not. Yes, one or two might have, but the main changes did not happen overnight. Internet has been in use since the 1950’s, but it took 40 years to become mainstream. Internet is something which changed the course of the world. Without internet we cannot image today.

SAP, when it came to India took 10 years to add 1000 clients, but the next 1000 came in the 11th Year.

Our idea to change the way properties are managed and technology intervention to enhance operations is a tough nut to crack, but I believe we can do it.

However, the only thing I have today is the HOPE that TODAY is the day that things are going to change.

The Third Option

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As individuals we always have 2 options in life- To do or Not to do. But have you any time considered the third options which exists?

For every situation in life, we predominantly look at the 2 options which are in front of us. Yes/No. But there are chances that 99% of the time, these two options don’t work and we need to work on a mix which we rarely see. This is called the “rare mirror view”.

Since the time I have started this entrepreneur journey, I personally went through this many a times. Especially, during the last few months, I am being in this situation almost each day. Should I give up, or push myself. Each day bring a new challenge. Many a days I feel like this is done and I cannot push another day. I will give up now. When I sit down to actually write the options down, the first 2 are always Yes/No. However, when I spend more time thinking about the problem, I get the third option and the next few days will be about pursuing the third option. This option will make you look at the situation In a different way.

After few days or so, again the same situation and the exercise repeats; but now you have 3 other options which did not exist on the day one.

What the Third Option does is basically it will help you see the situation differently. This threshold will look like it is ceasing to exist each time. For instance, over the last few months, I personally got 6 other options on how I can get things done when the first time I had only 2. This changes everything and this is how I started learning more.

Today, I have more options than I had on Day 1 and surprisingly this gives me more avenues to address the situation and, the Yes/No have become the last 2 options.