COMPASS/GUIDE

 

The drawback of a compass is that it only gives you direction -- not directions.

It can help you back away from the wrong path and point you toward a better one.

But to navigate that path effectively, you need a guide.

When we are unsure, we seek directions from an expert guide.

It's the familiar mantra: 

If you want to be great, learn from the best.

But the principle has its own limitations.

Students learned less from experts. For the best experts were the worst guides. It is known as the curse of knowledge -- the more you know, the harder it is for you to understand what it's like not to know.

It is explained by cognitive scientist SianBeilock

 "As you get better and better at what you do, your ability to communicate your understanding or to help others learn that skill often gets worse and worse."

PROGRESS

 

Progress rarely occurs in a straight line. Not linear, it unfolds in loops.

A rut is not a sign you have tanked. A plateau is not a cue you've peaked. They are signals it's time to turn around and locate a new route. It might be unfamiliar, winding and bumpy. But you make progress.

One of the most frustrating parts of honing a skill is getting stuck. You won't improve. You stagnate.   It marks the end of growth, You decline. You reach the end of your mental or physical capabilities.

However, you gain momentum when you navigate your way down a different path.

Progress dawns

CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA CSI SOUTH KERALA DIOCESE

 

It's time for election of a new Bishop for the South Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India. CSI.

Some aspirants are pushing themselves up for the prized post. 

But there is a right person who could have done wonders if he were selected. 

However vested interests are trying their best to keep him out somehow. 

And the saintly person is not inclined to join the materialistic race 

I wrote to him

...............................

I was reading the sports page of the Sunday Times of India

What Shubhman Gill said struck me.

Thought it is the message to you by the almighty.

Quoting it:

"My belief is that in my life, I am right where I have to be. Whatever things are written in my destiny, no one can take those things from me"

"Being a sportsperson, it's all about being in the present. The more in the present you are, the more you are not thinking about what's going to happen or what happened in the previous moment."

Gill admits it had been frustrating when he was forced to miss out.

His comment on that:

"There are so many things that you want to do and it's definitely very frustrating."

.........

From me:

Ardent faith alone moves the rock, the stumbling block on your path.

SOURCE OF DAILY JOY

 

 When practice is transformed into play, the monotonous daily grind becomes a source of daily joy.

Pushing ourselves through dull and dragging practice sessions  cannot develop our skills to the utmost.

The former accomplishes it seamlessly.

With passion around, persistence translates into performance.

OBSESSIVE SLOG

 

OBSESSIVE SLOG

It is true, it takes deliberate practice to achieve greater things. However, when we drill hard  we often turn it to an obsessive slog that drives   the joy out of the activity.

BURNOUT/ BOREOUT

 

BURNOUT/ BOREOUT

Burnout is the emotional exhaustion that accumulates when you are overloaded.

Bore out is the emotional deadening you feel when you're under-stimulated.

ADVANTAGE OF BREAKS

 

Advantage of Breaks

1. Time away helps to sustain harmonious passion. Reduces fatigue and raises the level of energy.

2. Unlocks fresh ideas.  Boosts creativity. Your interest keeps the problem active in the back of  your mind. It incubates unexpected ways of resolution.

3. Deepens learning. Breaks help you recall what you learned faster. Rest is a supply of fuel.