Just Imagine!!

Hi friends, do you know that imagination is a crucial factor in creative thinking which immensely contributes to your success. Some of you might say, “I cant imagine”, “I am not creative” and so on…but it is not true.

We are born with this power but most us use this mostly for creating negative emotions like fear and anxiety. For example, if a child fears going into a dark room - that means he is imagining some danger. If a student is tense before exam results are announced that means he is imagining poor results. If you are employed and you fear your boss, that means you are imagining a reprimand from him. If you switch off your mobile phone and reach home late, you might find your family members searching for you in police stations and hospitals because they are imagining that you might have met with an accident.

So all of us can imagine, but we need to use it in a positive manner.

Let’s do an exercise…

Close your eyes and imagine a rat flying like a bird.

Did you find it difficult to imagine? If yes, then you are perfectly ok.

Now, close your eyes and imagine a bird flying.

Did you find it easier to imagine this? I know it is easier but you would have pondered a little on which bird to imagine.

Now, close your eyes and imagine an eagle flying.

I know it’s easy to imagine this.

So, through this exercise we understood that our mind can easily imagine specific things that it has seen, heard or felt before.

You found it difficult to imagine a rat flying because you have never seen a rat flying. But if you draw a flying rat on paper your mind will capture it, and will play it back for you whenever you want to imagine it.

So, to enhance your power of imagination feed your mind with positive and creative thoughts constantly, which you can get by reading books on different topics, participating in creative discussions and more such things.

One more technique for developing imagination is squiggles. Ask someone to draw a line of any shape on a paper and then you try to use the squiggle to draw something meaningful.

This is a very powerful tool for improving kid's imagination but can be used by people of all ages. An extremely important role of imagination is to ensure your well-being. Imagining positive things about yourself will help you get into a positive frame of mind. It will reduce stress and fight fear.

When was the last time you imagined yourself winning something? When was the last time you imagined enjoying with old friends you have not met in several years? Start imagining a happier and positive self to get positive results. Imagine good, do good and good things will happen to you.

The Biggest Regret Of My Life

This regret is more like a confession - I feel I should have started early on my entrepreneurial journey.
I grew up in a middle class family with the belief that financial security is extremely important for the family and financial security can be obtained only by doing a secured job. So, getting a government job at any level was desirable. Unfortunately, I did my MBA and landed up with a sales job. Since the name of the company was Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HUL now), my parents were happy because the brand offered stability and security to its employees. They got more relaxed when I shared that many of my colleagues are above fifty years of age. My dad said "That means the company don't fire employees". The entire thought process was about making the future more secured.

Now, after 16 years when I look back at my life, I realize that stability is the biggest risk for an individual because stability is like the gutter filled with stagnant water where complacency breeds. Soon, this parasite named complacency multiplies fast creating an unreal world of comfort for its victim. When the victim loses visibility of the real world, the parasite comes back to bite the victim and suck all the comfort out of the victim's life. That is the reason we see people struggle with mid-career crisis, factory workers committing suicide after the factory closes down, depression, frustration and attrition on the rise. All this is accompanied by diseases like blood sugar, hypertension, neurological disorder, the list is quite long. Relationships suffer, family suffers ultimately filling the erstwhile stable life with chaos and uncertainty. Some weak hearts give up while others realize the hard fact of life - we human beings are designed to evolve by taking up new challenges, either we evolve or we perish, we cannot remain the same.

I regret understanding this quite late, changing the deep-rooted beliefs were difficult but deep introspection helped me understand who I am and helped me to follow my dream of becoming a speaker and a trainer. My new beliefs and my self-worth gave me the courage to take up new challenges and grow as a trainer, speaker and author. I am still learning everyday and evolving.

I believe this is true for everyone, either you are in job or business, you need to constantly look out for new challenges - you are secured and stable only when you practice the ability to fight everyday, you are happy only when you are confident of facing the odds, you are victorious only when you have killed the parasite called complacency inside you.