The 4th Dimension

I have always tried to figure out what keeps people to continue to stretch themselves in such a demanding profession called telecom. When most individuals are returning home after a fixed routine, telecom professionals are usually gearing themselves to trouble shoot a cell site.

And guess what? I found an answer to that. The thing that keeps them moving through thick and thin is their love for what they do. If they would not have loved their profession there was no point in stretching themselves from nine to none. I call this the love factor.

The following by Steve Jobs gives an interesting read:

“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle”.

In our lives we come across different people who have been forced into a profession. Be it is their family’s traditional way of earning or the choice enforced by their mom and dad, in this scenario they cant do much except to find something that will keep them moving, and i can bet on it that its not easy. Remember that life is too short for the wrong job.

So what if you are doing that doesn’t excites you any more or it was something that you had to choose because you were job less for may be 8 months or so? There can be numerous answers to it. But if i would have been in your situation i would have acknowledged myself for figuring it out that yes i need to get out of this. You have taken the first major step of reaching towards your goal. It is not easy. You may have to leave your 25k job to go for a non paid internship for 3-6 months leading to a permanent slot. But isn’t this worth it? After all you will end up in something that you always wanted to be. You just have to believe in yourself and that’s it.

I take a lot of strength from these lines that Abraham Lincoln wrote to his son’s teacher.

“Teach to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him he is wrong… Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone’s getting on the bandwagon… Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness… Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidder, but never to put a price on his heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob and stand and fight if he thinks he is right”.

And just to sum it off i again quote Steve Jobs:

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary”.

Keep helping others and keep looking for your love factor.

As someone so rightly said “Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely”

Until next time.

Haris

On a personal note, to see my blog amongst so many senior pro’s was no less then imitating, it just gave me that extra bit of self motivation that I too can achieve as great as all of the blog contributing professionals at Zumbeel.

Many thanks for all the views and comments. I will sure try to accommodate the requests in future posts.

N.B: I am open to all sorts of professional networking invitations. I can be reached at syedharith@yahoo.com

My initial response on being asked to pen down some lines for Zumbeel was nothing sort of a surprise. I was not even thinking let alone expecting this, but as they say that the best things in life are not scripted they are just bound to happen.

I would like to start this process about sharing about my participation in a recent workshop conducted by Mr. Farhad of Navitus.

The workshop was all about doing the basics right for achieving any thing in life. We were asked to go through different exercises and each time when we were stuck some where the main theme of the workshop was re-enforced, making us realize that everything is possible. On many occassions I along with my team was stuck in akward situations but were still able to cope out of it.

The whole workshop revolved around how our attitude matters more then anything else. A simple example was given in which our attitude was related to that of a TV antenna. When the TV antenna is in the right position it gives you the best quality signal and you enjoy your time watching television, but if the antenna is moved slightly from its position then not only TV reception becomes poor but also ones mood changes if he/she was interested in watching a particular favourite program.

Our attitude is also similar to that of an antenna. If our attitude is right then our focus is right which leads to us being running on a right track. Doing things with the right attitude not only help us achieve excellence in what we do but also we tend to enjoy our work. This wont be the case if our antenna (read attitude) being in the wrong position. Remember that most of the battles are won through the mind rest fighting on the field in many cases becomes secondary.

Steve Waugh ex captain of the modern day invincible Aussies attributes his success to the approach and attitude of his team.In the 1999 world cup when his team had to win 6 straight games to enter the semi final, it was this attitude and never say die approach that led them to new hieghts in the world of cricket.

Bottom line is that if ones approach and attitude is correct then no doubt that person is destined to excel in his life. Take any success story and you will see that he/she also went through very tough and in most of the cases torrid times early on in their career, but it was their never say never, can do approach and having the antenna in the right direction that helped them achieve their goals against all odds.

So the next time you find yourself in any demanding situation then just focus and position your antenna in the right direction, i promise that you come out of it with flying colours.

Remember that when the going gets tough, the tough gets going.

Happy Zumbeeling !