DailyPost 2961
THINKING IT THROUGH
The battle for supremacy between hard skills and soft skills continues. Most people feel they can manage with one of the two, depending on what they possess. To be equally proficient of these and with it being attitudinally fine is the name of the success game. The tragic part of the professional grooming or the work atmosphere provided in the first few years of the job does not focus on this at all. The result is for everyone to see. Then what about thinking, taxing your mind for purpose, the inputs for it and the outputs thereof does not figure in any formula or methodology.
Everyone here is a deep thinker playing at the intersection of passion and thinking with an expectation that what he envisions, will be a reality. It’s been belied over and over again but the thought process does not change, as it is convenient for a non-effort making mind. What our leaders think is even more fascinating, any outlandish idea is high level thinking for them and notwithstanding the hiccups and the failures that await such an idea, he is declared an statesman. Any well positioned political leader is supposed to be a thinker and beyond it a visionary and statesman. Vision and consequently, thinking are the most abused words of our political and professional ecosystem.
What is the nature of thinking required in today’s world? The backdrop is of the broken and siloed professional world, more so when it comes to making changes in the public domain, governance et al. Nonetheless, it is applicable everywhere. This nature of thinking is known as ‘thinking it through.’ This is the capability of thinking of an issue or a problem statement from the nascent stage to its final solution. The thinking keeps getting more and more intense as the issue progresses or the nitty gritty of the problem surfaces, till the time the problem reaches a cracking stage, at the thought process level; in real terms the creation of an actionable blueprint.
Thinking it through is not a one time act, but is an ongoing thought process on the issue, problem, topic or project, settling issues as it progresses. It also keeps improving upon, based on its own mistakes, and based on the refinement of inputs which it can manage, over time. The thinking is result oriented with the capability of surmounting most issues coming its way, based on professional acumen and expertise, simultaneously with a “never say die” approach. Delivery with satisfaction is the final goal of this thought process. Thinking it through does not happen just like that, you are not born with it, it has to be practised over and over again to perfect. Pitfalls will come and that too many of them, but those need to be conquered. Once you achieve thinking it through capability, you will realise it yourself. The result will be out there for you to see.
MAKING YOUR BRAIN AND THINKING ACTIONABLE AND DYNAMIC IS AT THE CORE OF OUR SUCCESS IN THIS COMPLEX WORLD.
Sanjay Sahay
Have a nice evening.