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Learn to unlearn and wish for the practical

By Alok Rodinhood Kejriwal on 8 Comments / 2320 views

This week (1st April 2013), I urge you to do 2 things:

1. Unlearn what you have learnt.

For years and years I have heard “Wish for the Stars and the Moon”. Yeah, I know it’s a metaphor.

But, when I think about it now, it’s the STUPIDEST metaphor I’ve heard!

Less than 20 men have walked on the moon.

Many others have died reaching it.

I don’t know who has landed on other stars. Never met anyone, never will.

The concept is SILLY and impractical.

It’s not RELATABLE.

I say, choose ideals and goals that are attainable and things that can be done.

2. Wishing for the practical

This is the logical extension of aiming to do what you can possibly achieve.

Saying things like, “I wanna be the next Amazon of India” etc is fine, but start by becoming the Amazon of Ghatkopar if you can.

Learn to start wishing for practical milestones and then working towards reaching them.

For instance, I want to get a ‘Letter to the Editor in The Economist’ published again. (My last letter was published 18 years back, in September 1995 . I think it was a fluke)

I want to get a letter published again, and do so, I write as often as I can to The Editor (have written over 100 letters so far in the past 10 years) but to no avail.

I know I can do it. It is achievable. I just have to be better than the Prime Ministers, CEOs of Fortune 500 Companies and yes probably the most intelligent people on the planet to get ‘printed’ 🙂

It’s a practical YET challenging ambition and makes me:

– Believe it can be done

– Remember it everyday and drive myself to working towards it (vs. New Year resolutions that get forgotten after the first hangover).

So, Unlearn and Wish for the Practical!!

For a start – write down in the comments what you have unlearnt and what you want to do?

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  1. I want to get my letter in The Economist published. 

    I dont want to follow ideals that are silly.

  2. i want to write more.

    for india decoded.

    for therodinhoods.

    for kids.

    i want to start writing again!

    unlearning to learn again is a never ending process. this year, my notions of selfless vs selfish, give vs take (and the balance one needs to maintain in life) is probably what i’ve unlearnt the most!

    p.s: lovely idea alok. thank you!

    pps: though your Letter to the Editor in the Economist didn’t appear in the last year – you did write for their guest blog section!!!

  3. I too believe in this practical approach. I want to create unbiased trip informative platform for INDIAN TRAVELERS (without paying)  where family, couple, students or single’s never return with bad vacation. Real information by real travelers.

  4. Hi Alok Sir,

    I have unlearnt a few points of my dream project :

    1. Don’t present unpredictable numbers, they are your foes, they will ruin the company’s growth plan in reality.

    2. Never be myopic always try to magnify the smallest words, as the terms & conditions of the business come in a very minute font.

    What I will be doing 

    1. reality check once in every quarter, to track the progress or decline.

    2. Be self driven, and not search for belief from others. As believing in yourself is highly important, to run the company.

  5. I want to publish my first book.

    I want to help other Writers learn Online Marketing and promote themselves

    I want to unlearn SEO as they do in India and adapt Content Marketing

    I want to exercise and lose weight

    I want to become an Entrepreneur and change the world!

  6. Things I want to unlearn – If someone asks my mom, She’ll tell you 1000 things I must unlearn. But, for me is getting up late, short temper, deciding things too fast.

    Things I want to learn –

    – Control my anger
    – Each & every aspect of marketing
    – Tactics of sensex
    – German lingo
    – Piano
    – Calligraphy
    – Skydiving
    – How to resist shopping

    actually so many things 🙁

  7. Hi Sir, After reading your article i pondered  and Got the Answers that what actually is missing.

    I really  want to create awareness about the Importance of Intellectual Property Rights and its benefits in Business.

    I want to Focus more on personalized Needs of our client and to address their solutions.

    If sales is a number game than it should reflect total number of satisfied Customers

    I want to help my clients and earn their trust by providing best of my services,to gain their confidence personally as well as professionally.

    Regards

  8. I want to turn entrepreneur & will start working on it RIGHT NOW!

    I don’t want to live a RISK-FREE life! as that way i risk not reaching my full potential!

    Thanks Alok!

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