Tag: Learn

72. The sacrifice of joy to achieve my dreams

Posted on by Neha Goyal

Life in a city is full of opportunities and extremely fast-paced, exciting and overwhelming. I come from the city of joy- Kolkata, and have recently shifted to the city of dreams- Mumbai. It’s been four months since I shifted here. People say city life is like a life in a briefcase, a compact life. Even when we are staying in a big city we live a very scheduled life where we follow the same routine every day.

Back in my city, my life was not the way it is here. Mumbai is a city that never sleeps and people are always busy working. Like Kolkata, the city is filled with tall buildings, eye-catching lights, and people are always in a hurry. But one thing that cannot be ignored about this city is how crowded it is.

Whom should we blame for the traffic here, people or badly made roads? Even though Kolkata is a pretty busy city, I still see more hustle and competition here. Back at home, I had time to be with my family or friends and relax but here things are different. There are days when I don’t even get time to call my friends and catch up with them, every Monday, I go to college, come back with assignments and only catch my breath on Sundays and sometimes not even that.

The urge which I get here to stay ahead of others is sometimes really stressful but that’s how every day I am learning. I push my boundaries, learn new things, do things that I never thought I could. There is so much to do here every moment that there is no time to sleep or relax. Reading, writing, and learning is helping me grow every day.

The city comes with great career opportunities and exposure that one gets. Not everyone can survive and acquire everything that the city gives. To survive here, people need to work hard, be mentally strong and courageous to face new challenges every day.

67. Power of saying NO

Posted on by Neha Goyal

‘Yes or no is a central dilemma.’

Is it only me or is it with a lot of people out there who feel awkward in saying “No” to others?

“No” is a highly powerful word, which can be offensive and can also be simply, stating what you feel.

I always think that saying ‘No’ to others is kind of like disrespecting them and find difficulty in doing so. It is one of the setbacks I have. One day, my elder brother told me that sometimes I should say ‘no’ when required. As sometimes not saying it can be unfair to ourselves as well as to the other person. He told me, how telling ‘yes’ all the time cannot be easy. Since then, I am trying to work on it.

To work on it, I would say that I have been doing certain things which are helping me to learn the art of saying “no” at the correct time.

  • Communicate properly: One can say no in the right manner by giving the context properly so that it isn’t considered as negative.
  • Clarity of thoughts: One can communicate and deny well when they are clear about what they want to say or do in a particular situation.
  • Prioritise properly: One needs to learn how to prioritise their things and take decisions accordingly. This helps to do what one exactly wanna do without feeling guilty when they say a no.
  • Be confident: One should be confident of their decision that helps them to say no to people regardless of whoever it is. They can communicate with confidence and also give respect to that person.
  • Use of correct words: When a person is unsure of what they should do in a particular situation they can use ‘maybe’ or ‘will let you know’. It helps to have time to figure out and decide properly in certain situations.   

In the end, we should remember that saying ‘no’ is our right. It doesn’t mean you are being rude to a person. Saying no can be important in certain situations. What matters is how you convey your message without disrespecting anyone. As you are saying no because it either doesn’t go with your belief or your schedule.  

53. Being Curious

Posted on by Neha Goyal

‘The entire world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind.’

Curiosity is the desire to learn new things, how they work and understand certain things in details. It can manifest in different ways like to know about people, their lives, some old stories or current affairs. It is the accumulation to get knowledge on certain things. It helps to generate opinions on certain topics.

Curious people are the ones who ask a lot of questions and like to explore things. They don’t shy away in asking questions and are active to broaden their horizons. Being a curious person helps in a lot of professions like public relations. It helps a person to do well in a job as they ask questions, learn from others, look for ways to do better as they understand and then do things.

 Why being curious is important? Being curious helps us in the following ways:

  • Learning– Being a curious helps us to learn a lot of new things and widen our horizons of understanding.
  • Relationship building– It helps in strengthening and building new relationships with people as curious people tend to ask a lot of questions. This shows their interest in them and builds a warmer relationship.
  • Expand our empathy– Curious people tend to talk with people outside of their circle. They don’t shy away in asking questions and understand about them and their experiences and their views on certain things in the world.
  • Be inquisitive– Knowing about others perspectives, approach, and opinion to certain things helps a person do things little differently and come to come up with new answers through other people’s thinking.
  • New ideas– It helps to come up with new ideas when we start learning about new things and exploring them. Without curiosity, one can miss up with many new ideas.
  • Excitement– Curious people are always asking questions and exploring things in life which makes their life more exciting. They are always in new things which attract them and be adventurous.  

Curiosity is a choice which one makes by learning deeper about certain things and seeing their true significance. Curiosity is an important process of learning at every age. One should keep an open mind, ask questions relentlessly, consider learning as fun and should keep reading.  

I am a person who asks a lot of questions and feel that life without being curious and asking questions is boring.

Fun Fact: Curiosity is a car sized rover designed which is on Mars as a part of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission.