30th May 2012
`Start by doing what is necessary, then what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible'
Saint Francis of Assisi
What is necessary, what is possible and what is impossible are decided by us. Isn't it true? They fall into a line of the various things we do. The ability to identify and execute tasks from these three categories will decide the quality of our life. An ordinary person will have things only from the first category – what is necessary. A very successful person will graduate from one to the other, not due to external compulsion, but due to an inner drive!
During the last three decades of my mentoring, I have seen people rising from the level of a graduate trainee to the level of Chief Executive Officers. During the same period I have also seen people remain in the same position for the entire tenor of their service. I was curious to know the difference which made the difference.
I interviewed all of them and tried to understand their mental programme. I noticed a common denominator: those who grew graduated from the necessary to possible to impossible! Those who remained where they joined were satisfied with doing what is necessary to keep their job!
Read the life story of people like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates etc and you will understand what this theory more in detail.
How about you?
N C Sridharan
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