A New Year has been born, and we all have stepped into a new time: 2025, the year to welcome the new generation, Gen-Z Beta kids. Then what else is new?
What’s new in this New Year?
Being born human, we all experience joy, sorrow, challenges, and difficulties every year in our personal and professional lives. In all these scenarios, we are all looking for the best partner. For some, the partner will be a friend; for others, it may be a sibling, cousin, or colleague.
It will take some time for everyone to realize that none of them were the best partners. Can we conclude that there is no such thing as a best partner? Actually, there is one for everyone, and the one is within you.
The other person within you
The other guy? …….Sounds funny.
You might also think that I am talking about split personality.
Well, I don’t want to give any psychological terms, also I don’t want this to sound cinematic. Instead, I will be giving the hint, where you will find the other person within yourself.
You felt him most of the time, but you haven’t realized.
Let’s think about the workplace, where your boss came up with a plan, that does not work or meet the business requirement. On the other hand, you will have a better plan, which will not get recognized by anyone. No one has listened to your ideas, and you are simply provided with an option to accept the decision taken by your boss. Everyone among us faced the same or similar scenarios, and we all thought that this was how it happened.
Let us check the same scenario from a different angle.
The boss came up with a new idea, and you accepted and started working on it. But, while working, you feel that someone is telling you that your idea is much better and effective than your boss. Sometimes you can feel that you are talking to yourself, explaining how your ideas are far better than the one with which you are working.
Sometimes you felt the person within you
Yes, it was there you felt him. Someone within you is listening to you. You have already explained and convinced him of your plan. He took time to listen to you, respected your concerns, and supported your views. Despite doing all these, you haven’t realized his presence and ignored him
Wake him up!
The very simple reason that you haven’t realized his presence is that you haven’t allowed him.
Allow him? You may ask how. It’s you, who haven’t expressed yourself completely. You always hide your ideas and talents by giving up on others and suppressing yourself, and this is where he disappears. Be it your boss, mentor, parents, elders, or anyone else, you can act respectfully, but not at the cost of suppressing your views.
No more a kid, Wake up!
Successful people are always the ones, who listen to their inner voice. The outcome can be win or lose, that really doesn’t matter. The moment you speak for yourself is the gateway to all success. But if you keep suppressing your voice, your name itself won’t be on the scorecard.
Now, the decision is yours. The key only opens from inside, and still, you have more time to change. There will be nothing new in this New Year if we don’t have new attitudes. So don’t repeat the same mistake of suppressing yourself. So just wake up the person inside you and live in a better world of peace.
Muhinder work Station 