We spend so much time and resources on our mental conditioning, or what is commonly known as ‘Training’. As soon as we get hold of our senses, we are exposed to a number of courses and programs, to make us a suitable candidate for the various roles that we play during our eventful lifespan. But we often forget one thing…
That, a good start to a role play can be done only when we make up our mind/heart.
In our routine life, we perform a number of roles. We might be a parent, sibling, employee, subordinate, friend, lover, artist, and a countless number of things… And every single role requires a particular mindset. This is where most of us fail. It’s easy to acquire the technical skills to master a job, the challenge lies in preparing your mind and heart to be able to do the same.
Like it’s said, the biggest battles are flight on a mental level.
The person who masters the art of making up the mind for any task that comes up, can do anything with great probability of success.
50 Shades of Mind
Our mind is really naive. It is meant to be conditioned in whatsoever way you what. So, it makes us a family person at home, a workhorse in the office, a prankster with friends, and a number of other things imaginable.
We give different names to this mental training. Some call it ‘Education’, others call it ‘Conditioning’, while a few go to the extent of calling it ‘Personality Development’.
Call whatever you like, but the purpose of all this is one: to train you in mental preparedness for different roles.
Coming to more practical questions, you do you think that successful people progress at an exponential rate as compared to those who fail to make a start?
May be successful people develop a talent to make up their mind to do things that they decide, and thus are able to dedicate themselves for the task better. Others, on the other hand, face the common man’s dilemma and can’t make up their mind properly. This leads to a inner struggle which impedes their success rate.
A Short Story
Many years back, I read in one of my school books a story wherein the author discussed how people generally despise those with a character like a chameleon. And how it is good to have a stable character, but an attitude like that of a chameleon.
Based on that idea I think that one should have the ability to transform one’s mental state in different forms, so as to adapt to the changing needs of time and situation.
This is what a veteran actor does on screen. Without even knowing about the role they are playing, the actors just instruct their mind to think that it actually lives the character they are playing. No doubt this is a difficult task, given all the preferences and judgements that we carry, but those who are able to master this come out as brilliant actors of the stage play called ‘Life’.
Just to prove my point, I have been trying things that I usually don’t do. But this temporary mental transformation really brings out a different person, which not only amazes the world but surprises oneself as well.
But I do admit that it is a difficult thing to suppress your emotional self and impose a different set of values and attitude.
Nevertheless, doing this helped me in getting rid of the stage fear, or fear of socializing, or simply my weird apprehensions… Temporarily though!!
I guess we can never make up our mind to be happy always. But it’s human nature to keep struggling to find the answer.
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