Birds of the Same Feather Flock Together
Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our
attitudes and expectations.
When you want to heat up
something, you put it in an oven. To freeze something, you place it in a deep
freezer. The object takes the property of its surroundings. It is the law of
nature. We are also influenced by the people, who surround us. To be a writer,
move with writers; to be an artist, be in the company of artists; to be a
musician, spend a lot of your time with musicians.
To become an expert, we should
acquire the best knowledge. There are two gateways to knowledge: through what
we hear and what we see. Unless you are in the company of right people, you
will not have the opportunity to get exposed to relevant knowledge, appropriate
for your profession.
Introspect and decide the field
in which you want to make a mark. List all the people, who are achieving in
that field and try to spend as much time as possible with them. Join a
professional association, where such people meet and discuss and take active
part in such bodies.
You alone should succeed, but you
cannot succeed alone!
(From my book '365 Exciting Ways to Live')
N C Sridharan
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