FIX IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN

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Mistake, a considerable proof of a try being made. A proof that either you did something which was not supposed to be done or something that just didn’t happen correctly this time. Mistakes are always unwanted unless they produce a result which is a variant of the expected result or something extra-ordinarily positive. But we human beings, as prone as we are to making mistakes, we try to avoid them because mistakes bring uncertainty. So, can we avoid making mistakes? Not entirely, of all the tries we make, we are bound to commit them. The absurdity comes when as more we try to avoid them, the more prone we are to making them.

Mistakes come in all variety from throwing stuff around the room to bringing ego into relationships.

A wise man would be considered as such when not only he tries to avoid the mistakes but also strives to correct the ones that have already occurred.

The attitude of fixing something is the starting point of developing a problem-solving skill which is valued much in any field be it job or business. It is also important to have the same lookout in personal life as well, fixing attitude sometimes results in revival of relationships which wouldn’t last another day.

The approach towards a problem is divided into two parts. First part is the “identification of problem” and the second part is about “solving the problem”. Identification of problem is more important than the solving part because how will you solve the problem if you don’t know what the problem is or are not willing to accept the existence of one.

The worst place a person can be in his life is in “denial”.

Being in denial makes you deaf to the cry of problem, it makes you blind to the visual of the problem and still sensitive to feel the pain of the problem but you don’t know what is causing the pain because you have not acknowledged the problem.

You look at many TV shows and you find that people are in denial. The best example I can put in front of you is the Chef Ramsey’s shows; just watch one episode and you will get what Ramsey basically does. What primarily happens in that show is that the person receives a reality check which causes him to come out of denial.

Why is fixing things important? Why should one try to work it out? Be it the smallest of problems like not able to find anything in your room or not able to maintain or develop a relationship, attitude is what causes the trouble and attitude is what will get you out of it.

You find and acknowledge a problem? Good, fix it while you still can.

You can’t find earphones in your room because its messy? Good, clean up and fix it while you still can.

You didn’t perform the task correctly that was given to you? Good, fix it while you still can.

Do you realize you were worthlessly angry at someone? Good, fix it while you still can.

Did you say something worse to someone? Good, fix it while you still can.

Do you think you ruined someone’s good moment? Good, fix it while you still can.

Have you formed any bad habit and you realize it now? Good, fix it while you still can.

Do you think your life is mediocre? Good, fix it while you still can.

Why fix it while we still can? Because life doesn’t give you a second chance always.

Ask a war veteran about a problem and he will tell you the same thing because he knows what loss is. Ask a person whose family is with him no more, about relationship problems and he will tell you the same thing. Ask an old man about the problems of life and he will tell you the same thing because all these people have lost the opportunity to change and fix things.

Change your attitude; for example, if you want to patch up a broken relationship:

Don’t say you HAVE to make amends; rather say you GET to make amends.

GET gives you the opportunity which HAVE doesn’t. HAVE feels like a burden of doing something unwillingly.

The other thing is that it is easier to fix things at preliminary stages because they grow out of control later. It is easier to cut a plant than a tree.

When you take the initiative and try fixing the things in your environment, be it physical or non-physical, what changes inside you is the approach towards the world because what you mind learns is that it has to constantly provide ways in which the problem can be solved. It has to come up with a better version of whatever it captured from the world around you.

So, once you start fixing things and solving problems, will you see any big changes around you? Well, I hope so but not necessarily. It might not change your environment majorly but it will change you internally. And this is the difficult part for us humans because we aren’t motivated to perform an act until we see some visible changes of it in our environment. Because it fails to create the drive within us to hang on to the act as there are no visible results in the short run. But this is just a small step of progression in the right direction, one shouldn’t stop doing the right thing just because the results aren’t visible instantly.

In cricketing terms, it is like saying you only want to hit a century; nothing wrong in that but are you going to hit it in just an over? No, you’ve got to get those singles and doubles, hit a boundary sometimes and gradually as the runs keep on accumulating you reach the milestone. Mind you it is not the figure ‘100’ that makes it a big deal, it is the gradual progress made by the player to score runs despite of the condition of pitch, despite any bowler he is facing, despite the fall of wickets on the other end, etc.

And with regard to all those conditions this player stayed out there long enough and was also potent enough to see through every bowling change, field set-up, good delivery, bad delivery, spinner, seamer, banter and achieved the milestone. That is why it is a big deal, similarly you have to keep scoring runs by fixing the mistakes and problem coming towards you and gradually you will also be delightfully raising you bat as you reach the milestone of making you life free of regrets, and remember once the umpire raises finger you won't get a second chance.



Written By:

Nihar Mehta

(The NH Updater)


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