Wondered why music is not as good as the old times ? You wished that good guitarist stays in that band and still make good music ?
90s was the best decade and bla bla..
You wished that your university life is as fun as your high school ?
What do you feel on the way back after meeting a friend who you haven't met for some time? Chances are you either feel excited that he's changed, or you feel that it's not the same because he's changed, or you feel that that meeting will be the last meeting because everything has CHANGED.
Wait, whatever answer that you might come up with, let's look at this and see if this makes sense to you. There is no such thing called an absolute yardstick, most of the times when people analyze something, they subconsciously uses something (self,environment, etc.) to compare with it .
I don't really know the concept of yin yang, but I know sometimes stuff come in pairs. Saying that product A is cheaper means you are saying that anything other than product A is expensive (after comparing it with others). Sarcastically calling someone a smartass ironically means calling yourself a dumbass (This does not mean you should stop giving honest compliment about others because it reflects you as being an inferior). Ultimately, saying that someone/something has changed contained the meaning of you stayed the SAME.
Technology is a very liquid market, if you don't capture the market earlier, dont even think about going around doing it later, you missed it, period. And, if you planned to stay the same, you will perish. Look at Kodak for example, top leadership was betting on films to flourish and ignored the fact that mobile camera is gonna be the next trend, the result? they filed for bankruptcy last month. Why? They wished everything stayed the same because that's when they made the most money. Their arch rival, FujiFilm, transitioned to other markets and is doing so much better compared to Kodak. In technology market, if you got an idea, release the product, find out what is wrong and then release a better version of your idea, you are making money. You don't wait until it's perfect, it takes forever, applies not only to technology, but your life too. Don't wait til it's perfect, just do it.
Grow or die. Embrace change, get out of your comfort zone, know that evolution brings us something better. If you have time and energy to think about how good old times were, why don't you use it to make yourself a better version of yourself? Resisting change shows how much you want to stay in your comfort zone, shows how much you don't want to grow up from sucking milk from your mum's breasts, shows how much you will not grow and how much you want to let yourself rot.
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| You don't want to be the one on the right who says that you wished things stay the way they were. |
"This is Korea, you should/must..... " Koreans usually give me this answer when I questioned something that they can't answer. They eliminate the process of thinking when they do that.
Don't go around and wish that everyone should think like you, that kills all the uniqueness in this world.
Don't wish to think like everyone else, you are killing the uniqueness in you.
Do try to make people start thinking... with their
Keat.
P/s - I read this when I was on a trip, thought that I should share this too.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/01/top-five-regrets-of-the-dying
I always laugh at the changing facebook thing. I used to be like that, but at one point I just realized that facebook has changed a million times since I started using it and you always end up defending the version you fought once another new one comes in. I do fight changes a lot in society, though (not so much in individuals). Though I may find myself irrationally hatin on Linkin Park's new album because it's so different, sometimes when you back out and look at the bigger picture things get scary. I don't know if you've read Brave New World or any other futuristic Utopian book but sometimes it looks like people are getting more and more superficial, thinking only about the value of stuff, the features they come with, and the mentality that "The man who dies with the most toys wins."
ReplyDeleteWhen did people stop getting taught that the one with the most loved ones wins?
Coke released a new recipe and called it the new coke in the 1980s to face the competition of Pepsi at that time. Due to the protests of their drinkers, they had to revert back to the original Coke and look at what we have now.
DeleteSometimes, you want something to stay the same because that's how you like them in the first place, but if they are changing and growing, we can't stop them.
I am desperately looking for a new book to read nowadays, I will def check out Brave New World !
Hah, not to forget mentality "the man who owns everyone else's toys wins!" which brings greed.