The Lock

(This is fourth article in the series)

To introduce THE LOCK I am going to share two of my favorite quotes which basically sum up the essence of it.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change”

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change”

Yes, the lock is “ADAPTATION TO CHANGE”

From times immemorial, parents have been instrumental in guiding their kids to their future. In olden times it used to be pre-determined. A carpenter’s kid would grow up to be a carpenter, a locksmith’s kid a locksmith and so on. Times slowly transformed this ‘fixed future’ approach into that of a ‘secured future’. Earn a BA degree and get a guaranteed job as a clerk. Get a BE in Computers and a software engineering job awaits you. But this generation is different. With the lifestyle complexities increasing exponentially, the kids would need to make decisions based on what they ‘like’ doing vs what ‘pays’ them vs what's more ‘secure’ and a whole lot of unknowns added to the mix. This is where the ‘adaptable future’ approach will come to the rescue, which leads us to THE LOCK. And only those who are equipped with the four keys we discussed earlier would have the power to unlock it. How? You would ask.

Let me try to put it in a single line like this

If we understand the change and assimilate it while ensuring that it is good for our own development, then we can convince others and can eventually manage that change such that we can bring a good change not only in our lives but others to whom we are connected.

Now that we have found the keys and have understood their purpose, What's next? You would ask.

To put things in perspective, I will go back to soldier example again

So, soldier is having a knife but he needs to be trained to use that knife. The one better trained with knife will survive. Similarly, being guardians we need to guide our kids to get these trainings.

Lets encourage our kids to understand what they are doing every hour.

Next : Let's start looking at things differently.

Keys

Happy New Year !!!!!!

This is the 3rd article of series., Those who missed the earlier two can follow the below links to read them first

1st : Present VS Future
2nd: treasure-hunt

Well the four keys should be

1 Understanding

2. Self development and self-assessment

3. Communication

4. Management

Understanding

This is very basic and highly neglected tool. Basic questions like- What's going around me? Why is it happening? What do I want to do? Why am I doing this? All these questions revolve around understanding. The capability of someone to understand any thing is the first key of survival and amounts to winning the half battle. This is also important because the world is converging, we are interacting with people from numerous varied cultures so we need to understand them to deal with them and make the most of the situation.

Self Development

We cannot develop a society before developing our self. This is true. If we understand something and cannot use it for our development then it is like holding a glass of water when you are thirsty and cannot drink. That's where self development comes to fore.

Also, we need to assess what we have developed. Self-assessment helps staying on track.

For that we need to make sure we are accessing with good competition and thus developing society.   

Communicate

Once you are developed  then you start developing society, because if you don't then your own development will kill you. Someone said correctly never argue with uneducated people because they will bring you down to their levels and beat you.For that you need to communicate. This is the another  key of survival because if you can not communicate properly then your understanding and development can proved to be wrong.

Management 

We nowadays hear about management professionals everywhere. Why? Because this is the master key. Any goofs up in understanding , development and communication can be handled by this key and this will give you an edge with others.

So now the challenge among us is to train our kids and equip them with these tools.

Coming up next -> We found the Keys let find out lock our kids can open in future with these keys.

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