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The Implementation Expansion

Couple of weeks ago, I was surfing through the internet and this term crossed my newsfeed, “The Implementation Expansion”.

I don’t actually remember who used this term at that time but it touched me somehow. So, I wrote it down to research on it later. Earlier this morning, the term hit my mind and I decided to learn about it further. So, I googled it and found that, unfortunately, such term doesn’t exist at all. The person who used it probably have made it by his own learning.

Anyways, I decided to put into words what my mind tells me about what this term could possibly mean.

We all want to be a better version of ourselves. For which we study other people, or mostly listen to their opinions and their teachings, who we think are better people and lights of the society. They tell us some rules to follow, they motivate us, they teach us how to be a better version of ourselves. What we do is we store that information, that inspiration in our minds and forget about it. And move on to gather new information. Instead, what we should have been doing is to apply all that information and inspiration in our practical lives. We should EXPAND the implementation in our lives instead of gathering tons of information in our minds.

I, personally, admire many of the innovators and inspirational speakers. And I keep on watching their podcasts, keep on reading their books and articles about self development. I rarely apply those rules into my practical life. So, what implementation expansion means to me is, “Enlarging the circle of application of our knowledge into our practical lives”.

We should apply at least 30% of what we learn or what inspirations we get from other people and their works to make our learning worthy.

“Ideas are worth nothing unless backed by application. The smallest of implementations is always worth more than the grandest of intentions.” [Robin Sharma in The 5AM Club book]

Maybe…

When I was 16, I always wanted to buy my own phone. I had the craze of having a phone. I used to think that when I’ll have a phone, life will be so perfect.

I got the phone, finally. Life didn’t become perfect. I wanted to have a better phone than I already had thinking, life will be so perfect when I’ll have a better phone.

I got a better phone. Life was still the same. Then, I started thinking that when I’ll have a laptop, life would be perfect.

And, yeah, I got it. But, again, life was the same.

Then I realized that maybe my life was always perfect. It was amazing from the start. Everyone’s life is perfect. We all just want more and more and more and than, a little more. We just get stuck in ‘more’ and never enjoy our own perfect lives.

Pandemic; A Blessing?

March, 2020-January, 2021.

A very little things changed during this period physically for me(they could have changed if I would’ve tried, though). But if I talk about the spirituality or the psyche and perspectives about life, they changed completely in a way I never had thought they’d be. They changed very easily but steadily. What I mean by this is that I learned things by time. I learned things with different and weird experiences. I learned by spending A LOT of time with myself. In short, it took a considerable amount of time in transforming all my thoughts from 100 to 0 in case of complexities, and 0 to 100 in case of legitimacy and efficiency.

From a boy having complex and knotty thoughts and outlooks on life to a boy having no more than few of the simplest rules about life which I have started following(or maybe my nature has tend to follow them), and I heartily hope that I will be following them in my forthcoming life, I have changed.

I got transformed….

From a Worrier to a Worker

I would not say that I have started working 16 hours a day and have been producing my masterpieces everyday. But I will say that I have stopped worrying about my professional life. Here applies one of my most basic rules of life. When you work hard with an unyielding faith of having good results, there is no chance that the life is going to knock you out.

Of course, there will be competitions and oppressions of every kind. There will be anything one can possibly imagine, but worries. You know you’re doing your best than what’s the point of dismaying on times.

From a Selfish Soul(literally) into a Serving person

Ok, again, I won’t say that I have become a social worker and have started doing voluntary works. But, my point of view about living a consequential life has surely changed. We born, we live and we die. Simple. But what makes humans humans is that they serve each other. And the best soul on Earth is from whom people are availed.

Well, yeah, the second rule, serve as many people as you can in your life. This not only will give you a satisfaction but also will nourish your personality indirectly. I read in a book that when you give a flower to someone, some of it’s fragrance remains on your hand too.

We, using a line from the book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, are just a blip on the canvas of eternity. We just live once and for a very short period as compared to the timeline of human beings. So, serve as many people as you can so that when you are long gone from here, there will be at least one person who could remember you and say that yeah, there was a fine man who has lived and I got a good fortune to meet him.

Moreover. I learned that…

Family is the most Valuable Treasure

There is a term being popular in the young generation called “Nihilism” which means that everything around us is baseless. One of my friend asked me a question using this term that why my family is raising me and taking care of me? I am just a student yet, I am not giving them anything in return. Instead, I am using their money for studies and food. This thing seems baseless to me. Well, it surely is baseless if we see it scientifically(and even theoretically too). Our parents are not bound to take care of us or we are not bound to obey them and take care of them. But if we see this point as a human and not as homo sapiens, the whole point is baseless. What makes us human is the sense of love; the sense of sentiments and affection. We naturally have an intention to take care of our children and try to give something in return to our parents(when we are able to give) who took care of us all along.

World has become so fast. People don’t have time for others. But having a feeling that there are some people who really care for us, who really wants us and to whom we really mean, gives us the strength to keep going and spreading love around us. I am not sure if I made my point clear but hopefully the following lines of Charles Bukowski will…

“And when nobody wakes you up in the morning, and when no body waits for you at night, and you can do whatever you want. What do you call it, Freedom or Loneliness?” I will call it loneliness. Yeah, some harsh parts takes part in our family life. But, again, that is what makes us human and our lives our lives.

All Dots Are Connected

Everything that is happening to you now is the result of the things that has happened to you in the past. Correspondingly, the things that are happening to you now will matter in the near or far future. But the point is that how we react or think about these events, especially about the negative ones. My belief is that everything happens for the sake of your good. You can figure this out by yourself. The bad thing that happened to you in the past must’ve resulted into something good later.

So, there is no need to take things too seriously. Just hope for the good.

Life is short. You have potential. Work. Earn. Love. Serve. And be the hero of your own life.

Despite the fact that a lot of shocking things happened during this pandemic, but I learnt and understood the things described above during this time. So, yeah, pandemic was a blessing for me. (Maybe for everyone if we look on it the other way.)

What is the meaning of success to you?

The word ‘Success’ is more deeper than any of us have ever imagined. I’m pretty sure that the answer would be no more than the silence if anybody asks you ‘What is the meaning of success to you?’

If you dive right into the depths of this word, numerous answers and results would pop out.

For some, success is having a million dollar in their bank accounts and some would agree to the point that having an 80 grands job is enough to be called successful. Other ones would claim that the success is nothing but the mental satisfaction and inner peace. Some would say that being loved by the ones we love is real success.

Every answer you find would have different meaning from the other.

”Success can not be defined in one sentence”, said Muriel James in her book Born To Win.

So with which point should YOU agree?

The fact is that, success is unique for every person. As every human being on the planet have different nature, mindsets, goals, way of living their lives and the way they see the world, the meaning of success is also different to them.

For a stance, a boy who has enough—or—more than enough money in his account but is deprived of the love he deserves or expect from his loved ones would ultimately take the meaning of success as being loved.

Similarly, if we think in exactly an opposite way that a boy who has fetched enough love from family, friends and society would definitely think that the true meaning of success is having a lot of money.

We see so many influential and famous personalities around us having everything one can possibly desire of but still being uncomfortable and seeking the meaning and purpose of their lives. They see the meaning of success as living a meaningful life.

Hollywood legend Jim Carrey once said, ”I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer”

Everyone finds the meaning of success in a different way. So of you want to know the real meaning of success, ask your inner self. It can give you a better answer.