Living to tell the Story-How to survive the lime light
A few weeks years ago, i came across an interesting TED talk (not the Ted that used the Filibuster rule and gave a speech for 24 hrs). It was by Derek Sivers (DerekSivers_2010G.mp4). He talks about how you can ruin your chances of getting something done by telling people about it. Apparently, the psychology equates the telling to the doing and creates a sense of satisfaction. His conclusion is that (just an example) the slightly overweight person should keep his plans to himself and just do the routine. Do not tell anyone about your plans. You are less likely to get anything done if you do. I fear that the same applies when it comes to the attention that we get after we receive recognition. Some people who have risen to early often struggle to find the same high especially if they rise in their younger years. Maybe this is the fear that some have expressed in regard to Malala- the young Pakistani girl (I must confess that in my language of birth the term malala means pride). The...