So will i.....

Having been told that they are going to put pressure on me… they are going to unsettle me because they need to extract better performance from me… makes me uncomfortable… And this feeling reminds me of Janteloven or the Jante Law…

Jante’s Law is an unspoken code of ethics in Scandinavian-American culture. This law is an all-pervading code of conformist homogeneity. which sends the message that nobody should get above themselves or believe that they are superior to anyone else. According to the "Jante Law", everyone is equal and cleverness or intelligence does not make you a better person.

The Jante Law

1. Don't think you are somebody.
2. Don't think you are as good as us.
3. Don't think you are smarter than us.
4. Don't think you are better than us.
5. Don't think you know more than us.
6. Don't think you are more important than us.
7. Don't think you will ever be anybody.
8. Don't think you can laugh at us.
9. Don't think anybody gives a damn about you.
10.Don't think you can teach us anything.

As per this Law… “Medicrity and anonmymity are the safest choice. If you opt for them, you’ll never face any other major problem in life…”

Being in a comfort zone all this while felt good…. And now to be pushed out of it….. feels kinda scary… dunno if I can handle it….

In these moments of despair.. the traveler says to me.. After all these years of work, you haven’t learnt one of the most important lessons.. That no matter job you get into.. you will be taught some stuff, you will learn a few things, you will invent many.. but the work will surely get done….
and ends with quoting what Gandhi said back then…..

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I shall have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it, even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

It is between these moments of self-doubts and self motivation, that I enjoy to recollect the entry in the slam book of a young 18 year old boy for the question… "What you think about yourself?"

He had written.. - “I’ll have a great future...”

The self confidance this lad had in himself made me have no doubts that he will have an extremely enriching future…..

After listening to all of them.. i believe.. hey.. so will i.. so will i…