Quantification is the evaluation of the works we did in past. It is the metrics to measure the progress of our life and business.
It is the necessary part of development of life and business. To be effective in life and business, all the works and projects need to be quantified. This gives us a choice to eliminate or add the operating level of our life and business
We make a concrete strategy and a plan to run our life and business. We and our business runs through it.
And at some point we see that it's not working anymore or it's not being effective. Even though, we are sticking to our principles, there is something that is not working out. And it may be our strategy.
Our strategy shouldn't be fixed as time goes by. It must always be updated and upgraded according to the requirement and environment.
The world is moving and we must be dynamic to go along with this world. The world will collide with whatever we've created and sooner or later even destroy it. So our strategy might not be enduring because of this dynamic world. We got to change our strategy as per the requirement because it's what keeps us and our business alive.
Creativity is thinking getting things done while innovation is getting things done.
Creativity thinks up new ideas while innovation does new things.
It's not enough to be creative. We have to be innovative
What gets nourished gets flourished.
What gets prioritized gets perfected.
What gets measured gets done.
What gets rewarded gets repeated.
What gets repeated becomes a habit.
What gets habituated creates the destiny.
This is how it works. Everything has got answer. We got to be patient and watch how things get completed.
What we seek is what we get. We get answers when we keep questioning.
Seeking and consistently working on it is what takes us closer towards our goal.
Seeking solution to that problem that screwed your performance is important.
Seeking a different way to perform you work is necessary.
Seeking change is crucial.
Seeking knowledge is also necessary. Seeking is what life truly is. It is the driving force of success.
It is the catalyst for change. It the one that sparks the fire, the hunger of our future.
Imagination drive us to insurmountable level of success. By imagination we can bring towards us, whatever we want in our life; and with action we get it. It is very powerful as innovation happens with imagination.
But we have underestimated the power of imagination and have suffered a lot.
I came up with the story of Tom Watson, the founder of IBM, yesterday. He shared the secrets behind the atmospheric success of IBM.
He said:
"IBM is what it is today because of three main reasons. The first reason is that, at the inception of IBM, I had a very clear pictorial of what the company would look like when it was finally done. precisely, I already had the blueprint in my mind of what would my vision- my dream- look like in reality.
The second reason is that once I had a picture of what it would look like, I then asked myself- how a company which looked like that would have to act. I then created the picture of how the company would act when it was finally done.
The third reason IBM has been so successful was that once I had a picture of how IBM would look like when my vision- my dream- was in place and how such company would have to act, I then realized that, unless we begin to act that way from the very beginning, we would never get there.
In other words, I realized that for IBM to become a great company it would have to act like a great company long before it ever became one.
From the very beginning, IBM was modeled after the blueprint of my vision. And each and everyday we attempted to model the company after that blueprint.Everyday at the IBM was a day devoted to business development, not doing business.
We didn't do business at IBM, we built one."
This story reveals the secret of what makes a great business or organization great. It also tells us that the very successful organization start by a vision and acting like the one the want to become from the very beginning.
A mature organization is started completely different than all the rest. It is formed with broader perspective, unlimited will-power and a more intelligent point of view.
A mature organization starts by developing their core values and make their every decision based on it. The present action of these mature organizations is shaped by their vision.
They don't get mature at times, rather they start as mature. They start by acting like the one they want to see their organization in near future. They start from the end. This is what that makes them great.
The companies like Mc. Donald's, Federal Express, IBM and Disney didn't end up as a mature companies rather they started out that way. The people who started them had a totally different perspectives about their business and their role in their business.
Same applies for any other non-profitable organizations as well. To build a successful organization they should start and act mature.
No, it's not the people who are driving us crazy, it's not our job and a busy schedule that is driving us mad, and it's not that rude costumer who is making us insane.
No, it's not the world that's the problem. It's simply that we don't have any other alternatives to get our work done.
The key to solve this problem is to plan, envision and articulate what we see in the future for ourselves and the people we care about because any plan is better than no plan.
In the process of defining the future, our plan begins to shape itself into reality, both the reality of the world out there and the reality that we are about to design here. When these two-reality merge, a new reality emerges, a new perception unfolds. It’s a unique invention that’s uniquely ours; which is the reality of our mind and our heart uniting with all our ideas to shape, design and collaborate and form something that never existed before.
Most of us live very disorganized life. Our thoughts and actions doesn't match at all. We think everyday "what do we want" and believe that it's something different. We convince ourselves to do something, but in reality, we end up doing something completely opposite.
Customizing life means systematizing it. To customize our life, we got to:
define what we want,
figure out our principles,
find our "WHY"
identify and plan the best way to meet our "WHY"
measure our progress towards our vision; cut-off what's not working,
systematize what works and do it consistently making ourselves an expert.