Are we really ready??

Hey folks !

Are we really ready? The title seems confusing what are we ready for? I hope that you could relate the title at the end of this note. 

Our generation has become obsessed with usage of gadgets, latest technology and many more cutting edge applications . We portray ourselves as tech-savvy individual. But are we really aware of day to day events, current happenings and fellow beings . This will be an unanswered question for most of us. 

Our education system is mere cramming where we are trained to memorize and reproduce the same context we study. There is a great difference between 'Knowing' and 'Learning'. Let me cite a short story to explain the difference between these two words. ( I heard this story yesterday from Mr. Vaidyanathan, CEO of Classle Pvt Ltd at social media week held at bangalore).

 A burglar broke into a house one midnight and threatened the people in that house to hand over the keys of the cup-board.  The people were afraid and handed the keys to him in tremor. This is a simple sight where every one of us would have witnessed atlease once .  If the same thief was handed over a key which will not immediately open the door but has a code within it which he has to crack to open the door.  He has to apply his brain and crack the code to open the door. There comes the part of learning . Most of us know everything but are we good learners ?  I believe that you would know your answer for this question.

We have to unlearn certain things to learn new things in our life. I cant simply blame our curriculum for making us individuals with good memory power or as 'nerds' ( According to some  so called 'well-educated' people ). Its our duty as well as necessity to learn things out of the box.  Its unfortunate that most of us are in our own shell where we are not ready to shed it to learn new things and to explore  & excel. In today's rat race, each one us go behind fatty pay-cheques and luxuries to lead a modern sophosticated life.  But if we sit back and analyse, there is lot more in our life to learn apart from academics. Its vital to learn one's own self to understand them. I have seen many people who dont even self-analyse and know about them and expect others to understand them. 

My prime focus for this note is to be ready for challenges and to learn new things. Its better to accept something that we do not know and start the initiative to learn it rather than blaming the system . For eg) There are few south Indians ( with all due respects to all South Indians, I DO NOT refer everyone here  and I am a south Indian too :P) who treat fellow North Indians  with contempt. There are few people who are not willing to learn another language such as Tamil or hindi . So its time for us to leave our inhibitions and to start travelling on the road less-travelled and leave a trail !

So lets roll up our sleeves to get ready for the challenges ! 

Good luck !