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“Explore, Evolve, Excel”...
The Mantra for a Long Journey
‘Explore, Evolve, Excel’, the title itself very clearly signifies that the more you explore, the more
you evolve, the more easily you excel. But if you actually sit and give your mind some time to absorb
the ‘in-depth’ meaning of these three words, you will realize that they contain a million tonnes of
wisdom and these three words (in fact ‘just’ three words) can transform your life to such extremity that
you can actually relate this transition to know the so called huge difference between the ground and
the sky, black and white and even good and best.
The desire to achieve excellence is the in-thing these days. And maybe in the upcoming years,
it will be no less than a trend. The increasing competition in every walk of life and the desire to be a
step higher than above the rest, is the main reason why everyone runs behind excellence. But hey! It
does not promise to be achieved so easily (bet you’ve heard this before). Like you can’t reach the
third floor of a building by simply flying up (unless you are thinking
of contradicting my statement by picturising a sci-fi scene of having
a jet pack on your back or something weird like that ) there are
certain steps to be followed to achieve excellence. the first named
EXPLORE, the second EVOLVE, and bravo! You’ve achieved
it!! Umm… I’d like to burst that big thought bubble of yours for a
while please.
OK. So let’s get started. “Explore”. The first word of the
excellence hymn or chant. Exploring something, new fields, new places, new opportunities, new
places etc. will naturally give you more information about it (and maybe some “breaking news” too).
And that’s how you’ll get to crack about how to put forth your actions. Your plans will accordingly and
rightly be implemented, to ascend towards the next step, hence taking you a step closer to your
dream.(u-hooo…).
The next giant leap is ‘evolving’. Once you have explored what you want to, a desired change is
to be brought in yourselves and in some cases that may automatically happen. But yes, 3 things are to
be kept in mind. First, evolving according to the present situation, second, evolving to be the wanted
change of the past and third, evolving to be what you want to be in future. And this may have to be done
simultaneously, which may not be an easy task. But that is where your strength, presence of mind,
courage, endurance, and perseverance are tested. And that’s the moment when some of you may
realize that you DO possess these wonderful qualities within yourself. This not only makes you realize
what a superstar you are in yourself, but it also raises your self esteem (good news, this may make
your task a bit easier). So these are the dimensions of the second step.
Now, the third step. Actually, the third step is the first position on the rostrum itself. “Excellence”.
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