tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post1479858386348606162..comments2024-03-28T21:08:32.637+05:30Comments on Tomichan Matheikal's blog: The Politics of ChangeTomichan Matheikalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-36228721307107513802012-12-01T23:14:37.338+05:302012-12-01T23:14:37.338+05:30I'm familiar with the 7 laws of Covey, the 7 l...I'm familiar with the 7 laws of Covey, the 7 laws of Deepak Chopra and the 10 commandments.<br /><br />I must thank you for one thing. One of my colleagues raised this same question that you're raising here in a slightly different way. He was met with derision. I think "workshops" have become a business in their own way.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-84805539554891897162012-12-01T23:11:12.107+05:302012-12-01T23:11:12.107+05:30The person who asked that question about being the...The person who asked that question about being the ideal person is the dearest one to me. I wish she she had raised the question in the workshop. I wish she raises herself to that survival level!<br /><br />The rest doesn't [don't (?)]matter to me.<br /><br />I have finished reading the book you sent me. I enjoyed it at a very different level, not as fiction. Yes, Raghuram, there indeed is a difference between real literature and the rest. I can discuss this at some other time. <br /><br />I hope to write on Ender's Game soon.Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-57560711006509436192012-11-30T16:41:10.115+05:302012-11-30T16:41:10.115+05:30Oh that Stephen Covey, 'the author of the 7-ha...Oh that Stephen Covey, 'the author of the 7-habbits of highly effective people'. He was a great motivator for corporate business. <br /><br />If you read the book,( I have not read the book but on the book), he is excellent. But my concern is what is he doing in the system of Indian education? As far as my knowledge about the Indian society is concerned, it is highly unlikely that he fits into there. Yes change is the key basic word. <br /><br />But individual changes should function in unison with the national changes. In a nation built still on lies, corruption, croon-ism, feudalism, imperialism, it makes me laugh how Covey can be accommodated.<br /><br />And your story, well, I see little relevance to that in education. The model of education cannot be the one derived from model of plant kingdom or animal kingdom:) <br /><br />Well, I am sure you know by now, very well about Covey, yet I am adding a summary of his 7-habbits.<br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-coveys-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people-2012-7Prasanna Raghavanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15639197236363469260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-61796570150337890272012-11-30T16:07:22.369+05:302012-11-30T16:07:22.369+05:30“What if I change and become the ideal person, and...“What if I change and become the ideal person, and quite many others refuse to change and remain selfish, greedy, jealous...? Won’t I end up being exploited by them?”<br /><br />I am confronted by this question, at the most trivial level, everyday, as I ride the Delhi Metro. I proceed to the doors of the train unhuriedly (like the gazelle that is not trying to run the fastest it can)and I hardly ever miss boarding the train. Whether I jostle / push my way through the crowd or not, it is nearly certain that I will not get a seat no matter I rush or I amble to the the door. This is when I ask, am I allowing myself to be exploited. Even when I answer yes, I ask is this anything significant? I invariably say no. What I mean is, at the higher levels of exploitation (as defined by one's own threshold) the survival instinct takes over. It is in the gradual increase in the threshold level, FOR EVERYONE, that will ultimately reduce the level of exploitation (discounting the few black swans).<br /><br />By the way, I DIDN'T forec the book on you :) I did not reveal what I was sending you because of two things. One, I was worried that you will cite your workload and ask me not to loan the book to you, and I was keen on you reading it. Two, I am averse to calling any book as belonging to the Sci-Fi genre, because I think the genre is false, does not exist. I wanted to discuss / argue on that with you, after you read the book.<br /><br />RE mandakolathurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774568024246167410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-21197686546843056852012-11-30T15:58:54.424+05:302012-11-30T15:58:54.424+05:30Thanks, Deepak.
I too think that there is more to...Thanks, Deepak.<br /><br />I too think that there is more to humans than the mere instinct for survival. That's why we have moral, social, political and religious systems. In spite of them, we have much - too much, in fact - evil too. So we have the onus of searching for effective solutions. I'm just thinking loud...Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-45842757542314886962012-11-30T14:45:09.286+05:302012-11-30T14:45:09.286+05:30Wow.. that is one intelligent post.. I agree with ...Wow.. that is one intelligent post.. I agree with you Matheikal.. but i believe a should bring the change that our conscience impels us to bring.. life is a journey towards actualization of the self and about being the best person that you can become.. In the end, what matters is how i fared, not how everyone else fared... if we keep thinking about other, nobody will change.. world will become a jungle where survival is the only motivation.. i believe there is more than that about being humans.. thanx for the post.. i loved this one.. some intelligent thoughts very well written..Deepak Kripalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11427901879844057618noreply@blogger.com