WEEKLY LEARNINGS, MARCH WEEK-3

SUHANI

The previous week was a dynamic one nevertheless I realized several things side by side that would add up to my contextual learnings.
Sometimes you have to get through things STRAIGHTMINDEDLY, too much mental efforts breed unnecessary stress.
I have experienced this twice, once along with my team, I was heading towards the stage for my first fashion show, and my mind was clear, composed, and settled but then I heard someone from my team say that she was having anxiety. The moment it traveled through my ears, I could feel chills down my spine and got anxious myself too. The only thing I was thinking about earlier was my walk and expressions but now I’m thinking of the audience, the judges, and the fear of messing up
Secondly, it happened when we had our flashmob for juxtapose, the only thing on my mind was that I HAD TO PERFORM, nothing more nothing less. After the performance, I could see my fellows pulling a long face due to less audience turnout, of which not even my single brain cell could think. All I knew was that I had to perform regardless of the audience.
I hope this mindset remains suit. Think nothing more, nothing less, nothing trash, nothing worrisome.

2) The bigger the risks, the bigger the returns.
This learning has always helped me achieve almost everything. Whenever I go the extra mile for anything, I get 3x its reward. It was 11’30 in the night when my seniors informed me that I had to host the next day’s Juxtapose event. Not only that, they wanted me to send them the script within the next hour. It might be a no big deal but for an early bird like me, it was. It was already a big draining day and we had to reach at 8 the next day, and my seniors wanted me to stay late till 12’30 or even 1, and wake up at 6 so that I could reach on time at 8. Which was quite rude and inconsiderate of them. Again, one of them called me at 12’30 to ask if we could have a Google Meet. I was flabbergasted by the way they expected me to do anything they said as a junior. I refused. They then texted me to send the script BEFORE 5 am which was again insane. My sleep schedule was screwed already. However, I sent them the script by 7 am. I got late so I took a cab that cost me 500 in total. (to & from the college too) However, after all this grind, I nailed it. Some of the participants even came to me later just to appreciate how good my anchoring was. Even though those compliments did cost my dandy sleep but seems worth it.

3) Never be afraid of asking questions. Never be afraid of accepting that ‘you don’t know’.
I might look like a nosy parker to people around me, but I do like asking questions lest my mind should blow off of unsettled curiosity. Socrates said that you should judge a man by his questions and not answers. And that hit hard like a train. I love it when people ask questions, or if put simply, when I realize that there are people around me whose cognition is as slow as a snail just like me. The best part of asking questions is that you always remember that part of speech both from your end and the respondent end. Since questioning and answering is in dialogue format, you get involved in it and it registers in your mind for always. I like people who always welcome questions with much kindness without getting frustrated or afraid that people may doubt their knowledge if they don’t answer the asked question, I mean IT’S OKAY IF YOU DON’T KNOW.