| If you are a working professional, then there are fair | | | | you have two choices with your 'targets & |
| chances that you are familiar with the terms 'Target' | | | | deadlines'-Criticize or perform (to achieve). |
| & 'Deadline.' How do you feel on hearing these | | | | Unrealistic - Do your 'Target/Deadline' sounds |
| words? If the memory comes with some | | | | unrealistic to you? That means that you believe in |
| uncomfortable feeling, you need to read this article. | | | | your assessment that it can not be achieved under |
| Where is my choice? - There are certain things | | | | given circumstances. What effect this will have on |
| where you have no control in selection. For example | | | | your performance? You will start performing your act |
| you can not choose your parents or color of your | | | | as a ritual without any will and enjoyment. In that |
| skin. Similarly if you are performing under a job | | | | case you can not achieve it in any circumstance. |
| contract, someone else fixes the intangible entities | | | | Think from other prospective now. Why don't you |
| like 'Target' & 'Deadline' for you. Your position | | | | break the record? Look around and see the |
| does not matter. The decision maker is some one | | | | achievers in any filed of life. What ever they |
| else -an outsider (He may not be aware of your | | | | achieved was considered impossible before they did |
| capabilities, limitations & preferences or he might | | | | it. They were not like others who never dared to |
| have not considered these factors while creating | | | | think of those targets and remained looser. |
| these entity for you). The realization of this fact will | | | | Therefore if you focus your efforts on seemingly |
| change your prospective. | | | | unrealistic targets/deadlines there are chances that |
| Be the performer not the judge - Suppose you are | | | | you emerge as record breaking achiever. |
| staying in a hotel (which you have chosen as per | | | | Long term analysis - Targets come and go. Deadlines |
| your budget and requirements). It may not be the | | | | come and go. Life moves on. Sometimes you achieve |
| 'best in town' or your 'dream hotel'. Now there are | | | | target sometime not. Sometime you are not able to |
| two choices. Either you start judging (and criticizing) | | | | honor the deadline. What matters is your effort to |
| the intelligence (or ignorance) of the person(s) who | | | | achieve these entities. It is like a player who goes |
| made this hotel-room for you and be relived of your | | | | into the realities of victory & defeat. In the long |
| burden of uncomfortable feelings. Or, the other | | | | run it is the 'sports man spirit' which is important not |
| choice is that you find the utility of the facilities | | | | the victories or defeats which are short lived. But |
| available in your context and start enjoying them. | | | | while 'in action' you have to do everything possible to |
| Which one do you think is the better choice? Similarly | | | | achieve a 'victory'. |