Our thoughts and actions , what we go
through in life, how we react to it – all these guide us on how to act in
future. We need to be aware of the factors that influence past actions and
thoughts and use the insights thus obtained to impact current actions. Zen
philosophy advises us to always treat every experience as a new one. But this
does not mean we reject or ignore our older experiences – it means we should
use them as the instruments that help us act and react in the present and in
the decisions we take in the present.
Understand and learn from past events
Use the power of contemplation to
understand and learn from past events in an objective and purposeful manner.
Identify what unconsciously makes you act the way you do. Figure out why you
act in a certain way, think over the choices you made in different situations,
what did you learn from the decisions that you took in the past? If you have
made a poor decision, what have you learnt from it and how do you avoid making
similar mistakes in future? Study things impartially and use your past failures
to learn how to do better in future.
Hard work, determination, ambition
You need hard work, determination,
ambition, drive etc to succeed in any new venture or business. And your past
experiences also play their part in helping you take the new business forward.
You will see that your past experiences, whether good or bad, can offer you
valuable insights on how to become successful businessmen.
Share your learnings with others so
that you all know what has to be adopted and what avoided to achieve a
desirable outcome. Whatever you are today is the result of all that you have
gone through, your thoughts, perceptions, views and opinions. Learn from the past
and then let it go – do not hold on to it. Live in the present, enjoy it and
use it fruitfully for what you do today is what will prepare you to face
tomorrow.
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