WEEK-IN #27

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Down to Earth

This is not about space exploration. Being down to earth means you never bring up your pride while making decisions. Of course, we all need to be proud of ourselves and we also like to show off the stuff we are good at. But, the moment you will have to make a decision, you have to become a blank slate and that's tough. I try to be down to earth while I talk to anyone, but my pride kicks in once in a while. Even I am not sure how to be a plain slate every time and I am not even sure if it is possible. I would just like to explain why it is needed.

This whole world s a multiplayer game. No two people are at the same levels, and those levels change every second. That says you have millions above your level and millions below your level. But how to know the levels of everyone around us. We don't have a cursor to hover upon a person to get the level of the person. So, we judge starting from the point we look at the person. We subconsciously change our body language and our way of talking based on how the other person responds. A couple of minutes into the conversation, you lock onto the level of the person and blast off your conversation based on it. But, how does that affect us?

If the person is much higher than you, you try to grasp everything they say and think twice before you reply to anything. Grasping information is always good. But, you lock on that the person is below your level in some aspect and you shoot out of earth trying to reject every single point the other person makes. No analysis on the points the person is making, just trying to make it wrong. Doing this, we quickly lose context and the other person stops talking and will try to move out of the conversation. Even if it is your territory or someone else's territory, trying to analyze what another person says is crucial in a two-way conversation. Strengthening the bond is only going to happen when you understand the context of what the other person is talking about. If you are not trying to strengthen the bond, try to end the conversation in a couple of minutes and move away. No one is pushing you to become a friend with the one you are not interested in.

I hope this helps you to decide on when to be down to earth. Remember! The more connections you make, the faster you grow.

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