Building a Perspective

Perspective is simply the state of one's own ideas. How come that this term has garnered so much importance these days? Why is it insisted time and again to have your own perspective? Be it a business place, home, educational institute or anywhere else, having your own perspective on an issue is important and is deeply stressed upon. It is distinctly visible that perspective does play a major role in B-School these days during the lively group discussions. People who have developed this habit excel in thinking and are good in communicating their thoughts with clarity and precision.

The world has become really a complex and smaller place with the penetration of technology and round the clock availability of cheap transport. Humans are being bombarded with loads of information everyday from various channels. Each one of us is hooked to internet day in and day out via WiFi hotspots, Smartphone, laptops, tablets etc where we regularly come across many current hot issues. It is solely for us to decide when to keep hold of the information, when to agree to the viewpoints presented, when to differ from what is said and when to let it pass freely. But, after going through the issue, sitting back and pouring in your thoughts is what matters the most. This is where the originality plays its role and can lead to a change. It is a beauty of human ecosystem that each one of us have our unique way of living, unique way of thinking and unique way of viewing the things. This is because all of us have come across different experiences in our lives and represent different cultures of shrinking global village.

Building a perspective imparts overall clarity to ones thought process. We must not develop the habit of passively believing and uncritically accepting whatever we have learned over the past years. Rather, we should start raising questions and rejuvenate our thoughts to find a reason whether our viewpoint is well deserved or not. There will be many times when we may not be accurate but the fear of being rejected should never deter our thought process. On the other hand, holding a perspective without any valid reasons (solely on ones intuition) can be negative and must be avoided. Once we have reached this level of clarity and purpose, it will help us to overcome the existing challenges, thus leading to achievement of our goals. 

So, i will close today's blog by stating that we must "Think Original, Think Different !"

Abishek Mittal

NMP XXVI - Class of 2014
MDI, Gurgaon