The idea for this post started with this video
But this idea goes beyond the business world...it can be generalized to life and almost everything else too.
The basic idea is that Realism (art of identifying objective reality of an idea) leads to a concrete helpful solution than delusion-based-solutions in the REAL world.
Let me explain from my personal experience.
I was a stammerer for all these years and it cost me many things in life. For all these years i was suggested to ignore stammering and concentrate on the other abilities i had and it helped a lot to strengthen them but stammering pulled me down at the very moments i needed to jump off the cliff and get my aims. The delusion-based-solution of ignoring the REAL PROBLEM led to the conflicting behavior where i would go along with an idea just for the heck of it. Lately, i understood finally that the problem needs to be sorted out on a real platform and first step towards sorting it out is to acknowledge it, then identify it in real time, find real solutions, work on them and succeed. My success is a proof about this approach.
But i must also add that realism helps in long run but delusions CAN BE solutions for a short term (provided we remain conscious about that delusion). At some points of times, i believed in the delusion that if i am the speaker, then i hold the stage in the sense that all listeners are idiots. But it was important to realize that this delusion is acknowledged and it just helped to overcome the mental blocks (which are critical for stammering). It wasn't the final solutions but just a "virtual" stepping stone.
Realism should not be confused with standardization of reality where ideas are ascribed definite values and our abilities are judged according to the fact whether those values are achievable by these abilities or not. Instead realism is simply acknowledging the objective reality of a fact however inconvenient it be.
The best example in this regard is the movie "Gattaca" and my review might help you to get more insight regarding the idea i am proposing (though you will have to see the movie for yourself). Here the fact that genetically, Vincent is inferior to others, is a reality but so is the reality that "there is a way out". He works on BOTH the realities together and gets what he wants. The delusion based solutions would have suggested him to strike head-on without any concern to the fact that his genetic material do not match the requirements and he has to do something about it.
As i said earlier, realism is valuable to many other sphere of life including relationships, professional carrier, personal aims in life, motivating others if asked for, advising others etc. Perhaps its one of the most important facts of life.
Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw explains this very idea which he used to win a war in 12 days...
But this idea goes beyond the business world...it can be generalized to life and almost everything else too.
The basic idea is that Realism (art of identifying objective reality of an idea) leads to a concrete helpful solution than delusion-based-solutions in the REAL world.
Let me explain from my personal experience.
I was a stammerer for all these years and it cost me many things in life. For all these years i was suggested to ignore stammering and concentrate on the other abilities i had and it helped a lot to strengthen them but stammering pulled me down at the very moments i needed to jump off the cliff and get my aims. The delusion-based-solution of ignoring the REAL PROBLEM led to the conflicting behavior where i would go along with an idea just for the heck of it. Lately, i understood finally that the problem needs to be sorted out on a real platform and first step towards sorting it out is to acknowledge it, then identify it in real time, find real solutions, work on them and succeed. My success is a proof about this approach.
But i must also add that realism helps in long run but delusions CAN BE solutions for a short term (provided we remain conscious about that delusion). At some points of times, i believed in the delusion that if i am the speaker, then i hold the stage in the sense that all listeners are idiots. But it was important to realize that this delusion is acknowledged and it just helped to overcome the mental blocks (which are critical for stammering). It wasn't the final solutions but just a "virtual" stepping stone.
Realism should not be confused with standardization of reality where ideas are ascribed definite values and our abilities are judged according to the fact whether those values are achievable by these abilities or not. Instead realism is simply acknowledging the objective reality of a fact however inconvenient it be.
The best example in this regard is the movie "Gattaca" and my review might help you to get more insight regarding the idea i am proposing (though you will have to see the movie for yourself). Here the fact that genetically, Vincent is inferior to others, is a reality but so is the reality that "there is a way out". He works on BOTH the realities together and gets what he wants. The delusion based solutions would have suggested him to strike head-on without any concern to the fact that his genetic material do not match the requirements and he has to do something about it.
As i said earlier, realism is valuable to many other sphere of life including relationships, professional carrier, personal aims in life, motivating others if asked for, advising others etc. Perhaps its one of the most important facts of life.
Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw explains this very idea which he used to win a war in 12 days...
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