Up scaling or how to keep up in the changing technologies??

 Update your Skills!! Get cross-skilled!! How to keep up??

If you are an IT professional, then you are very frequently asked to “Up skill yourself, you need to keep up with the new updates”. Also, the new AI boom has been affecting several professionals. It is amazing that we are coming up with new technologies which can replace human … But wait!! What does that mean to our business? How does it affect our career growth? How do we sustain the ever-changing market trends?

Well!! I think the answer is to Change and Evolve into something new!!

Below is a story extract from the theory of “Origin of Species” by Charles Darwin

Long ago a thousand of years ago, giraffes did not have long necks, they were also grazing the grass and herbs from the ground. Well! let’s say, the demand for grass and other greens on the ground increased because there were several animals like Deer, Zebras, wild boars feeding on these greens.

Imagine a scorching sun, a summer one of its kind, the first greens to get affected is the greens on the ground, a season when rains were delayed meant shortage of food on the ground only left with dry lands and dried grass.

So one of the smart giraffe decided to start tasting the leaves from the trees which stayed green, which were reachable for it. Tasted better than grass, the leaves stayed fresh, dint have to deal with the sharp edges.  There were many trees untouched, food was always present for them. Also, you dint have to bother about the weeds which had thorns or causing irritation.

This smart giraffe started craning his neck to reach the trees, his fellow bunch of giraffes also started following him. One of them gave birth to babies which liked the same food, followed his parents, started to feed on the same leaves. 

And even to this day, there has been no looking back. They have never felt dearth of food. We have a new species of animals, an absolute stunner to look up to. They have only been growing upwards.

 

Now coming to us as human beings, we are on the same sort of roads, if you feel like life is getting nowhere, be the smart giraffe, take the first step of evolution, only to make History!!

Are you the smart giraffe???

 

What does change mean to you??

Change is everywhere.. change is natural process which is the essence of life … 

A new born baby undergoes several changes over a period of time to become an individual… 

A seed sown in soil undergoes several internal changes, starts to sprout, grows into a sapling, grows a new leaf everyday, slowly strengthens its stem to get sturdy and moves up to become a strong plant, then to a big tree… 

When you probably look at a plant on a daily basis you may not notice changes, but it is growing each day with very small nuances of changes happening physiologically. 

Similarly the metamorphosis in insects.. a butterfly lays the egg, the egg hatch into a worm, slowly grows bigger to a caterpillar, eats more leaves everyday grows into a bigger caterpillar, eats until it is completely full and then goes into a deep sleep enclosing itself into a chrysalis.. then when it has fully digested itself comes out as a beautiful butterfly with an entirely different color… 

 

P.S - Please notice that there is a complete contrast of the color of butterfly to the color of a caterpillar and to that of the egg, even the color changes with every metamorphosis.

 

Change is every where in nature, sun does not shine the same way on all the 365 days, the temperature could be same on two consecutive days but the position of earth on its orbit is different so there is a difference in the sunlight 🌞

Change is the most natural process that needs to happen for life to go on…

But we as adults grow up and start detesting changes.. because we set up our life in a certain way and decide to remain the same.. we loose the energy to accommodate new changes.. let’s us explore the reasons separately, but we are draining the energy else where and forget the need to change… 

This hindrance to change acts as a habit and stays with us- it leads to addiction, it creates an attachment, it creates lethargy which finally leads to de-motivation, creates the disinterest in life subsequently leading to seeking out true purpose for life… 

Indirectly leading us to break the pattern, push the changes on us, accept the change, create a fresh perspective, giving new meaning to life… 

Always welcome changes, some changes work to make you better, some changes could cause disappointment but there is a learning in that failure which you needed.. Embrace change, Embrace life!!!

 

If you have come until here, the cells in your body are itching for a change, CHANGE SOMETHING in your day today!!! 

BELIEF IS THE FIRST STEP TO START NEW!! Go for it 👊

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