Comments on: Why We Maintain Status Quo http://www.alkadwivedi.net/why-we-maintain-status-quo/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: prancer http://www.alkadwivedi.net/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25530 prancer Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:32:33 +0000 http://www.alkadwivedi.net/2006/09/08/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25530 i greatly appreciate this post coz it rather envisages the adventurer in me...i have had major setbacks no doubt on unbeaten tasks...but then i can never be stopped for a long time...i will rebound coz that spirit in me is still alive...and there is no space or scope for fear...coz fear is death in itself...death of the real "you"... thanks Alka ji for a great post :) i greatly appreciate this post coz it rather envisages the adventurer in me…i have had major setbacks no doubt on unbeaten tasks…but then i can never be stopped for a long time…i will rebound coz that spirit in me is still alive…and there is no space or scope for fear…coz fear is death in itself…death of the real “you”… thanks Alka ji for a great post :)

]]> By: Manish http://www.alkadwivedi.net/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25489 Manish Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:12:31 +0000 http://www.alkadwivedi.net/2006/09/08/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25489 I have noticed that from social causes, you posts have recently shifted to managerial issues :-) I have noticed that from social causes, you posts have recently shifted to managerial issues :-)

]]> By: Manish http://www.alkadwivedi.net/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25488 Manish Mon, 11 Sep 2006 07:11:23 +0000 http://www.alkadwivedi.net/2006/09/08/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25488 The change is the only thing in life which remains constant. If one can't change, or rather doesn't wanto to change, s/he is doomed. Sometimes, not only fear but also stubborness is also responsible! Remember how Japanese killed swiss watch industry with their electronic watches? At first this idea of electronic watches was presented before swiss companies but they stubbornly refused probably due to lack of forsight. They are in doldrums now! The change is the only thing in life which remains constant. If one can’t change, or rather doesn’t wanto to change, s/he is doomed.

Sometimes, not only fear but also stubborness is also responsible!

Remember how Japanese killed swiss watch industry with their electronic watches? At first this idea of electronic watches was presented before swiss companies but they stubbornly refused probably due to lack of forsight. They are in doldrums now!

]]> By: Amar http://www.alkadwivedi.net/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25480 Amar Mon, 11 Sep 2006 04:06:19 +0000 http://www.alkadwivedi.net/2006/09/08/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25480 I think there is enough enterprenuership in all of us but then with other's idea, things become diffcult unless you fully subscribe to the idea. Which is not the case normally. An fear of failure is in everything as we feel that we should be always winning over anything. Not many people can take failure in stride and learn from it so I think they take up the comfort position by not attempting any new idea. I think there is enough enterprenuership in all of us but then with other’s idea, things become diffcult unless you fully subscribe to the idea. Which is not the case normally. An fear of failure is in everything as we feel that we should be always winning over anything. Not many people can take failure in stride and learn from it so I think they take up the comfort position by not attempting any new idea.

]]> By: AmitL http://www.alkadwivedi.net/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25412 AmitL Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:55:24 +0000 http://www.alkadwivedi.net/2006/09/08/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25412 Hi,Alka...yes,Fear is the key...but,then,these fears come to those who are working for someone else,i.e. they fear for their job and future if they try to do something off the beaten track and it fails.So, everyone goes the way a herd of sheep goes(Bhed chaal as it is called).But,believe me,if the Boss gives one a free hand, there's nothing like taking calculated risks and finding that more often than not,they succeed.:)(That's my Dubai experience speaking.I went off the beaten track often enough,with full support from the Boss.) Hi,Alka…yes,Fear is the key…but,then,these fears come to those who are working for someone else,i.e. they fear for their job and future if they try to do something off the beaten track and it fails.So, everyone goes the way a herd of sheep goes(Bhed chaal as it is called).But,believe me,if the Boss gives one a free hand, there’s nothing like taking calculated risks and finding that more often than not,they succeed.:)(That’s my Dubai experience speaking.I went off the beaten track often enough,with full support from the Boss.)

]]> By: Maverick http://www.alkadwivedi.net/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25409 Maverick Sat, 09 Sep 2006 09:20:45 +0000 http://www.alkadwivedi.net/2006/09/08/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25409 True!That is fear that has stopped history from racing and moving forward at an unimaginable pace. btw i like ur new template True!That is fear that has stopped history from racing and moving forward at an unimaginable pace.

btw i like ur new template

]]> By: Sudipta Chatterjee http://www.alkadwivedi.net/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25407 Sudipta Chatterjee Sat, 09 Sep 2006 07:53:07 +0000 http://www.alkadwivedi.net/2006/09/08/why-we-maintain-status-quo/#comment-25407 The point is, how satisfied are you with your current position, and how desperate or how concrete is your 'perceived' happier position in life? I think for most people, this decides what they want to do, whether they want to take risks, whether they will venture into the unknown etc. If the current happiness factor is high, then the experiment or the perceived RoI takes a very low value and so you don't experiment so much. However, if you are very dissatisfied with your position now and know for sure that the other position will make you very happy, then the chances are that you will be taking the risk. Ambition, they say :) The point is, how satisfied are you with your current position, and how desperate or how concrete is your ‘perceived’ happier position in life? I think for most people, this decides what they want to do, whether they want to take risks, whether they will venture into the unknown etc. If the current happiness factor is high, then the experiment or the perceived RoI takes a very low value and so you don’t experiment so much. However, if you are very dissatisfied with your position now and know for sure that the other position will make you very happy, then the chances are that you will be taking the risk. Ambition, they say :)

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