Are you always Worried about the Future?

Are you always Worried about the Future?

Our life is always with a twist and turn and we are always running in our daily hustle, but I really need you to look at this with utmost attention and concentration. Ask yourselves the very simple question, " Where do you see yourself in next 5 years" I know this question is too common in interviews. Many of you must have spent hours trying to perfect the answer to crack the interview. Now ask this question " Where do you want to see yourself next day?", that is a tough answer to crack, right?

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The first question is very simple, we feel it very simple, because we can plan this answer and truly speaking we don't know what is going to happen in the future, so it is very easy to make assumptions and beliefs. The second question holds back our breath for a moment, we need to spend a moment on it because the "next day" is staring right at our face and if we don't do what we said, everyone would be aware of it. Many of you think I will be same where I am today, what is to think about that, correct? Now multiply the next day into 365, which becomes a year! and multiply a year into 5 that becomes five years!

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So, If we go the same way as mentioned above then you will land up in the same place where you were 5 years ago. That is the main reason why most people be in the same position year after year, they keep postponing things to tomorrow and their life gets messed up totally. I want to make this very clear that thinking about the future and planning is completely different. Planning involves time and commitment and the future is just based on assumptions and beliefs.

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So instead of thinking about the future, you need to live in the present moment and do your best at the present moment. In thinking about the future we are not only letting the present moment and opportunities pass away but also deciding something which is always on a probability of not happening. The best example can be given for sports field, Suppose Virat Kohli is batting and while he is batting he thinks who will bowl the next over, will it be fast or spinner or will I get out in the next over? If his mind is like that, he would not be able to bat at all, Instead of that he only concentrates on the coming ball and nothing else, like that we must always be focused to hit the present ball with our 100 percent capability and stop worrying about the future.

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