Art of Playing small!
Yes! Looks like this is truly the most sought after art form!
Met around 8 different, highly talented people (toppers recruited from their institutes) with very similar outlook to life Remaining shielded from action is the best way to keep themselves safe & secured at work!
Proof point being over 25 yrs of working in the same company mostly in 2-3 different levels of the same role undisturbed & hardly noticed!
Not sure what they gained and the company!
Everyone is expected to make it big/large something, sometime, somewhere, and somehow! thats the DREAM! But majority, give up – somewhere, sometime, somehow!
Dreamer doers in the crowd of any section/segment will not be more than 10% of the population! It seems everyone else, practice and master the art of playing small! mostly unknowingly! Thats the big stealth virus!
The world is so big, and it is easy to feel like just another number! We see so many things that need to be changed, so many things that could be better at work, at home, in the neighborhood everywhere! But we choose to feel powerless! So, we shrink from our expectations, desires and responsibilities!
It is easy to remain – a victim, silent to the calling, shy admitting a mistake or staying away from acting on candid feedback! – Simplest way for becoming prisoners of unfounded fears!
Playing small may offer comfort, but does no good to anyone! Still, we find a lot of people – living on playing small!
Does this justify the art form?
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