TWENTY 20 OF LIFE-INTRODUCTION

 

ü This book will help you find the change you are looking for through pride.

PRIDE means P: Perspective, R: Readiness, I: Implementation, D: Delight, E: Evaluation

• Perspective
• Perspective means how you look at things. The way you look at problems is very crucial. Your perspective defines your problem and in fact, makes your way. Everything in this world has a perspective to it, and it’s important for you to have a sound perspective towards things. Though every individual has her own perspective based on her context, we must reflect and work on it. Simply put, a perspective comprises of principles that are essential to understanding things.
• Readiness:
• There are many people who have a good perspective on things. They also know what principles they need to work on. Still, we may find such people struggling to solve their problems. Well, this is very important! Many problems are habits, and it is very difficult to change habits unless we know the process of breaking and making them. The first step of changing any habit is to be ready for action. Now, being ready does not mean just getting mentally ready for the change. Here I am talking about getting ready at the minutest level, which means getting the stimulus ready. Stimulus or cue or reminder – whatever you call, it does not matter, it is actually getting in a state of readiness. This conditioning is crucial if we want to break or make a habit. It happens so quickly that we don’t even notice it. For example, we check our WhatsApp every time there is a message tone. Here, this notification tone is the stimulus that prompts us to take action, which is to check the message.
•  Implementation:
• After the state of readiness comes implementation, which simply means putting your readiness into action. Here, the action is the key, but without the right perspective, it will not yield anything. To perform the required action for the right thing you need to prepare yourself for that state. Another important thing for action is its continuity. If you do a thing once or twice, it won’t affect you much. You must act again and again, and that’s what makes it an implementation. Implementation happens only through repeated action.
•  Delight
• Why would someone do things again and again if there is no joy in it? Would you do something that does not give you any reward? Will your mind accept something that does not give any satisfaction to it? To be very honest the answer is no. You must look for the delight that you will get upon implementation. For example, if you go to the gym for fifteen days regularly and notice that you are now able to wear your old dresses, how would you feel? Your motivation to go to the gym will further increase. That’s what the value of delight is.
•  Evaluation
• You put the right perspective, you get ready, you implement things, you start getting delights. What next? For any process to be completed, you must evaluate the outcome. You must reflect upon the process as well as the product. What did you learn? What did the experiences teach you? What were your strengths and weaknesses during the whole process? Once you evaluate yourself, you will be able to move to the next step or maybe the next goal.
• If you follow PRIDE, the results in your life will help you take PRIDE (self-respect) from your efforts.