Its easy to have a false perception

I was at a seminar last Saturday and i heard this statistic from one of the speakers as he quoted a researcher. Later on I went on to the internet to find the source and found it to be true. And I was just thinking to myself that there are so many things in life that we can have a wrong perception about.
"Falling Coconuts Kill More People Than Shark Attacks"
"Falling coconuts kill 150 people worldwide each year, 15 times the number of fatalities attributable to sharks," said George Burgess, Director of the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File and a noted shark researcher.
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In my crazy little head

- Its no secret to my close friends that i have a strong desire to have the gift of spontaneity and out of the box thinking. Over the years i have earned the dubious reputation from my friends of being a balloon poker but off-course in the positive sense. When they have a great ideas they come to me to seek assistance in finding all the possible flaws. It benefits them as they know which areas to cover up and take calculated risk. But in reality i would love to trade my levelheadedness, logical thinking for that streak of spontaneity and being an out of the box thinker. I have made small beginnings made in this area by changing my response to "It will work provided you take care of blah blah" from "It will not work because of blah blah".

- Philosophy of Racism. Every wondered why people are racist? Some of the reasons i can think of are. a) Fear of the unknown or lack of understanding of another culture. b) Believing one's race is superior to another. c) Hand me down mindsets from one generation to another. d) Insecurity that one race will dominate economically. e) Fear of loosing one's identity f) Prejudice thinking formed by one bad experience with a race. I have a little prayer that people judge me by my deeds and my character before they decide to write me off.

- I feel all of us grow up with similar concepts of right and wrong and most of the times we know when we are doing the wrong thing. Sometimes we justify our wrongs blaming it on our circumstances surrounding us. Sometimes it’s the attitude that this is what everyone is doing so why should I loose out. Sometimes we are just plain tired of doing the right thing and it getting us no results. But the scary thing that seems to be the trend now is that moral values are being stretched like gum on the pretext of modern thinking and being free spirited and some people are even made heroes for it. What this world needs are more positive role models.

- Students prepare for exams, candidates prepare for job interviews, actors rehearse their lines, sportsmen & women train for the games then why do most people don't prepare for marriage considering its one of the most important decisions of life.- Be in constant touch with your emotions and bad decision making will leave you.

- Do we always fight for the right causes? Read this article from url and make your judgments, does this even warrant our attention? Is it about making a statement or making a real difference in society and the way we live. (Click Here For Story)
- Lets learn not to overdramatise our problems, rather focus on solutions. Repeatedly talking about a problem doesn't make it go away.

Its not all about the money

Whenever we are in the starting and growing years of our career we often get bogged down by concerns of money, position and unrealistic time-lines to achieve our goals. Sooner or later these concerns become counterproductive and just paralyse us as individuals. I guess over time everyone will eventually learn how to deal with these concerns in their own ways. Whenever i do feel that i am lagging behind in my goals and others are ahead of me i take comfort in the fact that being behind 2 or 3 years in an average career span of 40 years is not that bad. Its a matter of time when you can close in on the gap and maybe overtake as well. As long we stay on course and be sincere about our goals we will soon have our fair share of success.
I found this below quote extremely relevant and thought provoking and i hope it comforts and inspires us to be patient.
'Many years ago Rudyard Kipling an address at McGill University in Montreal. He said one striking thing which deserves to be remembered. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, or position, or glory, he said: "Some day you will met a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are." - Halford E. Luccock