Wednesday, December 14, 2016

The Confused State of a Capable Mind

Sometimes I feel that high potential capabilities can also turn into curse when not managed properly. Have you met a person who has shown real talent and high potential as a kid, but is going through series of failures and major setbacks later in life?

When you are young and perform well, especially as per societal norms, there is so much appreciation around and you start liking it. People praising gives your confidence a boost and you do even better. But after some time when you step out of the comfort zone and walk straight into the Real world, the reality hits you hard on your face. And suddenly those words of appreciation start fading. That’s when the real challenge starts. As an individual, you rely so much on encouraging words and suddenly they are nowhere to be found. You get weighed down by the Expectations! And thus, I wonder, how efficiently we damage the capable mind and make it follow the same rules, for which it was never meant to. Has the Capable Mind become curse for that individual?