Consequences

© Apoorv Vikas

Success asks for action.
Action leads to results.
Results come with byproducts.
Not all of which are desirable.
Not all the time.
That necessitates checking consequences.
And success necessitates managing those consequences.
In constructive and productive ways.
Because inaction fueled with fear from those consequences isn’t an option.
And neither is taking others for granted.
Because it’s not just about you.
It’s about others as well.

They say you have to break some eggs to make an omelet.
Many use it as a wild-card free pass to excuse hurting self and others in the name of “necessary sacrifice”.
This isn’t about that.
This is about checking the affect of those broken eggs, in real terms.
Who. When. How.

It’s about four basic questions:
1. Am I causing physical hurt?
2. Am I invading anybody’s personal space and halting their growth as a person?
3. Am I causing uncalled-for financial loss for anybody?
4. Do I pose a threat to public safety and global peace?

It’s wiser to check it before you break the eggs.
It’s smarter to have a plan to control the outcome, before you fry the omelet.

To control consequences, awareness is the key.
Entire picture must be brought to conscious realisation.
The past that inspired the action.
The present that affects the process.
The future that’s a destination after traversing a variety of paths.
People. And means.
Input and output.
Cost and profit.
Efficiency and result.
To manage, is to choose paths that lead to most productive of work fashions.
To control, is to avail most beneficial paths to multitude of people without self-proclaimed choices for their lives in the name of “greater good” and “big picture”.
And if such paths don’t exist,
they need to be built.

Success isn’t about what you manage.
It’s about how you manage it.
It’s about how you evolve yourself to actualise this entire process.
It takes breathtaking patience to formulate that process without falling prey to the incentives of lucrative short term gains.
That’s how the wise and the smart turn themselves into legends.

– Counselor Apoorv Vikas (Nigdi Pune)
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