tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post114968907161772417..comments2023-10-31T20:54:41.691+05:30Comments on Scratchpad of Life: Steve Jobs' Commencement Lecture at StanfordSujit Kumar Chakrabartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424095559961037990noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post-1151760691711845132006-07-01T19:01:00.000+05:302006-07-01T19:01:00.000+05:30Steve Jobs asks us not to settle but keep looking ...Steve Jobs asks us not to settle but keep looking for what we enjoy. On the contrary, Eknath Easwaran says it is easy to do what one enjoys. A higher goal is to enjoy even those tasks which at first attempt seems boring. Easwaran exhorts one to enjoy the unenjoyable with sustained practice.<BR/>Jobs or Easwaran are immaterial. These two conflicting ideologies have been there for a long time. Both can not be true. One has to be false. Which one? What is the fine-line of difference between looking-for-what-one-likes and ficklemindedness? What is the difference between cultivating taste for unenjoyable and defeatist-attitude-accepting-circumstances? Both Jobs and Easwaran can be debated against. Your take sujit. And please let me know the link if you reply to this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post-1150439017284038032006-06-16T11:53:00.000+05:302006-06-16T11:53:00.000+05:30Interesting analysis. I would like to add attitude...Interesting analysis. I would like to add attitude as another factor besides just the motivation. Attitude is similar to sustained motivation against un sustained motivation.fuse mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381498662722672650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20043527.post-1149765473763714082006-06-08T16:47:00.000+05:302006-06-08T16:47:00.000+05:30Really nice post Sujit! Motivation is the key. Ant...Really nice post Sujit! Motivation is the key. Anthony Robbins, a motivational speaker/writer has written some interesting stuff on this. <BR/><BR/>He says eveything we do , we do in order to gain pleasure or avoid pain. And people generally go to longer lengths to avoid pain than to gain pleasure. So when the pain of not having done a project exceeds the pleasure of procrastination, we get motivated and do it.So, he says, the idea is to associate massive pain to not taking action. <BR/><BR/>You can read more of that in his book 'Awaken the giant within'.Karthikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468152567449655366noreply@blogger.com