If I define myself in terms of ‘what I do’, it locks me up into structures, hierarchies; into what the world is defining. While if I start defining myself at a deeper level, in terms of ‘who am I’, I am able to define myself in ways that give me meaning, satisfaction, and […]
Continue Reading →In society, we may find contributors at different stages of their journey:
Stage 1: Functional Excellence
Some people are contributors at a ‘functional level’, where they ‘contribute by achieving excellence in their work or in their field’. For example, Roger Federer has the purpose of reaching the […]
In an activity, the focus is on ‘task’, ‘process’, and sometimes even ‘deliverables’. On the other hand, in contribution, the focus is on meeting the ‘human outcome’ by designing solutions to challenges that come along the way.
Very often you will find that in service-based organizations, people are […]
Continue Reading →Why should I work hard? Why should I struggle? Why should I put myself into any difficulty for the sake of any other person?
These questions, and our answers to them, are the basis for our entire approach
(motivation level) to work.
Prajnasya murkhasya ca karye-yoge
Samatvam-abhyeti tanur na buddhih
“When any […]
Continue Reading →A career focussed on Aspirations alone, ‘What I will get’, ‘where I will reach’, etc. is an empty career. It is such a career that must depend upon networking, ‘contacts’, presentation skills only, etc. It leads to a certain uni-dimensional evaluation of the world in terms of external measures such as money, status, position, etc.
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Continue Reading →‘Becoming’ generates hope, possibilities, competence.
Becoming is a space of aspiration and not a space of desperation.
We have to see for ourselves what becoming means.
We have to perceive what the full scope of the word becoming is.
Then everything will change..
Do I want to become?
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‘Be-do-have’ is a framework that people commonly use to measure their life.
Mostly people operate from either a ‘doing’ identity, or ‘having’ identity; i.e.I am good because I have this job. ‘Doing’ identity is I am good because I do this work. However these identities lock you up. If my identity is in ‘have’ then I get locked […]
Continue Reading →If we offer broad clusters of careers, then career choice-making is about looking at options and selecting from them. The problem is that this choice is not possible analytically – it is possible only by seeing a “model of living” and deciding whether you like it or not. This choice is about deciding the life […]
Continue Reading →A ‘static” thinking practice is to think in terms of “be, do and have” – What do I want to be? What do I want to do? What do I want to have?
A ‘dynamic’ practice is to think in terms of – what is my “role” and what is my “contribution in that role”.
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Continue Reading →Defining work in terms of “challenge-response cycles” is the filter we can use to separate ‘workers’ from ‘contributors’.
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In this audio byte Srinivas starts with a standard job description (a J.D. – which mostly describes a job as a series of activities to be done ).
He then goes on to show how work has to […]
Continue Reading →- Solution Philosophy by V. Srinivas
Contribution Thinking as a mode of thought which enables fulfillment has been developed by Mr. V. Srinivas.This is the underlying philosophy of the i-become initiative.
He is the CEO & Lead Researcher of Illumine Lab, and the Founder-Chairman, Initiative Lead of the i-become initiative. (Visit Srinivas's Online Archive)
