It takes a colossal amount of motivation for change in ones life.Often, it usually follows an episode of great distress-be it emotional, mental or physical.
For example, most of us (the average Malaysian) doesn't think twice about banana leaf or nasi kandar lunches until they obtain their shabby looking lipid profile results.-Physical Anxiety
or
An average school kid wouldn't see the need to put in certain number of hours or take a different approach to a subject matter until he/she fails a certain subject.-Mental anxiety
I'm hopeless with Emotional observations so we'll skip that one.
The point i'm trying to make is, to truly change a certain aspect of our life, we'd have to be uncomfortable with where we are right now. We do not evolve if we get comfortable. We do not become better versions of ourselves.
If lets say i became a complacent doctor, who becomes accustomed to a mediocre lifestyle, i wouldn't need to generate a huge income to support my lifestyle and i wouldn't need to specialize further.Some of you might argue that specializing only requires passion, but i disagree. You need more than just passion to propel you through something as tedious and demanding as a specialization programme-you first of all :
a)Need to be uncomfortable with where you are in life currently-as in the whole hierarchy and earning capacity.
b)Need to have an insight over where you see yourself-do you WANT to specialize because everyone is or because you want to?Would you be happy with that particular course?
c) Finally-passion.
Based on my personal experience, i honestly am not as fired up for the AMC as i was for the MRCS- when i looked in me for answers-this is what i got:
-when i sat for the MRCS i wanted to prove a point to myself and the people around me that i do deserve to be in a surgical and not a medical based dept.
-i had completed my housemanship and JMO postings,and i was all fired up at the thought of ortho, so i thought lets gauge myself,lets see where i belong.Lets sit for an exam.
-I wanted to be the first or at least the most different one amongst my peers who were (at that time) chilling.
and i had and still have a passion for a surgical based dept.
Don't get me wrong,i am fired up for the AMC,but not like i was for the MRCS.i want to do the AMC,because i want something better for myself,i don't want to be slogging all day to get some guy who works at Mc D's to outearn me.
The AMC is a passport, to furthering my studies, it is a ticket for a different kind of walkabout.
The other example of discomfort bringing out the best in me would be my exercise habits-i exercise with a higher intensity the days i feel unhealthy-just to compensate for that feeling.If i felt great, i would exercise just as hard but i wont push myself to a level of burnout.
In a nutshell, to see change, to evolve we all have to at some point get uncomfortable with our surroundings/ourselves. Only then will our internal system propel us to the level of greatness that some could only imagine but not realise.
2 comments:
True, but after long hours of thought, I have come up with certain answers as to why and when we decide to move/think:
- pure boredom, being idle sets off thought-occupying processes
-dissatisfaction, or general stress as you mentioned
-pure, unadulterated narcissm.
Thank you. I am glad that I have proved my point *wink
To cause further choking and sputtering, I would like to add that you, my love, will surprise yourself with the amc. You mightn't be expecting much from it, because you don't feel as fired up about it. You'll be plesantly surprised at your accomplishment at the end of the day. ;)
Oh i have no doubt that it will...looking forward to another one of those neuron traumatizing process!
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