HABIT OF READING..

Knowledge is vast. It is not possible for an individual to come across every bit of information out there in a single lifetime. This applies for life's lessons and other  knowledge about life. Life is indeed a great teacher. But human lifespan is not long enough to learn everything that life has to offer. To solve these problems books come to our aid.

Humans have inhabited this planet for more than 2.5 million years now. But the habit of documenting one's life is not that old. Still we have thousands of years of history documented. To better put this, we have thousand of years of life's teachings documented. Thus books are no less than treasures. They can reveal great secrets and aid us with experiences of our ancestors.

In this era of social media, reading a books has become very scarce. Terms like bookworm and others mock youth who are into the habit of reading. This kind of peer pressure and social indifference is a negative trend. People who read are destined to accumulate knowledge of diverse kind in a single lifetime. That amount of knowledge is not possible to learn organically in a single lifetime.

Every bit of information is a gem. We may not find significance of that knowledge now but in the long run the picture becomes clear. Life really has unique ways to humble people. Knowledge builds a person's character. A person who is humbled by knowledge has a character which everyone appreciates and get drawn towards.

Having some kind of reading habit is very crucial. Being knowledge poor in this modern data driven society is the worst kind of poverty. A person who is in this situation can not excuse him/herself thanks to the internet. Every bit of information, wisdom, secrets of living are just a click away. Its high time that we cut the habit of mindless content consumption and focus on content that can add value to our life. 

Speaking of valuable content, you can click on the links below to enrich yourself with ideas and knowledge that will surely help you in your life..

https://archishmansardar.blogspot.com/2019/10/connecting-dots.html

https://archishmansardar.blogspot.com/2019/09/economic-growth-is-means-to-achieve-end.html

https://archishmansardar.blogspot.com/2019/09/being-down-to-earth.html

https://archishmansardar.blogspot.com/2019/08/power-over-life.html

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DELAYED GRATITUDE..

Our world today is filled with materialistic attractions. People today live paycheck to paycheck to fulfill their lust for such materialistic demands. They are not needs. This is true because such materialistic distractions are outcome of capitalism. These things are advertised in such a way that they grab sudden attention. People are made to believe that they absolutely need it. Thus these luxuries become needs rather than being just demands.

There have been studies that prove keeping cash away every month can result in good wealth accumulation. While this is true but the sad reality is that people spend this money on such luxuries. This results into stagnation and they do not move up the financial ladder. People believe that they could have better lives if they would get a pay hike. But this does not solve the problem. Once this spending habit gets embedded in our life style, with a pay raise we just increase our spending, thus remaining financially stagnant as earlier. The money is just a tool. It becomes powerful only if we give it the power.

The method or may I call it the practise of delayed gratitude is a habit when incorporated can do wonders in our life. This in the most simple way means postponing the wants for a later period so that we can concentrate on securing the future first. It does not mean that we should give up our wants. This practise in turn tells us to have conscious purchases. To give our purchase some time so that we can categorise it properly as a need or a want.

The categorisation is crucial. When a thing is a need and we can afford it we should do it right away. But once the thing falls under the second category we should give it time. We should ask ourselves whether our lives would be better when we incorporate that thing? Whether we have any alternative for that thing which is cheaper but can do the task equally well? Such questions will give us time to think about our purchase decision. And as seen, most of the times people avoid buying that thing. Thus hard earned money or soul kept savings is saved.

Some individuals may argue that we have one life and we should live it to the fullest. YES, we should. But having material possessions does not always make one happy. Happiness is a choice and we should only allow those things into our lives which can compliment our joy of living. Being financially deprived leaches away happiness and no one wants that. That is the reason we see people working soo hard to secure a living. But then these people give away their hard earned money is search of happiness in material things. They come out depressed.

We should have a balance of everything. We should delay possessions but not happiness. In the race to obtain more materialistic things people forget to live and end up having a half life. A life of regret at the end is what they get. Thus practising delayed gratitude can do wonders. Incorporate it as a habit and see dramatic changes in your life and personal finances..

ECONOMIC GROWTH IS A MEANS TO ACHIEVE AN END, NOT AN END IN ITSELF..

Our societies have gone through a complete overhaul after the industrial revolution kicked in. This changed many values that were widely accepted earlier and brought in a generation that had different kind of desires and aspirations. This flow emerged as the basic human necessities were met and there was scope to venture into new arenas. The social establishments that came up had to work towards making those aspirations a reality.

These establishments emerged but had a hurdle they had to overcome first. This hurdle was not prominent in western European countries but was itself an aspiration for many others. This was the hurdle of economic growth that was crucial because the dreams and aspirations of public could only be a reality if government had enough funds.

From the very first it is clear that economic growth was not an aspiration of the general public, rather it was a tool to make the actual aspirations a reality. In the 50's when UN set targets of economic growth for member nations, it had in mind that development in these newly independent countries needed funding. The funding as aid was hard due to the aftermath of second world war , hence economic growth was given priority before everything else.

Economic growth thus became a development indicator in early days. Most of the studied indicators of development established this fact. The well off countries were able to fulfill the aspirations of the public which made them stronger. Every country that came up in the later years followed the same trend which was thought to be the way to glory.

To elaborate this above fact we can sight some examples such as GDP, HDI, HPI and many others. They all aspire to give the depiction of reality. Thus the modern day nations focus on them and improve them through time bound developmental plans, priority sector lending, fiscal targets etc. They are all multi dimensional but aim to achieve a good standard of living for the people. The one thing that is common in all of them is that all of them require funding which is possible through economic growth. The economic goals are thus mere necessity to achieve the set goals.

Now if we consider economic growth to be an end product we are somewhat wrong. Yes, there are factors like trade, FDI etc that boost economic growth. To better explain it we can sight the aspirational target of India to become a 5 trillion dollar economy by 2024. There have been plans etched out to achieve it but it can not be said to be an end of growth. With changing times and growth of population the demands and aspirations will also grow. Thus a day would arrive when even better economy would be the need of the hour hence pushing the boundaries further.

Arguments can be many. There can be many examples sighted. But with all of them we cannot deny the important role money plays. Everything we do or aspire to do has a monetary aspect attached to it. Thus economic growth cannot be considered a stable target but rather it is dynamic. It changes with time. It never is the end but it surely is the most important aspect to achieve many ends..