Hi Guys,
To be successful in life, one must endeavour to learn more and more, for knowledge can just never be enough. The ordinary people, that I noticed, never really try more than "necessary", to pass, to win, or to succeed. This "Necessary" is just an imaginary self-imposed limit, that allows a person to justify their inadequate actions to push beyond the bare minimum.
Why? Why do we wish to succeed, yet subconsciously (or consciously) militate the very opportunities which may make it possible? Why not strive a bit more?
In our schools, colleges or universities, we often find Valedictorians, who are almost revered as divine. While many of them perform well otherwise, some may not even be employable. There may be cases where the supposedly mediocre ones take the cake, later in their lives. *
So, how do they achieve it? Luck and efforts.
You may be the best in your class or office, but does that guarantee your position later in life. Additional efforts do not hurt, especially when your life becomes stagnant. Go ahead, or rather go back and learn, and evolve, and keep on learning. What would be a better way to learn than an MOOC?
Now, what is an MOOC? A quick googling tells me that it is the abbreviation of massive open online course.
MOOCs cover a wide range of topics, covering Business, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Mathematics, Arts and even Language.
The major MOOC platforms include
To be successful in life, one must endeavour to learn more and more, for knowledge can just never be enough. The ordinary people, that I noticed, never really try more than "necessary", to pass, to win, or to succeed. This "Necessary" is just an imaginary self-imposed limit, that allows a person to justify their inadequate actions to push beyond the bare minimum.
Why? Why do we wish to succeed, yet subconsciously (or consciously) militate the very opportunities which may make it possible? Why not strive a bit more?
In our schools, colleges or universities, we often find Valedictorians, who are almost revered as divine. While many of them perform well otherwise, some may not even be employable. There may be cases where the supposedly mediocre ones take the cake, later in their lives. *
So, how do they achieve it? Luck and efforts.
You may be the best in your class or office, but does that guarantee your position later in life. Additional efforts do not hurt, especially when your life becomes stagnant. Go ahead, or rather go back and learn, and evolve, and keep on learning. What would be a better way to learn than an MOOC?
Now, what is an MOOC? A quick googling tells me that it is the abbreviation of massive open online course.
MOOCs cover a wide range of topics, covering Business, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Mathematics, Arts and even Language.
The major MOOC platforms include- Edx
- Coursera
- Canvas Network
- Udemy
- Khan Academy
- Future Learn
- Udacity
- NPTEL
- Saylor Academy
The course that I completed was quite crucial to my career plan, though not essential. And it was today that I realised, it wasn't even difficult. Yet, I regularly abandoned my courses.
Today, I came to terms with my own loathness to put in more efforts, than "necessary".
So go ahead, and beat your mediocrity. You can't be both mediocre and Batman.
Cheers.
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