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Prevention, Preparation better than Paying Price

Greetings, It is 29th April 2020, morning 7:00 AM in Bangalore India. A day started with rains. It was drizzling and low-intensity rains throughout the night and the morning. The scene brought up the thoughts of Rainy days and with current COVID-19 situation of how we can be better prepared. 

Let us start with our childhood familiar story of Ant & Grasshopper. Ants hard-work and savings for the rainy days versus Grasshoppers flamboyance of living the life as it goes. What do you want the behaviours to be? Once we know that need to adapt, how do we cultivate new habits? 

No brainer instant answers in our minds are 21-days practise. Taking a pause and going to the old days of learning pedagogy, the way the gurukul operates for learning are based on constant and consistent listening (not just hearing). It is incredible to see, learn on how our ancestors did Transfer Of Information with no reference books during the learning times. How could we learn from them? 

It takes effort and worth to be attentive, put our minds in practice. We need to Live in the present at the same time keep the focus on the long term. Does it sound familiar with the corporate world of Vision, Mission and Execution? 

A situation like COVID-19 pandemic, our keen emphasis on preparations of healthy, wealthy habits becomes crucial. The familiar health habits common to all are having a routine that includes walking, stretching, reading, mediation, work, and more importantly providing an ample time to rest through naps & periods of sleep. At the same time, the wealthy habits start with Piggy-Bank to short investments through Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) to broader instruments. 

Let us step back and think about this. With new generations, we all know about Bring Your Own Device to work. Our elders lived with Prepare Your Own Food, starting from home gardens for the daily vegetable needs and self-cooking. We all know about the clean habits of Namaste, handwash, washing our food plates etc. Let us get back those into our society with the caution of science and no-nonsense of overdoing.

In a short closing note, I could think of the following that might worth visiting for cultivating in the next generations.

  1. Practise healthy habits; remember better learn to cook than paying the physician.
  2. Inculcate savings; remember Drops make Ocean



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Unknown said…
Very well written. Couldn't agree more on this
April 29, 2020 at 8:50 AM
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