Power of HOW

Hi All

Some time back I had posted my thoughts in my earlier blog about the power of "why" (reproduced below for a quick reading now).

When I wrote it I was so clear about what ever I was writing and when I read it after close to 1 1/2 years, it is still appealing though .... though these days I am more oriented towards the power of HOW !!. It seems to me that HOW is rather a more powerful interrogative tool which scores over WHY....If done religiously, it can totally annihilate WHY....Lemme explain how....

As stated in my earlier musings, WHY is fundamental spark for an action. Its akin to the first gear of an automobile which helps in the movement of the vehicle the first few feet. There after it could be really foolish to remain in first gear and could be quite expensive too....

HOW is the beautiful interrogation that sets us in doing things perfectly AND ensuring our effectiveness. Every little detail taken into account & each possible failure mode cemented up completely, it is a sure way for a comfortably ride in the journey of life. In fact, we re-use WHY interrogation only when a failure happens in the journey helping us to strengthen our execution part further more. That's why I feel HOW is more powerful which can pre-empt the power of WHY.

There were few extra ordinary experiences that I had at my office where I have seen the inspiration levels of my team and the way they have been giving themselves to the chosen initiatives. When ever I follow up on the stage at which they are in, I keep telling within myself that the only support as a senior person that I am supposed to give them is to learn the power of HOW. I keep pitching up few things that they might want to do to ensure a process driven approach and deliver their results in highest quality.

While it takes some extra time and energy to meet up the expectations, they sincerely oblige only because they are beginning to taste the sweet Ecstasy of the HOW. Further, I am too convinced that taking up these interventions from me will help them to explore themselves on the HOW power in their future initiatives - either done by themselves or by their future reportees....

Well, these days I don't seem to generate much of poems....After PARAMA PADHAM its total drought.....and not sure when the next poem will spring out from me. Until then, keep reading my musings which has a tinge of abstraction....like this one.

Krishnaarpanam as always

Suren

The power of WHY ?

There are six basic words in English that are interrogative....WHAT, WHO, WHY, HOW, WHEN & WHERE. No doubt What and Who are the first questions to be asked to seek any clarity....but they are particularly relevant in physical realm. When we step into abstract subjects and things that are bit deeper and complex, then WHY becomes an important interrogation lest our search may become directionless. It is a golden question that seeks to clarify the purpose of any thing that we think and we do....and it establishes a deep connection with reality and our true craving on the subject. Relatively speaking, HOW is a lighter interrogation as it is more about details or the procedure to seek the answer to WHY. Let us leave out WHEN and WHERE which are essentially descriptive interrogations that sets the basic physical premises for our search or longing.

Let us get back to WHY now !! Yes, all great persons in various walk of life had vision about themselves and the things that they want to create....and history proves us that they eventually created thier vision...bringing their abstract thoughts to practical reality. Most of the visionaries, particularly in the modern world corporate context, meticulously frame a mission statement putting their abstract vision into language. Mission statement is a road map for one's vision and essentially answers the WHY question for any human initative. It is critically important to determine the WHY clearly because while it gives the testimony that any initiative is close to one's heart and pursued out of passion & not out of any external pressure, it also clearly lays down the premises of the initiative....giving us a clear DOs and DONTs in order to be more effective and conserve our energies.