Learning is a continuous process,
a process that one must continue till the end of life. To be successful in
life, one must continue to learn. This is what every sane person will accept
and every successful person says. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, a renowned personality
in my lifetime, was always seen either teaching what he already learned or
reading and learning what he didn’t know. He said "Learning gives creativity, creativity leads to
thinking, thinking provides knowledge, knowledge makes you great". This is the process of life and evolution.
Then, what happens if one stops learning? When you stop learning, you are as good as
dead. I would like to explain this with a recent example.
Virat Kohli, the famous cricketer and the present Indian test
captain, rose to stardom very fast and everybody was expecting him to be the
next super star of Indian Cricket after Sachin Tendulkar. He was selected as
the captain of Indian Test Team that was to tour Bangladesh sometime back. When
the team was leaving to Bangladesh, he was asked by a reporter, what new
techniques he learned as a captain to beat Bangladesh, he replied “There is
nothing more to learn. We have learned everything. Only we have to put in to
practise, what we have learned”. India lost the series to Bangladesh, for the
first time ever in the history of cricket.
Again he was appointed as the Captain of Indian Team for
series against Srilanka. India was in commanding position in the recently
concluded first test and was expected to win the test, lost the test finally in
a shameful way. This is what happens when you stop learning or you feel there
is nothing more to learn.
Sometimes, the rapid success makes people blind and over
confident. When you are over confident, you fall. Rise requires lot of hard
work and time, but a fall needs nothing and can hit you like a lightening and
you are left wondering what actually happened.
This is high time Mr. Virat Kohli. Start learning!!!!
