The next fateful event happened at a talk, by a very distinguished professor in physics. He also speaks about the point.
His example was this. During his early days, when he was still a student studying and researching physics, he got the opportunity to work in both the theoretical physics and the experimental physics. He can do both, but he never got the point in experimental physics. He can do the work. He can do the mathematical formulas. He can do all the technical analysis. But he doesn’t know what it means ultimately. It took someone else to tell him the meaning of what he has done. Only then, he realised that he hasn’t got the point. So he stuck with theoretical physics where he does get the point.
He said that it is very important to get the point. To get the purpose of knowing what it means, to you. The point is, understanding the purpose to you yourself. Make sure you know the purpose of what you are doing. If not, you will just be adopting the scattergun approach and losing the point in the end, losing your point.
He advocates the importance of an environment which promotes cultivating your point. The environment is important to allow you to see the point. Of course, his university gave him such an environment.
We all yearn to have such an environment. An open environment where your mind is free to explore to look for your own point. We can’t all afford to go to a top university. Well, the top university may not even be suitable as an environment to us! But we can create such an environment in our own minds. It just takes a little bit of imagination.
The purpose of promoting a journey within is to create such an environment. To let you seek your point. You may be seeking how to make a point in your email. Take a step back before you fire out another email which just blames that person and that person will in turn blame you back. We can rise from this literal vicious circle, and focus on your point.
Create a special space and time for yourself. Try not to make this special environment a difficult place and time to attain. It need not be an ashram located in the mountains where leaves will float across and a nice cool breeze is the norm throughout the day. You need to find somewhere, sometime, which you can call upon anytime you need it.
In it’s simplest form, deep breathing helps. Before replying, take a deep breath and that will buy you that few seconds that you needed to clear your head before you react. That few seconds will make you ACT according to your point, rather than REACT to his point.
If you have more time and more space, create a dedicated space at home or at your work place. Set aside a regular time to just be there with your own thoughts. Search for your point. Even 5 minutes at this special place can do wonders. I know some people use the toilet. I know some who goes to the book store. Some goes shopping. Some goes to lunch alone.
The key to get the point, is the create an environment for the point to flourish. As you make your point, you will solidify your point. Your point will slowly become larger as you grow your point, as you understand your point. The more times you make your point, the more times you reinforce your point, and the easier it is to get your point across.
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