Life Lessons From Gitaji On Skill & Perfection

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Two people are holding flute and blowing into it, one is producing some irritating sound and another is playing a sweet music out of his flute. What may be the difference in their efforts? Both are putting in their efforts but one is found useless and creating a noise whereas another one is producing a sound which is desirable and soothing to ears! One knows how to play music out of his flute and another one does not know; the difference in their efforts is the Skill. Therefore the 'Skill' is the qualitative difference of the various efforts we invest into getting any work done. More is the skill, better is the result of the effort. At a broader term we may find that skill is always required to perform the action. Skill can be general for our day to day living like skill to talk, walk, eat and sleep etc. Also Skill can be specific for elective jobs like carpenter, electrician, driver etc. Whenever we see any mind-blowing performance of an artist we applaud and cheer for his skilful performance; in return he thanks the cheering public and looks up to thank God for providing him such skill. Similarly, on any award function the recipient of the award acknowledges About the Book the blessings of God for the skill and performance. From these instances we can notice that even the performer of a successful and award winning performance feels that beside his own efforts there are Divine elements over and above his skill and efforts. We all remain in action throughout our life and perform actions with required skill for our livelihood and/or for pleasure like sports or music. Though all Chefs know how to cook but very few can make good and tasty food. Similarly this fact is also true about sports person that all athletes can play but all athletes cannot be champions. There is long and laborious process between a performer and a perfectionist. This process includes Knowledge of the job, Skill, Consistent and dedicated Practice which is as per efforts of the performer yet the devotion towards the Job is crucial to achieve the Perfection. The learning of skill regarding any job or profession has crucial factors which make the performance as perfect and worthy of glory. The key factor is 'Yoga' which is the motivational and devotional factor making the performance as special one. That is the equation of the Efforts, Skill and Yoga which makes the performance as perfect. We are witnessing the pivotal role being played by Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our day to day life; how come this equation of Efforts, Skill and Yoga can make our life better for love, peace and co-exiting with nature?

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