Why is it that no matter how talented you are, until you glamorize your worldly appearance, you appear to be non-existent? And why is it that unless you are glamorous, success is hard to come by? Glamour, as I understand it, is not only related to the glamour-world of cinema, theatre, art and fashion, but also applies to the glamour-content of life at a personal level, vis-a-vis, being suave and articulate.
Any walk of life you take, unless you have the power to express your thoughts and ideas, and a will to do so impressively, no matter how talented you are, you lag behind. One of your own peer, who would probably even be relying on you for technical support would walk away with all the glory with some sweet-talk and begged, borrowed and stolen knowledge, and you would be left tongue-tied, brooding over your personal failure.
The question that arises thus is 'how do you turn glamorous?'. Is it a command over your language besides your field of work? Is it the way of expressing yourself, no matter in how many simple words and how slowly, but with effectiveness that is the mark of a successful man? Is it the proactiveness you exhibit in taking initiative even when you are yourself low on self-confidence, or are unsure of the outcome? Is it the natural ability of being at the right place at the right time for the right people to notice the right things about you?
The answer could be any of the above. It doesn't matter. As long as you realize that being glamorous is essential to your success, I am sure you can find ways to accomplish the same through introspection and some external guidance. However, the real issue is, how many of us, despite knowing the importance of such things in life, act to put things in the right perspective. And how many of us, despite having tried, ultimately manage to succeed in this fiercely competitive world.
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I hate the world of pretentious ostentation. I want to be a child once again. I want to return to innocence. I want to experience the joy of not knowing, of not caring about right or wrong, of being able to cry at will and laugh without any rhyme or reason. I want to forget that mind exists in order to rationalize the world around itself. I want to remember only that I am inherently programmed to act on instinct, to react on impulse. But alas! I am a prisoner of the mind.
3 comments:
This is in response to the question 'how do you turn glamorous' that you raise in the third paragraph. You have mentioned several possible answers to this question yourself. All I want to say is that ALL of them are necessary for your glamour to be of use to you in the sense of this discussion. If you are not at the right place at the right time, you won't know what goes on; if you are not proactive, you will miss many oppurtunities that arise and are grabbed by your peers (as you mention in the second paragraph) and if you lack the lingual or verbal ability to express what you want to say, even proactiveness will do you no good.
Did you define your terms? Could you be confusing success with glamour in such a way that what you see as achieving "glamour" is exactly what you mean by being being "successful"?
I am not confusing glamour with success. My point is that glamour - at a personal level, has become essential for our success. This doesn't imply that just by being glamorous you can hope to be successful. You need to have a sound foundation before you start thinking of building low-rises, let alone sky-scrapers.
This reminds me of Steven Covey and his "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", where he discusses the advantages of character ethics over personality ethics. Where the former approach aims at working towards strengthening the inner self to meet challenegs of the world, the latter tries to develop an outer skin that will allow the person to pretend as if he is an achiever, when infact, he may not be.
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