In Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement address, he famously mentions his tryst with Calligraphy and how it has helped shape all modern computers.
He refers to his time in Reed College where after dropping out, he decides to take a calligraphy class at the college as the beautifully calligraphed signs and labels of the entire college, that caught his eye, were infact created by the class.
Safe to say the iPad I am currently typing on was directly influenced by the class.
He uses this example when he is speaking of ‘ The Connecting the Dots Concept ‘. He further states the dots only connect towards your past and having deep faith in your focused actions will give you confidence to connect to your future and win!
Today forty years after school, I am very lucky to be in touch with a large number of my classmates …my ‘ Chuddi Buddies ‘…and have the unique opportunity of using the ‘ Steve Jobs Prism’ on the class. As in any class ,you have your first rankers and of course your back benchers…all together in this WhatsApp group aptly called ‘ Rascals of 83’…a name that will stick forever.We had students of mediocre academic ability who oozed tremendous confidence and then some who always had a clear vision of what they wanted to be and some…like me who really had no concept of a vision and fell into the mediocre category.
So what happens when you develop a strong sense of vision? Even students of mediocre ability begin to achieve goals. The Rascals of 83 group is full of such successes. And there are some students who were anointed toward success at a very young age. None disappointed. I now realize the absence of a clear vision actually helped in my performance toward mediocrity!
The difference between a Dream and Vision is a series of implementation steps and milestones. Each step and milestone passed only increases your self confidence and propels you forward and upward…
To sum up…Calligraph your own success with your self belief and it will be yours!
Cheers!