Thought for the Day - Success is an Organised Mind, an Organised Mind leads to Disciplined Effort

I remember one of my early mentors on the writing journey Mr Rajan Bala asking me what good writing was all about. I had no clue so I said something like creativity. He shook his head and said - 'a well organised mind' or rather 'the ability to organise your thoughts well'. It really changed my approach to how I understood writing.

These days when I speak with young cricketers or students I can see that the difference between the ones who are good and the ones who are not is just that - how well organised their thoughts are. They are all capable of hard work but are very unclear about how to go about it. Success is that way a very mental construct to begin with - the ability to see through, to organize the effort, to see what's working and what's not and working on those areas. 

Organise your mind. Set a goal, see where you are, see the entire journey in your mind, work out the grey areas, the tough parts. And work accordingly. It requires thinking, just going past the haze, the fear of seeing things clearly. Whatever it is, see the picture clearly, the way you want it, big or small. For example, instead of stressing over writing a bestselling book and never starting to write, see the joy that writing gives you - an article, a blog post, a scene. That way one can move from fear to excitement - it's a personal journey. 

And things then fall in place. When you organise the mind, you can organise your effort. Nothing can stop disciplined effort.