Kakšna je cena milje?
Za januarsko temo sem se odločil
pisati v povezavi z novoletnimi zaobljubami, ki si jih marsikdo
obljubi in potem poskusi uresničiti bolj ali manj uspešno. Ena
najpomembnejših stvari, ki stoji za obljubami je motivacija, le ta
nas preganja naprej in nam omogoča izpolniti zastavljene cilje ter
doseči kar si želimo. Zato je dobro že vnaprej malo pogledati
koliko truda bo vloženega v to dejavnost in koliko zahtevno bo vse
to za nas ter kakšna bo na koncu korist, ki jo dobimo iz te
dejavnosti. Zato se skoraj vedno, preden začnem nekaj pomembnega
delati, vprašam: "Kakšna je cena milje?" ali "Koliko
truda bom dejansko pripravljen v to stvar vložiti?"
Ponavadi ko kaj načrtujemo na hitro
pomislimo, da bo stvar zahtevna oz., da se bomo mogli nečemu
odpovedati, ampak redko kdaj se to res vprašamo oz. predelamo to
težavo. Sam pregovor oz. vprašanje, ki sem ga citiral izhaja iz
obdobja prve svetovne vojne, kjer so se to spraševali generali.
Vsakič, ko so imeli pred seboj neko večjo odločitev, kot je bil
napad na sovražnika in zavzetje frontne linije so se vprašali: "ali
je vredno žrtvovati vsa ta življenja, da pridobimo to prednost?"
Tako rekoče so se vprašali "Koliko življenj moramo žrtvovati
da prestavimo bojno črto za nekaj milj?"
Po tem zgledu se vidi koliko je bilo
načrtovanja in priprave na spremembo, predenj se je le ta izvedela.
Že sama odločitev in razjasnjenje vse te dejavnosti, kot so npr.
novoletne zaobljube za hujšanje, odprava na pohod v hribe, ponovni
začetek fakultete v odrasli dobi. Vse te odločitve je dobro
zavestno prej premisliti kaj bodo za nas in za druge pomenile, za
koga jih delamo in kaj bomo žrtvovali s tem ko jih bomo poskušali
doseči.
Človeško telo se hitro navadi na nov
način obnašanja in potem, ko je navajeno po tem načinu deluje.
Tako si lahko mi vedno znova zastavimo določene cilje in jih nikoli
ne dosežemo ter prenehamo, ker prej nismo dobro premislili o cilju
in žrtvovanju med potjo do cilja. Iz teh dejanj se bo človek
navadil, da bo vedno obupal pred koncem in se bo težko spet odvadil
ter privadil na nov način obnašanja. Zato je treba vsako stvar, ki
jo delamo premisliti in jo izpeljati do konca, da s tem navadimo nas
same, da se ne odneha na pol poti in se vedno pride do konca.
- Denis Ališič
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What`s the price of a
mile?
For the January theme, I decided to
write in connection with the New Year's vows, which many people
promise and then try to realize more or less successfully. One of the
most important things that stands behind promises is motivation, it
pushes us forward and it enables us to meet the set goals and achieve
what we want. Therefore, it is good to look a little in advance how
much effort will be invested in this activity and how demanding this
will be for all of us and how we will ultimately benefit from this
activity. So, I almost always, before I begin to do something
important, ask myself: "What is the price of a mile?" or
"How much effort will I actually be willing to invest in this
matter?"
Usually when we are planning
something, we quickly think that things will be demanding or that we
will be able to give up something, but rarely we really ask ourselves
this question. The proverb itself, the question that I quoted dates
from the period of the First World War, where the generals questioned
this. Every time when they had a bigger decision before them, such as
the attack on the enemy and the engagement on the front line, they
asked themselves: "is it worth to sacrifice all these lives in
order to gain this advantage?" So they said, "How many
lives do we have to sacrifice to move the battle line for a few
miles?"
This example shows how much planning
and preparations were made for the change, before it was executed.
The very decision and clarification of all these activities, such as,
for example, New Year's vows for weight loss, a hike to the mountain,
the restart of the university in adulthood. All of these decisions
need planing of what they will actually cost us, and what they will
mean for us and for others, what we will sacrifice by trying to reach
them.
The human body quickly becomes
accustomed to a new way of behaving and after it is accustomed to
using this mode it will function this way. We can always set goals
again and again and never reach them and stop, because the sacrifice
to reach the goal was too big and was to much for us. From these
actions, a man will get used to always giving up before the end, and
he will hardly get anything done till the end. That is why every
thing we do, needs to be finished and completed, so that it does not
go half way and it helps us motivate for other planings and
struggles.
- Denis Ališič
