Leveling up




Gamers, anyone? I'm sure a lot of them are out there, including me. So you know something called 'level up', which is the fun part of any game. Once you complete all levels and finish the game, the excitement ends there. So leveling up is the reason why we play the game well and if we play good enough we expect to level up.

Leveling up cannot be confined to games, I guess it's an essential part of life too. From a toddler to a teenager, from a student to an employee, from a bachelor to a parent, we level up in different ways. But sometimes we give in to status quo, we think that we are a mere character in the game and not the gamer. We do not care about leveling up anymore and wait someone else to level you up. As it progresses we try to cling to our comfort zone and then get conditioned to this.
So how important in leveling up for the humanity? Very. We had to move from bullock carts to air travels, from abacus to super computers and the list is endless. When we observe the progress of the world, we see that someone has done something new at some point of time. This is not just about entrepreneurs or other big names in various fields, just observe a random person you know who brought in a change to your company. He shifted the paradigm, and that is leveling up.

Conditioning is the enemy of leveling up, you can submit yourself to the environment and it takes only minimal effort to do that. But then changing the environment and taking it to the next level takes effort, but it changes things forever and for good. I personally dislike status quo, even if everything looks fine. As the world evolves and the technology progresses, there is always a room for improvement. I don't believe that anything is complete, unless it expires completely. So leveling up is an ongoing process for me, never stop at a point unless it's an enforced requirement. And being normal is not normal.

Next level is always awesome, though it's tough. Game on.

Photo courtesy: Stock photo by cienpies, sxc.hu

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