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I can't hear myself, that's not good. Okay, let's see
Hello, hello? All right, Simon's saying, Raymond, you good
I can hear you loud and clear. All right, okay, awesome. All right, welcome to this another episode
I'm here in San Diego today. You may see that my background is a little bit different
I'm not in my room, not in my office. Good morning, everybody
I'm Steve Rohit. Andy joined, you can join. Welcome to the show
I'm doing this show from a Airbnb room, so I hope you can hear me just fine
Today, interesting show. I think you're going to have a gag from the show as well
And we're going to talk about patience. Patience and success. Actually, I wrote an article a while ago, I think several years ago
And recently, one of our MEPs, I think it was Andy, who commented on that, and I read that article
I was like, wow, what a crappy article I wrote. There was a lot of spam and grammar, everything was taken there
So I kind of rewrote that article. So I put it on the homepage recently
Maybe Simon can bring it up. But, you know, I thought I'd talk about the same thing, the patience
Patience is important when you want to be successful in your career
So that's what we're going to talk about today. Today, we also have a very exciting news announcement
It's just announced. I'm looking at C Sharp Corners Twitter. Can you guys guess what this is
Yeah, check this out. C Sharp Corners Annual Conference 2022 is announced
And this time, it's much bigger. And look at that. I'm looking at the website
You can see it's in five cities we are doing this time. Five cities starting on October 8th
And it's going to start with January. And then we're going to end this conference in Delhi on October 16th
So we had this plan for a while, like we should do multi-city conference because we have people
You know, C Sharp Corners audience. When you look at C Sharp Corners audience
I think right now, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad is, I think, number one city from traffic-wise
And then Bangalore and Pune, those are combined. So we kind of covered these multiple cities in this conference
So we'll start with January. And we have Hyderabad, Mumbai, Jaipur, and Delhi
So check out this website when you get a chance. Don't leave now
Don't leave my show. Go after the show. Unbreak. And definitely, definitely, definitely share this and let everybody know the conference is announced
So let's quickly look at this website. You know, it's just come down more
We already have, you know, our five, six, seven speakers announced, the good ones
We're going to keep adding new speakers. Announcements coming. As you can see, our good friends, Alan, David, Joe, Magnus, Kshel, Lalit, and Praveen, they're already coming there
There will be lots more people announced. It's going to be a big one
So check it out. And if you are local to one of those cities, if you are MEC or not MEC
maybe you want to get involved and put out an organizational conference in local cities
So there is a ticket, but the ticket is not for every city
These conferences, four conferences are free. I said that Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Jaipur, they're free
And that you are going to pay. And you pay because you're going to have a hotel and food and all that
So we're going to figure this out. But there's more details over here
You have to check them out. All right. So that was one announcement
Maybe we should bring our guest in. If I'm an hour guest in today
If not, we continue talking. Bring it. All right. So I'm here in San Diego
And while I was going through the website, I saw this article
Patience. And the reason I want to talk to you about the patience is that when I started my career
and this is a real life story. I started my job. I'm working in a company
I'm young, you know. I wanted things to move faster. And if things don't move faster, I get frustrated
You know, you ask for something in your company, it's not happening, you get frustrated
You ask, you know, you ask something, you know. I don't know about your HR or about your project, and just things move slow in general, right
You get frustrated. And, you know, you see, you all get frustrated
And then what happened, I came to the U.S. I was working in a company, and I asked certain things to the company CEO
and then things didn't move fast. I'm like, this is a bad company
And then if you fast forward this, you know, 25 years, and I run my company
we write out to sometimes some of our young employees. They send e-mails about certain things, like, can you get this to move faster
So, you know, when you put yourself in those shoes, you realize when you're running a company
the priorities of the company as a whole are different than as an individual, right
So, and the point I'm making is that sometimes you may want things faster
And I'll give you some examples, okay? But it doesn't mean things are going to move faster, right
And you can chime in, post your comments and all that. And, for example, you know, let's take an example, right
It's, you know, and I grew up on a farm. When you grew up on a farm, you have crops, right
So you have crops, let's say, I don't know, wheat or rice, even that
Or a tree, right? You plant a tree, for example. We planted mango trees
I planted mango trees back in my house, and it died. So when you plant a mango tree, for example, you want mangoes, obviously, that's the goal
You're planting mango trees. You want mangoes from mango trees. But to get those mangoes, it's going to take so many years, because the tree has to go through the life cycle
Just because you want mango or I want mango right now doesn't mean I'm going to get mango
Same thing, you know, same thing goes for everything. So just because I want mangoes doesn't mean the tree is going to start working faster for me to give me the mangoes
Deepak, welcome to the show. So the point I'm making is that, and let's take one more example, right
So we know that in our universe, all planets, they revolve around the sun, our sun, right
The reason they revolve around the sun is the gravity or whatever science is saying, blah, blah, blah
But sun is also a source of energy and life on our planet
As a planet does, we know that, at least that part is proven
So sun is the center of the universe. You as a part, when you work as an employee in a company, you are not part of that universe
You are not the center of the universe. You are a part of the universe, you are
You're not the center of the universe. That means things don't revolve around you
Same thing, I get these messages from people, oh, I send you messages on LinkedIn, you didn't reply, right
I'm saying, hey, you know, you go to LinkedIn, you try to connect with somebody, they don't reply
You know, I go on Twitter, I connect with, you know, I don't know, CEO of that company, and they don't accept my request
How many times do you expect to hear? You send somebody a message on WhatsApp, or they didn't reply, how many times do you get frustrated
Do you, any of you guys get frustrated? By the way, let me ask you this question
And if you do get, just reply me, and we ask, you know, when did you get frustrated
So we can even take some examples. We can ask some questions too
So, yeah, what's your comment when you get frustrated when somebody, hey, let me ask you this
Did you send anybody a message or call or email when they didn't reply and you got frustrated
Many times. Anybody else? Keep them coming. So we all do. We all do get frustrated, and we're not just you and me
So why? Because that is our priority. That is your priority. So when you send a message to somebody, email, text message, doesn't matter what kind of message or call, and they don't reply back, you get frustrated. Why
Because we all have our universes, okay? As a person, I have my own universe
In my universe, I'm the center. And in that center, I have my family, my friends, my work circle, C Sharp Corner, my hobbies, all those things, people around me and things around me and companies around me
That's all my universe. And in that universe, I'm the center of that universe
Things revolve around me because that's my universe. Same thing you. All of us
All of you. Each of you have also a universe. For example, when you go home with your family, you are the universe because your mom, your dad, your brother, sister, relatives, they all revolve around you. Okay
Same thing like that. It applies to every living thing on this planet also. Right
So this tree, he has his own universe. Things around tree, you know, trees, you know, birds coming to tree, all that
So if we all have our universes, in our universe, we are the most important entity
In my universe, I'm the most important thing. Right? Now, if you're trying to get to somebody else, now you are stepping out of your universe. Okay
Think of universe, think of like a circle. I'm thinking one of those circles on Twitter where Simon posts like, oh this is my universe on Twitter where, you know, Simon, you are in the center
Maybe you can share a picture there. You are in the center and then bunch of people close to you, then another circle, then another circle
So why does this circle exist? Now, you are trying to reach to somebody else and it's like outside of your universe
In their universe, they have different priorities. They are the center of attention
You are not. Their priorities are different. So what does that mean
Point I'm making is that just because you have certain things in your priorities does not mean they are priorities for somebody else
It's really simple. Does that make sense, guys? Is it clear that to you
Once you understand this, you will never get frustrated. You've got to be just patient because they may reach to you in, you know, two days later, three days later or maybe never
If you are not priority to me and you send me a message and I have others for higher priorities, I may never get to you
So that's one thing I want to talk about today. So whenever you're thinking about this, anything that frustrates you, think about that
It's okay if they're not responding and just relax. If you're trying to reach somebody, I'll give you another example
If you ask me questions, I think I can answer better. But I'll take my example
I'll take my... Oh, by the way, I had COVID for the last four days
Today seems to be a little better. But the last three nights have been pretty bad
I had fever. I got the bad one. It's not asymptomatic. It's the real active one
Yeah, so I'm stuck in the room pretty much for four or five days
Hopefully, two or three more days before I fly back. If not, I'll be staying there longer
So, am I making sense if I am? Yes. So, the point I'm making is that just because you want something to move at your speed, it doesn't mean it's going to move
Things are going to move at their own speed because, you know, us, for example. Earth is going to move at its own speed
Sun is going to move at its own speed. Just because you want the next tomorrow to come early is not going to happen
It's the same principle applies to all of us because we are part of this planet and universe and all
I mean, that's how it works, right? Thank you, Deepak. So, that said, that's one of the things kind of I want to cover on today's session
And now, second topic I want to cover today is the purpose test
If you, in my article, that article, if you read, I have taken some, given some examples
Also, in the end, there's a picture there. I mean, you know, when you're trying to achieve something you really want to do, wait, there should be an image there
What happened to the image? A bunch of people. Move up, move up, move up
Okay, what happened to the picture? Okay, I post a picture of a bunch of..
All right, that's not good. I may have just put something wrong
All right, I'll ask them. And ask the guys. Yeah, there was a picture with a bunch of like, you know, Edison Ford
Yeah. So, the point is that, so you're trying to get something
Like, say you're starting a startup or your company or a job or even writing a book, right
So, anything you're trying to do or you just, you know, join a company and you want to grow that department or, you know, you have a program
You want to, you know, make your program successful or your project successful
Things are not going to work your way sometimes. I would say most of the time there will be times when you're, let's say you start a project and you have delivered it or, you know
Things are going to sometimes take time. They may be very slow
They won't go your way, right? We are kind of comparing this to our programming life
It doesn't mean you get frustrated and give up on that. And that's what my example I was showing you that you look at any of these successful people
And I'll give you examples. Let's start with, I can't really read. I'm going to open this up on an article here
Let's see. So, yeah, if you have not read this article, definitely read it
But I'll give you an example, right? And hopefully. The first thing is you have to be, obviously, patient
We already talked about that because a lot of people ask me, oh, I want to become an architect, software architect
But I want to become tomorrow because not today. Things don't work this way
If you become an architect, you have to learn certain things, right? And usually it takes around 15, 12, 15 years, depending on how fast you can move
So, it will take you 15 years. So, you've got to be patient with that and keep doing that
So, let's look at this, how many people, right? Yeah, you are not alone, right
So, T-Drop, for example. Obviously, T-Drop started Apple Computers with his partner, Steve Wozniak
And things weren't going good in the beginning, like it took them a while
And, you know, finally Apple took off and then Steve left. And what happened, Jobs hired this another guy at that time, who was a, John Scully
Yeah, he was, I think, a Pepsi co-founder or CEO or something or whatever
So, things didn't go well. They fired Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs traveled and I know he went to India and a lot of other things
But he came back later. Apple was in a bad, bad position at that time
They even took Microsoft and invested $150 million in them. And then, you know, Apple became one of the first companies, the first $3 million company
So, and if you look at the love quotes and read any of the quotes Steve Jobs says
it's basically the same thing. It's like if you love something, you just keep doing it, right
You just keep doing it. That's the immediate thing. Sometimes half of the time, he says, half of the most successful people is the one who just don't give up
It's that simple. And look at Abraham Lincoln. Everything went wrong. It's like he lost in these, he was in, obviously, politics and he lost all these things many times
And he didn't give up and eventually become the president, right? Steven Spielberg, he, you know, people told him that he didn't get anything
Obviously, he's trying to become a whatever, you know, I don't know what you call that person, a director, I guess
He didn't get anything three times. He did pretty much, but eventually he become one of the, you know, look at his movies now, right
He's probably the most, what's the right word? You know, decorated, if I would say, or known a director of all time
Michael Jordan, for example. In high school, there's a Washington team and a JV team
Michael Jordan didn't get selected to Washington in high school. And he's probably the greatest player I've ever played basketball with
Same thing with Harrison Ford. Same thing with Harrison Ford. So, there's so many stories about these successful people that persistence is the key
If you really want to do something, you have to do it and you have to like it and you have to love it
Just because things didn't work out for short term, doesn't mean you give up and jump on something else
Because if you're jumping on something else, if you don't like, you can't start, you know, it won't get you
It won't be where you want it, right? You can only come back to things you like
So, those are the two things really I want to kind of cover
I wanted to cover in today's episode. And look at that, the last thing in this episode, we have other things too
We're going to cover more on these. I'm going to rewrite some of these articles because they're really old articles
With that said, looks like we're supposed to have a guest today
Is it David Banks? Let me see. So, David is not here
Okay, looks like David can't make it. Yeah, I'm here in San Diego
It's the West Coast. West Coast is three hours behind East Coast
So, it's early. It's 9 a.m. right now here, 9.30. We started 9 a.m
We thought David would come. So, with that said, if you have any questions, anyone wants to ask anything, chat
If not, that's pretty good. Yeah, I still have COVID. I finally got it
I was staying away for many, you know, I said, two and three years so far
But, yeah, this cost me bad. But hopefully, in a couple of days, it will be over
I might just test myself today at home to see how it is
Nothing else, Simon? Anything else you want to announce? Oh, yeah, there's one more announcement, really
I think maybe we will do that on tomorrow. We will do that tomorrow on David's show
That's what we will do. We have a big announcement to make also here in San Diego
I think what we're going to do is we're going to announce that tomorrow, most likely at David's show
So, with that said, guys, everybody, thank you, everybody, for joining us
Yeah, thank you, everybody, for joining us. And check out the conference website
If your local wants to participate and help the conference, reach out to the article
With that said, everybody, enjoy your weekend. Thank you. © 2012 University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences UGA Extension Office of Communications and Creative Services