How to achieve a better career
Dalam keramaian biasanya kita merasakan suara yang lebih berisik daripada di tempat yang "normal", entah itu di pasar, terminal bis, jalan raya, juga di mall. Ada sebagian orang yang sulit mencari tempat sepi di sebuah kota, apalagi di metropolitan seperti Jakarta.
Polusi suara sering tidak disadari bahayanya untuk perasaan dan hati manusia. Karena itu mencari tempat yang lebih tenang selalu menjadi dambaan penghuni kota besar.
Kebisingan tidak selalu datang dari suara kendaraan bermotor atau ramainya orang berbicara satu sama lain. Suasana hati kita sering terasa gaduh karena pikiran kita sendiri. Mungkin karena cemas, takut, penuh ambisi dan ada banyak keinginan yang ingin diwujudkan, apalagi jika belum ada yang tercapai.
Sepertinya orang dekat kita mendesak kita untuk tampil dan memiliki sesuatu dari materi sampai kekuasaan yang besar. Semua itu membuat jiwa resah dan gelisah, cemas tidak karuan.
Karena keinginan yang "harus" dipenuhi secepatnya dan melupakan kebutuhan yang sesungguhnya yaitu ketenangan sejati membuat hati manusia selalu terasa bising, bahkan di tempat sunyi.
Sesungguhnya manusia telah dibekali akal budi, bahkan sebelum agama dan aliran kepercayaan lahir di bumi. Pikiran adalah alat utama untuk mengendalikan ucapan, perkataan dan perbuatan. Selain pikiran Kita boleh menambahkan kesadaran yang ada di hati.
Pada sebuah literatur agung yang terbit ribuan tahun lalu, yaitu di Bhagavad Gita tertulis sloka sebagai berikut:
bandhur ātmātmanas tasya
yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ anātmanas tu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatru-vat (Bhagavad Gita 6.6)
Artinya adalah:
“Orang yang sudah menaklukkan pikirannya, pikiran itu menjadi temannya yang paling baik; tetapi orang yang tidak menaklukkan pikirannya, pikiran menjadi musuhnya yang paling jahat.”
Pikiran manusia diibaratkan bagai kereta kuda yang ditarik oleh 4 ekor kuda perkasa. Akal budi seharusnya menjadi Sais atau Kusir yang mampu mengendalikan pikiran itu, sehingga bisa mengendalikan ucapan dan perbuatan.
Emosi dan ambisi mudah membuat manusia lekas marah, sombong, merasa lebih pintar daripada orang lain. Biasanya orang seperti ini juga sangat mudah mengkritik sebuah kebijakan tanpa solusi sedikitpun. Jika kritik tanpa data dan fakta, maka dengan mudah dia "ngeles" atau minta maaf, namun dengan embel-embel. Orang seperti ini semakin banyak, bahkan dengan sadar memaksimalkan media sosial. Jika perlu dibuat drama plus hoax.
Kalau anda terganggu dengan semua kebisingan duniawi, apalagi anda masih "normal" dan tidak ingin "bergabung" dengan komunitas abu-abu, maka anda bisa melakukan hal terbaik, yaitu belajar "Menyepi Di Keramaian"
Untuk itu anda tidak perlu harus menjadi seorang Yogi atau mengikuti seminar yang diselenggarakan oleh motivator terkenal yang harus anda bayar mahal. Anda hanya perlu melakukan refleksi diri dengan jujur.
Buatlah catatan yang memisahkan antara kebutuhan dan keinginan. Mulailah menjauhi kelompok tertentu yang mencuci otak anda dengan tujuan besar, namun ternyata itu mengarah pada radikalisme, rasisme, korupsi, dan mengajak anda untuk membenci kelompok lain karena alasan politik dan telah dibungkus rapi dengan idealisme yang sudah anda ketahui sebenarnya tidak sesuai dengan budaya bangsa Indonesia.
Kata orang penyesalan selalu datang belakangan, sebab kalau datang di awal artinya pendaftaran. Itu memang terdengar lucu, namun jangan sampai anda tergolong orang yang mengalami penyesalan karena ikut ambisi pribadi yang buruk atau ambisi kelompok tertentu yang sebenarnya akan menyesatkan diri anda, bahkan orang-orang yang anda cintai.
Mulailah mencoba untuk meditasi singkat seperti lima menit, bahkan tiga menit di tempat ramai ketika anda sedang menunggu di sebuah lobby, food court, cafe atau tempat ramai lainnya tanpa harus pergi ke hutan, gunung tinggi atau danau Toba yang anda inginkan selama ini.
Di tempat bising pun, juga di rumah anda bisa meditasi sejenak, sampai akhirnya anda bisa meditasi lebih lama dari itu. Latihan rutin akan membuat anda lebih sempurna. Mulailah langkah pertama anda dengan memejamkan mata dan mengosongkan pikiran anda terlebih dahulu.
Anda bisa belajar meditasi singkat dengan menggunakan irama musik pada video berikut ini.
Kalau anda berani mengambil keputusan bijak sejak hari ini, anda akan mampu "Menyepi Dalam Keramaian". Momen bekerja di rumah dan #socialdistancing yang terjadi saat ini adalah kesempatan terbaik untuk memulainya. Video meditasi atau relaxing music bisa anda temukan dengan mudah.
Apabila artikel ini berguna untuk anda pribadi, pastikan untuk membaginya untuk keluarga, para sahabat dan siapa saja yang terhubung dengan media sosial anda.
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Basically everyone has a hobby that makes us excited to continue to live after being immersed in routine. Either you are a student, an employee or a retiree. Say you can play a musical instrument, such as guitar, flute or Gamelan, then after you have completed your hobby these days, you also passion to start a new activity again the next day.
There are many other hobbies that make people excited in their lives. There are people who are so passionate to walk around and enjoy culinary tours, cooking, and even have a new hobby to mix coffee like a professional barista.
If you don't feel like you have a hobby that you do often, maybe you need to look for unique activities that you can make a distraction if you feel bored or are depressed because of tiring work in the office.
Hobbies turned out to be an opportunity to make money in this digital age. You can set up a new startup business. You can build this business together with family or friends who have the same vision as you.
You can find out about how to start this startup business from the online community. You can surf the Internet to get information about the preparations you have to do. Make sure in advance about the uniqueness of the service or product that you will develop in your business.
If there is a uniqueness that is certainly different from other businesses, you are ready to prepare a plan, initial funding, possible blueprint, an Android-based application for example or a different system than your prospective customers can get in the future.
What's interesting about today's startup business is that there are so many potential investors and venture capital who are ready to fund a unique new venture, which has good prospects in a short time.
Even celebrities such as the famous tennis player Serena Williams and Jay-Z who have invested in Kopi Kenangan in Indonesia, a new startup that is increasingly popular among coffee connoisseurs. Maybe you will get a similar opportunity in the near future. Are you ready to change?
Perhaps the following video can be an inspiration to set up your first startup.
You may experience things that are not so happy in previous years, such as business and your work does not reach the target. Perhaps you are a student, and you do not get the appropriate value or achievement of your expectations. Whatever your profession, or else you have not been so lucky because you have lost a job or go bankrupt, and other adverse events, so that you feel disappointed, even you as depressed. You are not alone, there are still many people who are not lucky for many reasons.
Now time for you to get up, and start a new step with a new resolution. You have to create your own resolution, in accordance with your dream or your target. The resolution must be realistic, and easy for you to accomplish. Many motivator and inspiration are often reminded that you create a plan that is measurable, reasonable and in accordance with your current condition. The key to success is largely determined by your commitment. If you have a dream of a strong, then write down your dreams, even very nice if you include a picture, you can see every day. It is very important, so you can always see, and remind you to move, and do it in real action. The most important motivator in your life is yourself. Others are just a trigger for your passion. All you do is to empty your cup, then let the positive information to enter gradually. You will get the positive energy of each of your own attitudes and actions. A good attitude will surely attract the same energy of those around you, even the universe will support you. Secrets of nature that had been locked, it will definitely open without you realizing it. If you are a businessman, then you will get new business. If you so want to have a wife or husband, in the not too long you will find your soul mate. Suppose you are a songwriter or a novel, unexpectedly, you will get a new inspiration when you're drinking a cup of coffee in a coffee shop on the corner of the city. Similarly, if you are a researcher, you will be able to solve the problem at trial that during this make you dizzy. All positive achievement or good fortune that you have achieved, is in fact not a coincidence. All of it is a series of process because you have a good attitude, which is better than last year. To achieve a objectives or goals, you will definitely experience an obstacle, even a challenge in many forms and faces. Perhaps there are people around you who will tempt you in a negative way, for example to criticize you, but without a solution. You do not need to worry about the trivial things, because you are the pilot who controls your destiny. Do what you've planned with full commitment, and evaluation honestly, then you will always find a real solution. Whatever your dreams and your current position, you have the right to succeed. You have every right to be rich. You also have the right to live a happier, healthier life both physically and mentally. You have the right to achieve your goal, for the sake of your future better. Are you ready? Therefore, today, write your new resolution, and apply your plan with concrete action. You will be successful according to the promise of the universe to you, which had been hidden in your heart. |
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