Small Wins

Whenever there is a discussion on betterment. We usually focus or  actually stuck in eyeing the big wins. Everyone wants to be the prime minister to initiate some change. But they don't realize that every big change is the collection of some very very small wins. Few days earlier I was in a discussion where everyone was arguing about how backward we are in the field of engineering. We don't have any manuals, codes or standards of our own. We are following the standards and all the guidelines made by other countries, which is very very true.

So hating to interrupt, but when it is necessary, one has to. A question was pitched that who will make these codes. The bureaucrats? The politicians? The army? Or the engineers?

"Engineers", everyone said.

"So who are you guys?", That was the next questions.

After a pause one "engineer" asked that 'okay! so how to do it?'

So he was told to study the manuals made by the world and select the most appropriate best suited for your environment, and then modify it.

This solution did not receive a charming response. Everyone said that we are not willing to copy. Now we are motivated, we will do it from the scratch. Like re-inventing the wheel before making an SUV.

This thought has two common problems.

Firstly, that we don't know the history. Because most of the western inventions were launched after they stole, copied or changed the name of the author, of the books they vanished from libraries of ottoman empires. That's why you see a hint of Al-Farnas's flying machine in Wright Brothers' invention and things like "to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" in Newton's theory. Hence it is more salient that smart people do not reinvent the wheel, they take the wheel and invent the next part. (They stole it, that is not smartness of'course)

Secondly, there is no harm in copying the good stuff. Its not a religious battle. Its true science, which will remain true even if a Non Muslim states it.

So the same argument was made and now there was calm among the enthusiastic individuals. 'What will now be the way forward?', was the next question.

"In chapter A, there is one factor showing the value of X which is suited for America, lets find the best value for our country" was the reply.

And suddenly, all the enthusiasm was gone. Everyone was thinking, 'are we here to do this small thing?' And that's the biggest problem, bigger than the two discussed earlier. We want a quick, sudden big win. We want a magic stick to make a manual or guideline or a code book for us.

They never realize that line is actually a collection of millions and billions dots. A big win is a collection of millions and billions small wins.

Now what is the actual start point of betterment? Stop blaming the past, blame the inner self. Because when you will realize the root of the problem, things will change. Which means, 'you' will change, 'we' will change. And just like line, a big win, millions of "we" is called a country.