Discover the donkey within u….

Have you ever felt lazy parting with your bed on a Monday morning? Or on a Tuesday morning and on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning? Have you ever stood in the balcony and thought about your life or any situation and wondered about, how things have changed around you and at the same time expressed your inability to control it? Have you ever sat late night for an exam preparation with an intention of burning midnight oil? But on the contrary, ended up happily sleeping beside the lamp and wasting the midnight oil. If the answer is yes, then you are entangled in the vicious circle called the “donkey factor”. There is a donkey within each one of us that raises its ugly head at the moments when we are expected to Achieve, Think, Perform, Motivate, Slog, change and Execute.
I have always wondered if I would have been in a better position if I had regularly studied everyday and had prioritized things in a better fashion. I even feel that sometimes I had shamelessly surrendered myself to the donkey factor and yielded to its ugly tricks that masked my thought process at the moments when I had to act.
There are a few symptoms that I have recorded to diagnose the donkey factor.

• Tendency to run away from a difficult situation hoping that somebody would solve it
• Procrastinating things and reassuring yourselves that you would act tomorrow and you can just relax today.
• Blaming it on others and not taking any ownership of the problems
• Starting off a project in full excitement but later losing the heat in between and taking things for granted
• Wrong assumptions; unnecessary arguments even after knowing that you are wrong.
• Resistance to change

So, how do we overcome the donkey factor? Can we kill the donkey once for all and become a perfect human being? According to me, it is very difficult to kill the donkey as it is inbuilt in our system and all we can do is to MANAGE IT by diverting its attention to something inconsequential and also by developing the habit of positive thinking and self-motivation. Doing too many things at a time also motivates the donkey. It starts jumping and kicking and doesn’t allow you to concentrate. It also builds laziness and a huge resistance to change.
Few things you could do to manage the donkey factor:

• Maintain good health by doing exercise regularly
• Feel confident and be frank in expressing opinions
• Believe in yourselves
• Develop the habit of positive thinking
• Constantly motivate yourself and others
• Make short term achievable goals than a big long term goal
• Smile as much as you can and be happy
• Prioritize and stand up during difficult situations
• TALK to people- that’s the mantra of success
• Seek advice- within limits
• Keep yourselves busy with extracurricular activities
• Listen to Music- a refresher
• Be open to change
• Make good friends