Showing posts with label Specificity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Specificity. Show all posts

Saturday, 5 July 2014

THE POWER OF SPECIFICITY

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." - Lily Tomlin



A young man was telling a story in a book about how for months he prayed to God asking for a bicycle and a desk. Discouraged and in tears one night, this kid sought his God to question Him "Why are you forgetting me? I've been praying ever so diligently" God responded; "You've asked for nothing, I have no idea what bicycle you want, there are thousands of varieties...and the desk? How big? What colour? Do you want a chair too?" The boy stirred up his faith and his Design Cap and captured his dream bike and desk on paper. He wanted an American bike (was from Asia) and a desk made of Philippine mahogany. After some time in thought, he went back to sleep. A few months later he had the exact bicycle and the desk he longed for.

Have you ever entered any shop but you didn't have an exact idea of what you wanted. how long did it take before you were attended to? You get what you want quicker, when you have specifics. What do you want? Looking for a spouse? Have you clearly written down exactly what qualities he/she should posses? What they look like, sound like, do for a living? Whatever.

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