{"id":2356,"date":"2025-12-22T04:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T04:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topazinfotech.in\/blogtheme\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:20:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:20:41","slug":"from-laziness-to-action-a-lesson-in-life-and-work-excerpt-from-upcoming-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topazinfotech.in\/dipalmehta\/from-laziness-to-action-a-lesson-in-life-and-work-excerpt-from-upcoming-book\/","title":{"rendered":"From Laziness to Action: A Lesson in Life and Work (Excerpt From Upcoming Book)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Decisive and active peoples always walk fast.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Let me tell you one of my favorite stories. Once there was a very lazy young person. In old age times, he use to go to his guru and stay there to gain knowledge. The guru was knowing that the guy was very lazy. Whatever the guru tells him, he does it in a very lazy and procrastinating manner. The guru thought once to teach him a lesson. One day he told the guy that he is going out of the city for two days. But till he returns he tells the guy to take care of the ashram. He also gifted him with parasmani (a gem by which every metal which comes in his contact becomes gold). The guy was happy to receive it and thought that this is the best time to become rich. The next day the guru went to another city. Now there is a desire to get gold from the parasmani, but since the guy was very lazy, he thought that there are 2 full days left. Why so hurry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He thought that he will bring utensils and other metals from the shops out in the city and then he will convert them into gold. He also started thinking and imagining becoming rich. He starts to think what about he will be going to do with this gold, how he will be spending the whole things and making the maximum use of it. He thought of buying houses, lands, etc., and laid on bed the whole day thinking about the future. In the night he slept with the daydreaming. The morning he got up and thought now is the final day. It is better to go to the shop because in the evening the guru will come back and will take the gem from him. But because of his lazy nature, still, he thought let me go to shopping launch. Let me take launch in the afternoon and then go to the shop as there are hours after launch. Since he was very happy mentally, he took more food in the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After taking the launch he felt a bit sleepy and because of his habit of laziness, he thought let me sleep for a while. Will get up within half an hour and then go to the shop. As he lay down on his bed, he slept. He slept for almost 4-5 hours. In the evening, the guru came back and woke him up. The guy realized that it was too late and ran out of the room and saw that it was night. He came back to the guru, touched his feet and tears fell from his eyes. He told to the guru that he has lost a great opportunity. The guru asked him \u201cdo u know why you have lost\u201d. The guy replied, \u201cyes sir, now I am aware of my weakness of laziness\u201d. The guru replied \u201cit\u2019s not that your laziness is your weakness, it\u2019s the conditioning, and your desire not to overcome the laziness is your weakness. Now you have realized your weakness and now you have already become the gold. No need to search for any shop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what is the moral of the story?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it the laziness that kills us or does our inability to respond kill us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have been working for years in the field and even in the office. It has been my habit of walking fast. Sometimes family persons complain about it but I like it. I am habituated by that. My work involves a lot of walking and evening physical work like walking on stairs, inside soil, mud or on rocks, etc. But I have never been lazy anytime. When I used to see new faces with a lot of energy\/creativity inbuilt but very due to their lazy attitude, they don\u2019t become one with the work. They don\u2019t get involved in work or don\u2019t make use of their full energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously I used to feel bad, why this kind of lazy attitude people are having but later I came to know about different other reasons too. We are often confused with the difference between becoming an engineer and working as an engineer or in another way our mind itself is not ready for this kind of work. Moreover, it is also my observation that people have different priorities in life and they don\u2019t know how much effort it takes to work on-site or to focus on the tasks of engineering. This is the same as while studying in engineering they were not aware of the hard work which is very necessary for knowledge in initial days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lack of interest is also one of the reasons which may be lead to laziness. Some people are so lazy that they don\u2019t have an interest in anything. Not work, not life, not surrounding atmosphere anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This kind of attitude can be changed by changing the surroundings, by joining a team that is focused, hardworking and enthusiastic. Full of life people are always enthusiastic whether in engineering or any other field. To be full of life you need to put tensions aside and be with enthusiastic persons. You can also go for solo travel, adventure tour with such friends, mountain walks, etc. This will boost your attraction towards living life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doing a sports activity is also a good option to boost your energy and maintain activeness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowledge to me comes second. First, you must be active and fully involved in work. It looks are difficult to induce a habit of becoming more active\/energetic but it\u2019s not so. The only thing required is the right atmosphere and ability to hold the challenge among us. When we have decided to change, you will anyhow do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For eg, you are appointed on a project of bridgework and there is a lot of concrete activities are going on. Concrete as we know is hard and sets with time, so we must be very punctual while concreting operations and fully supervise the concreting activities as needed. We must take slump on time, cube samples, compaction, etc. on time without fail. Initially, for a lazy guy, it is very difficult to do all the above things in sequence. But with experienced staff and working under senior engineer\u2019s team, the focus on work will be increased and if you stay under these experienced staff till the end of the project, there will be a change in your attitude, behavior and you will be energetic. You will be coming out of your comfort zone, but the most important thing here is to stay till the end with these experienced persons and work according to their guidance<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another important factor that induces laziness is the type of food we eat. There are different varieties of foods we eat based on our taste. We like to go to restaurants, we eat junk foods, etc. Some people eat only homely, cooked food. Some have a mixture of both with varying percentages of intakes. But did we think anytime that what is good and what is bad for our health? The majority of us are having eating habits based on our conditioning, surrounding factors, and taste. Very few people take care of their diet and nutrition. The food which we eat to fill our stomach does not necessarily give nutrition to our body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per Ayurveda, some diets are satvic, tamsik, and rajasic. We all know about it. Directly or indirectly these food intakes affect our bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per Wikipedia:- Sattvic diet<\/em><\/strong> is a diet based on foods in <\/em>ayurvedic<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>yogic<\/em><\/a> literature that contain the quality (<\/em>guna<\/em><\/a>) <\/em>sattva<\/em><\/a>. In this system of dietary classification, foods that decrease the energy of the body are considered tamasic, while those that increase the energy of the body are considered rajasic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sattvic diet is meant to include foods and eating habits that are “pure, essential, natural, vital, energy-containing, clean, conscious, true, honest, wise”. <\/sup><\/em>A sattvic diet can also exemplify Ahimsa, the practice of non-violence, or not causing harm to other living things, which is one reason that yogis often follow a vegetarian diet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sattvic diet is a regimen that emphasizes seasonal foods, fruits if one has no sugar problems, dairy products if the cow is fed and milked in the right conditions, nuts, seeds, oils, ripe vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and non-meat based proteins.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, we have Tamsic and Rajasik diets with their inbuilt properties which affect the metabolism of the person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the diet and lifestyle may differ from person to person, region to region, atmosphere, climatic conditions, culture, religion, etc. But still, there are healthy lifestyles which we can follow and maintain good health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basic things like exercise, eating foods as per our BMI and age, green vegetables, more fruits are basics which we can follow in our lifestyle anywhere and at any time (yes anytime). All you need is a kick start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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