Commitment, Gratitude and Design Thinking

 

Today I attended my first session on Design Thinking conducted by S. Rajeshwari  (lovingly referred to as Raji), which got me thinking about the role of commitment. The beauty of design thinking is the empathy component.  Raji wears multiple hats, as an entrepreneur, as a mother as Lean In Leader, she is a dynamic person. She integrated design thinking with a personal challenge; mine obviously was losing weight.

Later in the day, I was looking at my latest commitment, with writing, of working towards creating an aware and positive world. I was feeling grateful. My writing, Lean In group, Gratitude and now design thinking, all seem to be a part of a bigger plan.

I do feel confused, where am I going with this? Then my sister shared this quote by Mark Zuckerberg.

“I started this site (Facebook) when I was 19. I didn’t know much about business back then.”

The caption underneath read, The biggest key to success is to start doing, You will figure all the sh** out on the way.

There is a difference though. He was 19 and I am 42. He started his first business venture and this is my third attempt to start something. The first two did not go beyond successful testing of prototype and in second case Ideation.

I am no Mark Zuckerberg, but I know learning from my experience will keep me committed. Raji gave an example of Amazon, that they did not wait for the ecosystem to be conducive, they started.

I am also starting with the spirit of hope and love and gratitude.  Will continue the work and so far things have been falling in place. I am grateful for that.