The most powerful skill, which we also underrate the most, is ‘connecting the dots.’ Here is an example.
In today’s news, you might have seen this shameful brawl on a Thailand-India flight, where one guy is being assaulted in front of a whole crowd.
We might just dismiss it and say, ‘Life happens.’
But we could also ask, why did the people assaulting a guy in front of a plane-load of people not fear the law?
If you probe deeper, you will discover something shocking: If someone slaps and punches you, and you go to a police station, the cops can do nothing — it is a non-cognizable offence (i.e., police cannot register an FIR or arrest the accused).
Let that sink in – you can be beaten to pulp and the cops can do nothing (unless a dangerous weapon was used or the injury was grievous).
So now we can see that it was not a coincidence — the incident was a direct reflection of how weak our laws are! And those laws put you in just as much danger.
This was just a random (and a bit gory) example. But my bigger point is that whenever you see something unusual, remind yourself — there are no accidents (watched Kung Fu Panda?).
Everything unusual has something hidden beneath. Probe deeper, connect the dots, and lo and behold, you now have an insight.
You learn not from experience, but from connecting the dots.
– Rajan