Scarcity and Adversity: The recipe for Innovation
We are born as new characters in the ongoing story of our parents. In the story, throughout our growth, there is always someone between us and ‘unknowns’ whom we can rely upon and ask about these unknowns and how to deal with them. We become our own protagonists when we have surpassed the need for such people in between and face the unknowns ourselves. This is when we begin to pick and pick apart our challenges ourselves. Scarcity A success story is always about the protagonist overcoming her challenges. It is inspiring to see how someone attained her success or wealth; inheritance or good luck is never celebrated because it’s just the continuation of the parent’s story and an ending that already existed. It is the attaining or creating of what did not exist, that inspires. True success lies in determining and then creating what was non-existent. What exists helps us determine the size and shape of the universe as it is, what does not exist helps us determine the size and ...