‘DO’ is the theme for TEDx Chennai. I liked it when Kiruba suggested this in one of the planning meetings. Two letters. Catchy and different and simple and packs it all. The other two letter word I would probably rate above DO is BE. DO is nevertheless a fantastic topic for a meet. I have probably mastered the art of ‘OD’ – incidentally that’s the opposite of DO.
Why does DO, the little fella, demand attention and probably become a theme for a conference?
Only because its not easy to DO, it probably easy to talk about doing a trifle difficult to articulate systematically. If only I can DO what ever I think or want to DO, I would have been successful, I have heard many lament. Suddenly the golden image of Midas comes popping to my mind. This miserable dude who had the capacity to DO Gold. Why then is Not Doing something so terribly derided? If Napoleon or Hitler had were to NOT DO the invasion of Russia by deciding to rest on their attic filled laurels glugging scotch from their storehouses, history would have a far too different, it would have been terrible.
Few months ago I had a little talk with this lady who was a trainer ( I forget her name) she claimed that she had the capacity to install a DO widget on to her participants. In a high pitched feminine tone she went about her session with full gusto. Initially I was skeptical but as she progressed I realized that what she meant was true indeed. So here goes the conversation I had with her after her session.
Your talk took me by surprise lady. You sure can DO what you claim and you can also share it with others
Oh Thank you so much, she said and beamed.
But you know what the people want? Well let me summarize it for you. They want pleasure, and they may even want you for that. Now that you have trained to get what they want do you feel safe about it? I bantered along in a friendly way.
I didn’t have a camera to capture her expression.
How can anyone be not DOing? Its impossible to DO nothing. For even when you are DO nothing u still DO, don’t you? You DO stagnate probably if not you fall back, but there is momentum alright for to be stationary is impossible.
Of all the speakers there will be surely someone who will talk about it.. its sure is worth paying 3 grand to listen to that.