Why am I writing a blog on 'Why'? Firstly because this is my first lesson in the corporate world. Secondly because, the question of Why, has a lot of relevance everywhere. Professional, personal, social, economical or spiritual. You name it and you have encountered this question. Sometimes the question intrigued you, sometimes it irritated you, sometimes you ignored it, sometimes it was standing right in front of your face much to your discomfort and sometimes one why lead to many others. Few instances I can think of:
- Why did you go there?
- Why did you do that?
- Why did you not send the report?
- Why should there be a report in the first place?
- Why can’t I just forget everything and go on a holiday?
- Why should I learn English?
- Why is a rapist the way he is?
- Why can’t the world be at peace?
- Why does collective wisdom (read as mob justice) fail more than it succeeds?
- Why should politics be the way it is?
- Why is the economics the way it is?
- why is the demand - supply - price equation or in-equation the way it is.
- If you dig into my posts.. the very first post was about why? why should I write a blog?
- Why are you even reading this blog?
Let me not try and induce you into finding an answer to the last question.
Many of us have spent a lot of time pondering over 'What' should be done and 'How' should it be done. Answers to these questions can at the best only scratch the surface. But if you have to understand what is lying beyond, you need to understand the 'Why' part of it.
Also an answer to the 'Why' question leads us to the cause and effect point of view. It becomes much easier to go about your actions if you are convinced about effects or the ill-effects of your actions. You could well be a Business Tycoon or Chartist with no money or extremist or High School teacher or a beggar. There can be only two scenarios when people are comfortable in their actions. Either the 'Why' part is convincingly answered or the question was never asked. Both these situations are two extremes on the scale of indifference. And the scale of indifference is one of the indicators to personal satisfaction. In the first scenario where the actor has satisfying answers to the question on 'Why',he would be very happy with what he does. There is a fair chance that an indifferent person, on the other hand, will eventually be unhappy, either because he is forced to do what he is doing or by being indifferent he is not going to give his best and the results are not up to the mark.
Hence the question of 'Why' is very important for an individual's happiness. Let me put a word of caution on my closing note. I am just trying to emphasize the importance of the question of Why. Getting satisfactory answers does not by any means indicate the actions are justified. That is because the answers could convince the individual but in a society they may not be acceptable. Like in the case of brainwashed terrorist. The debate on whether the actions are right or wrong is still open. All I am trying to highlight is the relations between individual's happiness and the question of 'Why'.
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