Newton's 3 Laws of motion
Hello all ! Well, the topic of my discussion today is not actually what the subject line reads. I don't intend to refresh your memories of Physics with these laws of motion (this subject was always a nightmare for me !) but what I want to do is to dig one step deeper into these scientific laws and analyze the philosophical aspect of theirs. Sounds a bit weird isn’t it ! When I first thought of implying such a comparison, even I asked to myself, “Hey, am I going nuts !” But then friends, engrossing myself in a deep thought process and putting my synapses to work, I finally conceived some reasonings that make me believe that apart from Physics, these laws are valid in our “QUEST for SUCCESS” as well ! (“SUCCESS” – I always love to hear this word as long as it stays with me. Infact most of us love it this way !)
1st Law of motion - Every body continues to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line unless it is compelled by an external force.
Case
Mr. A, an employee at COMPANY - Y is sitting at his desk for the last one hour, crouched forehead and thinking eyes, involved and engrossed in writing a piece of code. (So you see Mr. A is actually maintaining his state) At that point of time, Mr. B, a colleague of Mr. A comes and persuades him to get up for a cup of coffee and some chit chat. Appears normal isn’t it. But then, Mr. A’s state of uniform thinking comes to an end (and the external agency here is Mr. B along with his bait of coffee and chit chat !) So, Newton’s 1st law holds good !
Morality - This is to say that when a person does some good, he should continue to do good and not let anything bad come near to him because these bad thoughts if creep into his mind can act as external forces that will stop the good that is being done by him. This is to say that if your conscience feels what you are doing is good then continue the same and let not biased thoughts from other minds intervene your task.
2nd Law of motion - The rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the force applied.
Case
Again we come to our beloved Mr. A and external force Mr. B. Mr. A is a very sincere employee who always arrives at time, is busy working at his screen all day, always eager to take onsite calls and complete his day’s work before leaving. So we see that the force applied by Mr. A is in the forward direction and this force takes him from the position of a Trainee, to a Programmer Analyst to an Associate ! At the same time, this chap Mr. B is always late to arrive and early to leave that too with his task unfinished. (This guy is bent on giving a head ache to his Team Leader !) You see that Mr. B is applying a force but in the backward direction and this negative force causes his career to decelerate. Voila ! Newton’s 2nd law is so correct !
Morality - The success of an individual is in his hands. The more you strive, the more you are dedicated, the more success you’ll get. Instead of citing or finding external factors for failures, you should look within yourself, analyze yourself and then put in that extra bit of force in the right direction that takes you to success.
3rd Law of Motion - Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Case
Now while protagonist Mr. A is busy working at his desk and receiving good reactions from his manager for his good actions, Mr. B is busy Orkutting from office which he should not be doing, forgot to meet an important client, and failed to pass his final test (I told you this guy is bent on getting kicked out !) and one sunny morning when Mr. A gets a mail regarding his increment, Mr. B receives a mail with the subject line – “Thanks for feeling at home at COMPANY - Y but our hospitality ends here” , oh my god, he’s fired ! (See, even God obeys Newton’s laws of motion !) So that’s the validity of the 3rd law.
Morality - Keep doing your job well and fine, and don’t worry about the result. Hard work and dedication are always acknowledged by a pat on the back and success. Don’t chase success, but chase yourself for doing good and success will follow automatically !