People love results, but not the process!
As always, people admire results, but they rarely appreciate the process that produces them.
Think about this. Every parent wishes for their child to run one day, but running does not happen immediately. First, the child learns to sit, falling many times yet trying again. Then comes standing. After repeated falls, the child finally manages to stand. Next comes walking, which also involves many attempts and frequent falls before it becomes steady. Only after passing through all these stages does the child run. That moment is achieved only after a long process and many struggles.
The same applies to swimming. Nobody swims properly on the first day. People swallow water, lose balance, panic, and struggle. Only after going through those moments of sinking and recovery does a person actually learn to swim.
Driving is no different. Skilled drivers were once inexperienced. If asked why they could not drive perfectly from the beginning, the answer is simple: learning required going through difficulty. They stalled the vehicle, misjudged distance, and sometimes faced minor accidents. Only through those experiences did they become confident drivers. That is the process.
This is exactly where acceptance culture must evolve in our society.
One important aspect of entrepreneurship is that society must allow entrepreneurs to make mistakes so they can build something meaningful. Learning comes only by experiencing problems, correcting them, and improving. Every process will involve damage before stability appears. The goal is to go through the process to reach the intended result.
Yet our environment often asks a single question from the very beginning:
Where is the result?
We want success from day one, without patience for the stages that create it.
Each year, colleges graduate thousands of students. But rarely do we ask who will create opportunities for them. In fact, very few consider who will create jobs for them.
Those job creators do not appear fully formed. They also begin as learners, experiment, make mistakes, and improve over time. If the process is not accepted, the creators themselves will never emerge.
So, in a job creating culture, accepting the process is essential.
If we want outcomes, we must first accept the journey that produces them.
Thankfully,
Safeer Najumudeen
Founder, Solution Architect & Mentor