Recently in our apartment there was event for Diwali celebration. The start to end of the this Diwali event, was highly motivating for me and I had lot to learn. I am going to share my learning here.
In our apartment two guys Sanjeev and Samba initiated to do Diwali event in our apartment this year. I along with 20 families committed to be part of it. Generally during Diwali, most people in our apartment stay in their flat and do puja but for this event they preferred not sign up for their own reason.
We started planning this event and then posted the complete plan into our association Whatsapp group. We did not see enough encouraging response as we were expecting.
During this time, when we don't get enough response, we are tend to get demotivated and prefer to stop doing anything further citing if none interested why we burn our time. But the questions is, can intention of doing this event was so weak that it can be demotivated just because of lack of enough participant at starting moment?
These two guys, Sanjeev and Sambe were not of that kind of people. They had a beautiful thought. That let everyone of apartment come down and celebrate Diwali in organised way.
They spend their countless hours in getting apartment common area neat and clean. They worked with association staff to do Diwali lighting and proper floodlighting so that people can use the area properly for cracker burst and safe themselves from any insects/snake [it was rainy day]. They did rangoli with the help of female member of association. They arranged sweets for everyone coming down for cracker burst or roaming and distributed. They stayed until 90% of crowd go back to their home. I felt it was a successful Diwali event. Their commitment were unquestionable.
Watching this event so closely, I had a lot of learning here as I writing below:
1. Your motivation should be purpose and it should not get demotivated just because there is no one to encourage you. You purpose should keep you charged and motivated.
2. Your purpose must be strong and noble.
3. You must know how to involve people by motivating them for the purpose. You can't do everything all alone. You will need people to support you on the way.
Something I learn which can improve this process:
It is highly impractical to keep yourself motivated despite no encouragement in any form. I think we need support on the way.
I think if we could have talked to individual, it could have done the magic. I learn this trick from Kavitha Garla who keep in touch with every Talk Temple members. I think the calling friends and their family or texting them instead of simply posting on whatsapp group, could have brought many more families and ask for their support. It could have made this event much better.
Overall there was lot to learn in Diwali event. Please do write your comment and how my association mates could have organised the event better.
In our apartment two guys Sanjeev and Samba initiated to do Diwali event in our apartment this year. I along with 20 families committed to be part of it. Generally during Diwali, most people in our apartment stay in their flat and do puja but for this event they preferred not sign up for their own reason.
We started planning this event and then posted the complete plan into our association Whatsapp group. We did not see enough encouraging response as we were expecting.
During this time, when we don't get enough response, we are tend to get demotivated and prefer to stop doing anything further citing if none interested why we burn our time. But the questions is, can intention of doing this event was so weak that it can be demotivated just because of lack of enough participant at starting moment?
These two guys, Sanjeev and Sambe were not of that kind of people. They had a beautiful thought. That let everyone of apartment come down and celebrate Diwali in organised way.
They spend their countless hours in getting apartment common area neat and clean. They worked with association staff to do Diwali lighting and proper floodlighting so that people can use the area properly for cracker burst and safe themselves from any insects/snake [it was rainy day]. They did rangoli with the help of female member of association. They arranged sweets for everyone coming down for cracker burst or roaming and distributed. They stayed until 90% of crowd go back to their home. I felt it was a successful Diwali event. Their commitment were unquestionable.
Watching this event so closely, I had a lot of learning here as I writing below:
1. Your motivation should be purpose and it should not get demotivated just because there is no one to encourage you. You purpose should keep you charged and motivated.
2. Your purpose must be strong and noble.
3. You must know how to involve people by motivating them for the purpose. You can't do everything all alone. You will need people to support you on the way.
Something I learn which can improve this process:
It is highly impractical to keep yourself motivated despite no encouragement in any form. I think we need support on the way.
I think if we could have talked to individual, it could have done the magic. I learn this trick from Kavitha Garla who keep in touch with every Talk Temple members. I think the calling friends and their family or texting them instead of simply posting on whatsapp group, could have brought many more families and ask for their support. It could have made this event much better.
Overall there was lot to learn in Diwali event. Please do write your comment and how my association mates could have organised the event better.
