5 reasons why you should not 'chill'
A phrase I hear every now and then is 'Chill' or 'Relax'. From what I understand what the person who says this means is 'Do not take it so seriously. Let it go' or 'Don't do anything about it. It will pass.'
Nothing irks me more than hearing these phrases.
Here are five reasons why you should NOT ' chill' or 'relax'.
1. Chilling never got anyone anywhere: Dhoni was a football goal keeper, before he started playing cricket. he started off his cricket career, just be sheer chance, as a wicket keeper. Dhoni's teacher Mr.Banerjee was friends with the coach of Commando Cricket Club. Banerjee got a request from the coach to help fill the slot of wicket keeper. Had Banerjee decided to 'chill' and do nothing about the request, and when asked if he would wicket-keep, had Dhoni decided to 'chill' I don't think the game of cricket would have been what it is today :-)
2.Chilling means no action: Think about the Delhi rape case that happened involving Jyoti Pandey (whom the media named 'Nirbhaya'). Had most people decided to 'chill' we would not have seen the kind of uprising that happened. Perhaps this is an 'extreme' case. But it elucidates why 'Chilling' may not be a great idea.
3. Chilling is brow-beating you into conforming: Think about it--very often, it is when you express an opinion that is different from the accepted norm that you are asked to 'chill'. For example at college, if your friends have decided to bunk a lecture, but you express concern over attendance, you might be asked to 'chill'. Don't! Dare to not 'chill' and trust me, not chilling will make all the difference.
4.Chilling is to go with the flow: If you want to do something that would create a disturbance in the status quo, you are generally told to chill. This is because most people hate something that they are already used to, to be disturbed. For instance how many times (especially at a party) have you been forced to 'take-a-small-piece-of-a-cake--you-can-diet-tomorrow-chill' when you have specifically mentioned that you are on a strict diet? The norm at parties is to eat and drink like there is no tomorrow and therefore you are asked to 'chill' even if it means knocking off all the effort on the diet that you have been so strictly adhering to for the past many weeks.
5.Chilling is the easy way out: It is so easy to say 'Chill' or 'Relax'. It immediately absolves the person to whom you have expressed the issue, the onus of acting or doing something. By asking you to 'chill' the person ha effectively told you that you are making a big issue of a trivial thing. 'Chilling' may not be the best option, but it sure might be the easiest!
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So the next time, you are asked to 'Chill', don't! Leave the 'chilling' to the AC or the coolers :)
ACT, don't chill.
It is your attitude that makes all the difference!
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Nothing irks me more than hearing these phrases.
Here are five reasons why you should NOT ' chill' or 'relax'.
1. Chilling never got anyone anywhere: Dhoni was a football goal keeper, before he started playing cricket. he started off his cricket career, just be sheer chance, as a wicket keeper. Dhoni's teacher Mr.Banerjee was friends with the coach of Commando Cricket Club. Banerjee got a request from the coach to help fill the slot of wicket keeper. Had Banerjee decided to 'chill' and do nothing about the request, and when asked if he would wicket-keep, had Dhoni decided to 'chill' I don't think the game of cricket would have been what it is today :-)
2.Chilling means no action: Think about the Delhi rape case that happened involving Jyoti Pandey (whom the media named 'Nirbhaya'). Had most people decided to 'chill' we would not have seen the kind of uprising that happened. Perhaps this is an 'extreme' case. But it elucidates why 'Chilling' may not be a great idea.
3. Chilling is brow-beating you into conforming: Think about it--very often, it is when you express an opinion that is different from the accepted norm that you are asked to 'chill'. For example at college, if your friends have decided to bunk a lecture, but you express concern over attendance, you might be asked to 'chill'. Don't! Dare to not 'chill' and trust me, not chilling will make all the difference.
4.Chilling is to go with the flow: If you want to do something that would create a disturbance in the status quo, you are generally told to chill. This is because most people hate something that they are already used to, to be disturbed. For instance how many times (especially at a party) have you been forced to 'take-a-small-piece-of-a-cake--you-can-diet-tomorrow-chill' when you have specifically mentioned that you are on a strict diet? The norm at parties is to eat and drink like there is no tomorrow and therefore you are asked to 'chill' even if it means knocking off all the effort on the diet that you have been so strictly adhering to for the past many weeks.
5.Chilling is the easy way out: It is so easy to say 'Chill' or 'Relax'. It immediately absolves the person to whom you have expressed the issue, the onus of acting or doing something. By asking you to 'chill' the person ha effectively told you that you are making a big issue of a trivial thing. 'Chilling' may not be the best option, but it sure might be the easiest!
Get into the
So the next time, you are asked to 'Chill', don't! Leave the 'chilling' to the AC or the coolers :)
ACT, don't chill.
It is your attitude that makes all the difference!
______________________________________________________________________
Check out my latest book here
where it has been getting some fabulous reviews. You don't need a
credit card. You can even pay cash on delivery. It has a whopping discount too :)
And hey--If you like my blog, you might enjoy my books :) Grab them here. :)
http://preetishenoy.com/
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