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Identifying Superpowers in Others

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 Identifying Superpowers in Others

We meet people in our life for a reason. At times, we meet people randomly and they become a part of our life and at times we know them from before. But, what if you come across someone who genuinely cares about you and knows your superpowers? What if you have someone in your life who can remember things that are important to you? What if you come across someone who gets joy seeing you smile, who gets joy seeing you do the magic?

This time on the xMonks Drive, Rajesh Setty, popularly known as the Silicon Valley Spark Plug, joins us to explain the importance of looking at possibilities in different life situations. Here is a transcripted version of the conversation.

Identifying Superpowers in Others

“The world is a very big place and most of the time if we look at what changes we can make in this whole world, It can get daunting.”

Gaurav: You have a pretty big world. How do you manage that world? Because as you said that you cannot take care of the world, which could be really down daunting in your own world itself, how to take care of them?

Rajesh: I only remember the things that they think are important. For example, I don’t remember anybody’s birthday, anybody’s wedding anniversary because I really don’t care. Not because I don’t know them. Because their system event thing that happens every year. If LinkedIn, Facebook pops up, I’ll just send them a birthday note. Otherwise, they’re not expecting anything from me. Because I’m very disorganized. But I remember only two things. What do they care about? And what are their superpowers?

That’s all I remember. And then I always think, how can I show this person that I care about what they care about? And how can I bring something where they can use their superpowers to make some magic happen?

What I get in return is just looking at the possibilities, the joy of something being done, the joy of seeing a smile on somebody’s face, the joy of seeing them do magic, and just being more aware that they can do magic. That is priceless.

Gaurav: What does that bring to you? I’m a firm believer that anything that we do, we have a selfish interest in that. Being selfish is not wrong. When you are saying to see somebody happy, it gives you genuine joy. And my interaction with you has definitely validated and re-validated that you see happiness in people’s happiness. What’s your selfish interest?

Rajesh: My selfish interest is my own superpower, God has given me the superpower to see potential in others and then they can’t see that themselves. So, I have to bring it out. If everybody I touch discovers more of themselves, what will happen? They are already good people. They will do even more good things. The world is a better place anyway. And for me, if there’s even a small percentage of people that I helped, if I can tap into their brilliance, whatever projects I’m doing are a breeze. 

The purpose has always been to provide quality help. Anything that I’ve achieved in my life, I’ve done it effortlessly because if I have pushed better access to quality help from people that bring themselves to the party, then only 100% amazing things will happen. So, look at it, my projects are being done in an effortless way. Day in and day out I see people smile and discover for themselves more power than they thought they had.



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