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The Law of Unbundling and Unburdening

A couple of days back I was having a chat with my friend. During a the course of our chat we came to discuss about his son's first birthday celebrations and how he had managed to keep the costs down.  Given the space constraints at his house, he approached one of the better restaurants in our vicinity who put forth a total package of Rs. 50,000/- with various things included. The following is a hypothetical representation of the package (barring the cost of food, beverages and banquet hall all other costs are appropriate estimates): Description                                                          Cost in INR Food, Beverages and Banquet hall                       30,000/- Host for the program -                                             3,000/-  Decoration                                                               3,000/- D J Music                                                                 8,000/- Party Games                  

Letting Go......

What do you do when you want to climb up the stairs? "You should aim to reach the top and then take a step forward..." "One should always take the right foot forward...touch it down, then take the left foot forward...and so on" "It's simple ...just keep on climbing the stairs till you reach the top..." "You should not be afraid to climb.....but be brave enough to go ahead and achieve your vision....." These are just some of the "right" answers that I keep on getting every time I put forth this question. It's a question one of my faculties had asked us in one of his classes. And what the class answered then was (is) nothing different from the answers that I get today. For some strange reason what we answer or try to reason is right....but all these answers miss a basic point. A point which lies at the crux of being able to move forward. And if you are smart enough....you must have realized by now that reall