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Introduction:
The biggest misconception about observation is that we consider it bad manners. But the intention behind your observation is either good or bad. We all know observation as ‘The act of overseeing somebody or something especially for backbiting‘. Wait! Wait! Are you thinking of that uncle or aunt from the neighborhood or some relative who keep an eye on everyone? What if I put the words ‘learning or knowing’ instead of ‘backbiting‘. And it is the exact meaning of observation that ‘The act of watching somebody or something carefully especially to learn or know something’.
Look at this picture. It is to clear one more myth related to observation that observing is all about seeing. But it include multiple senses like hearing, smelling, touching & tasting. That means even blind people can observe.
Observation plays a very important role in our lives. Think of any kid in your family or in neighbor. Kids are imitating that they see in family. They observe everything surround them. Sometimes, they become our source of entertainment. Often their games are inspired by their family member’s profession and they like their father, mother & some other members of family.
At this stage of life, kids learn most of the things by observing & they are curious to know everything. Their observation skill blossom in childhood. Here is a tip for you. Try to answer kids’ random questions rather than scolding them. We would not have had many great scientists if their curiosity had not been satisfied in childhood.
Not only human babies but also babies of other living beings like animals & birds also learn most of the things in their earlier stage of life through observing their parents and other animals of their species.
Observation is one of the most important skill which is required in almost every field. Let’s see some of them one by one.
Entrepreneurship:
Almost every profession & business want to stay up to date with changing trends & technology and for that detail observation or scanning of real world is required. Read the blog title again. You can find extraordinary insights from ordinary things. If I specifically talk about entreprenuership then we all know that, entrepreneurship is emerging as a career option. Our life become much easier due to advancement in technology & various alternatives of a single service & product. We hardly think about the story behind the product invention that makes our work easier. And behind every product & service there is careful observation of a person who identified a problem that he/she or society faced.
Sometimes, random observation sparkled the light of idea to entreprenuers’ mind and after that they decide to come up with a new startup or to improve the existing one. So we can consider the art of observation is the first step of starting any business. There are many examples, which are the great result of observation of entreprenuers. Let’s see some of them.
- The idea to launch job portal known as naukari.com came to Sanjeev Bikhchandani sitting in his office. He used to work in a company as a brand manager where 8-10 brand managers used to sit in an open hall so they could see what others are doing and hear what others are saying on phone. He used to observe that every time an office copy of Business India magazine came and circulated, everybody usually read it back to front because job ads appeared on the last pages and contains appointment information for managers.
- Arvind Sanka, Pavan Guntupalli & S.R. Rishikesh co-founders of Rapido, came up with the idea of a bike taxi after seeing traffic jams on the roads of Bengaluru.
- Ratan Tata‘s ideas for Tata Nano car came from his observations of indian families riding on two wheelers and risking their lives.
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Comedy & Mimicry:
We enjoy stand up comedy because we can relate what is said by comedian. If he/she say something that we have never seen, heard and experienced before, how we will laugh? That is the art of comedians and mimicry artists. Comedians have humours view towards the every day or common life situations and crack jokes related to it.
The mimicry artist’s skill in vividly copying the original artist also deserves praise. How wonderfully they copy the voice, manner
Research:
Research is mainly conducted to discover new information or to solve problem. Observation is one of the basic and primary method to collect the data for research work. The researcher should be good at observing for the pupose of collecting data.
Scientist:
Consistent observation & patience is required for successful experiment. It is the most important skill that all scientists should have.
Photographers:
There are various categories of photography like wild-life, nature, sports, wedding about which you will know in my next blogs. In short, photography is a talent that requires observation to capture momemts that last only a fraction of seconds. That makes the difference between an average photo & a meaningful one.
Painters & Writers:
Sometimes, painters & writers paint & write on canvas and paper what they have seen. Some artists are expert in live sketching & painting. This is posiible due to their meticulous & keen observation skill.
Conclusion:
Apart from all above fields, there are other fields also which demand art of observation from the perosn who is going to perform the task. As you all know, some skills of us are god-gifted and some we can learn or develop as per requirement and observation is one of them. This is an art that, if you have, opens up many doors for you to enter many fields/career but at the same time you need to have it for almost all fields. Remember this sentence: Observation is the he’ART’ behind great work.
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