It is not uncommon to hear someone saying or advising the beginners with the very statement,”Take it easy” or it might be yourself advising the youths in that way. However, with the very little good impact there comes a devastating consequences in the life just because you said it. It is clear that you mentioned it so that he/she can be relieved by hearing that or how lucky he/she would feel upon hearing it. As a seniors or the elders in the group, your statement is really gonna affect rest of the progress in his/her life. I am going to put forward 5 reasons why “Take it easy” is not a good advice and i am sure that most of you will nod your head. Let’s go……..
- It will make him/her more relaxed thinking that it is gonna be easy: let me put an example here. Say that a first year medical student met a forth year or a final year senior who he think should be respected and trusted. MBBS( bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery) is not an easy course. It requires time, dedication and consistency whereby lacking these qualities would make you rarely survive the course. If by any means, “Take it easy brother” be the advice from his senior, I am sure that his heart and brain would agree more and let him/herself in the pool of that mentality.
- It will lower the self esteem while he/she will engage more in pleasurable opportunities in life: it is worth mentioning that our brain loves to do pleasurable things more than those bitter ones. Our brain really likes to take things easily and it is obvious that “Take it easy” is a good news for the brain. The more you get involved in pleasurable moments, the easier it is to lose your interest in pursuing your dream/goal.
- He/she will struggle in the last moment trying to catch up with others: “Take it easy” once uttered can initiate a toxic chain of reactions. It may not be toxic as he/she enjoys but he/she will realize at the end that he/she has accumulated a huge heap of toxic burden to the days ahead. This day when he/she realize about the burden is the day that put an end to his/her pleasure. It make him/her to do things at once; may be a work of 6 days in 1 day and you know what, you can complete it fortunately. Sounds great, right? No, it is not great as it sounds. you forget faster than you think and what you gonna write in the exam paper is nothing but NOTHING.
- People have different intelligence, ways to tackle with situation are different: Consider you are an adviser and you have got a junior who seeks help from you. in that case, you said, “Take it easy” with a broad smile. Are you sure of what you are saying? Just think again whether you really meant it. It may/may not work depending on the kind of person you are giving that dangerous advice. His/her intelligence may not be similar to yours. The degree to how much he accept his/her failure may not be alike. You enjoyed a lot and still then you could pass all the examination or even if you failed, you have no regret and doesn’t feel bad at any cost. It is particularly yours and only yours so your advice should not be directed in that regard. It is possible that he/she may not pass like you did or if he/she fails, it may make them weaker believing that he is not worthy of what he is pursuing; eventually he/she will remain away from it. GIVE UP!
- No pain, no gain: As everything comes as a result of our hard work, you got to believe that there is no gain without pain. It is a universal truth. Do not ever make people go away from this truth. “Take it easy” is a risk factor that will intensify the notion of ‘No pain, no gain’ considering false which is not true. Definitely, you are making him/her walk the wrong path. Never do that, only a person with BAD INTENTION will do that. Do you have any bad intention?
There is limited time. You cannot ruin others’ life with this simple but dangerous advice. Let them cope up the situation by the kind of weapons they possess or give them a better weapon to fight. Life is not a game, hero can neither be regenerated nor increase the hit point. Consistency gives you a better version and miracle happens to those with a strong mindset not to the people who rules their life by “Take it easy”.
Do not take everything easy.
