On a recent visit to Proton Ahmedabad, I was wearing an offwhite linen jacket with a pale blue shirt and a tie in a solid color with charcoal trousers. A student said, “Sir, I think your jacket is not matching your shirt. You should be wearing a dark shirt with your light jacket.”
This is not a post on dress sense, rather this is a post on why it is important to not rush to judgment. Every statement of fact, or almost every statement of fact, is an approximation. We see this in physics, where even Newton’s laws of motion are approximations. We see this in all generalizations about race, and social systems, and corporate strategies, and moral systems, and of course the highly subjective and evolved worlds of literature and abstract art … and sartorial fashion.
We learn that we must never begin a sentence with an “And” but the best writers sometimes do with great effect. We learn detailed rules about how a PowerPoint presentation should look like and then someone makes a great presentation while flouting all these rules and putting, say, just four words on a single slide. There are always more advanced approaches.
And wearing light colored shirts with light colored linen jackets may be a good idea if you want a muted sophisticated look. A dark tie adds a more measured dose of color than a dark shirt would.
(The photograph is borrowed from the Sartorialist.)
19 comments:
20 years from now it would not matter what shoes you wear or how your hair look, what would matter is what you have learnt and how you have used it....
thank you for this wonderful post sir..
Hello sir
I read it.
Hello Sir, i go through your blog & came 2 know about your experience with that proton of ahmedabad who comment you about your dressing sense & the way you relate his talk with not rush to passing your judgement soon is great. In real life also many times without taking many things in consideration we passed some judgments & later we realize that we had done some mistake. Thats all from my side. It feels very nice to have offline discussion like this with you. Good day Sir...
Priyanka, I hope I still have hair 20 years from now! :-)
Nikku, Abhishek, thanks for doing what I requested and leaving a note to say you read the blog!
Good Morning! sir,
Thanks for the interesting blog.
You posted a similar picture, that's very nice and easy to understand.
:-) sir, u will surely have hair then.. :-).. I meant 20 years from now for all protons(students) :-)..
that comment cannot be for you sir.. you are an inspiration for us.. the way you have used what you have learnt, i wish someday i can reach up there...
thank you sir for this wonderful insight that we should not rush to judgements..
hello sir,
sir think ur hair would last for more then 20 yrs
and sir u r a role model if
any one wanna do many businesses in many sector &
social networking
u look superb what ever u wear
If we have a gut feeling to say or do, what we feel about something, then doesn't matter how we present, it will make impression.
Thank you for sharing so insightful thought.
Hulesh, Kirandeep, Ved, Mudit, Priyanka,
Thanks for your comments.
One suggestion Mudit, avoid using abbreviations such as "u" and "r" even in such an informal forum. Just a suggestion - I think it is okay to use them here but sometimes the habit spills into more formal communications. You young people are always in a hurry :-)
Hello sir,
It was a nice read. Thanks for sharing!
Hello Sir,
This is a wonderful insight for me thanx for sharing your experiences with us but sir i want to know how do you feel after that student comment you on your dress
Hello Sir,
Thank you for sharing this thought with us.
Hello Sir,
Thank you sir for this wonderful insightbut sir I want ot know that how do you feel about that student who comment on your dressing sense
hello sir, i din't find appropriate to say on this blog because it is something that gives you many meaning like priyanka said about future and also abhishek said very truly but what is rally applicable is your dressing sense or your personality which takes you far from all this things.
Hello Sir,
Good morning.
Good Morning Sir,
I read it, Its very intersting i never read this type of blogs ever.
thank You for giving us,such type of knowlege also, so we know that your dressing sense also play a big role in corporate.
hello sir
Word is those powerful shots which can either hit the target or it can burst the target.
Way of using them will decide the result.
About dressing sense, I think that it more depend on our personality, so it does not affect to a great extend what is combination of color but on combination of knowledge
Hello Sir,
You have given us the priceles thought.
Thanks for it
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