Buy one extra packet of milk dear!!

In middle-class families, there is always an ongoing discussion about how much milk we should ask milkmen to put every day.

Many times, the number of milk packets per day will vary depending upon the requirement.


Women are, especially Indian middle-class women (as per my own experience) are working on a very tight monthly budget and hence they tend to decide all house-hold items with ‘just enough’ quantity.

This is more in case of daily milk packets requirements. They plan so tightly that next day if milkman for any reason does not deliver on time, maybe the school going kids will have to go to school without milk or papa has to run for the milk and make the extra run from booth to booth.


As I looked into this ‘just enough’ milk story which perhaps happens in each day, one or the other home, in India, I realized that we can easily fall into a ‘dangerous trap’ in life if we always try to do the bare minimum things or ‘just enough’ things required.


I have understood the fact that successful people always “buy more milk” and not ‘Just Enough’.


Successful parents spend more time and not just enough time with their children.


Successful students study more and not just enough.


Successful spouses express more love towards their partner and not just enough.


Long-distance travelers put more fuel in their cars and not just enough.


When your outstation stay is not known you carry an extra pair of clothes and not just enough.


When you pray for your loved ones you pray more and not just enough.


Successful salespeople make more customer calls and not just enough.


Successful leaders spend more time with their team and not just enough.


We will find many more examples in our life where we do more than just enough.


The lesson learned from this is - if you genuinely want to be successful in any aspect of your life, don’t do the bare minimum, hoping that it will be enough.


Do more than just enough!!!