Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts

Sunday, February 7, 2010

why can't we also be billionares and movie starS?!

This post is dedicated to MADHU SIR. The man who persuaded me to continue writing this blog inspite of having no readers. "Continue writing your blog. You will hit the bullseye in life." He told me. And A bullseye I will hit.
Thank you sir. You have given more encouragement in my life than all the other people combined.







All of us dream. We dream of living in multi-million dollar houses, riding the finest cars, eating the most exotic food yet only 1% of the population actually have all those things. What is it that they possess to attract success that we do not?
They do not have a magic lamp or a boon from God. But I believe they have something more potent. Something more powerful - THE ABILITY TO ACT.

To transform your desires into it’s monetary equivalent, You need to ACT. It is action that separates fantasy from reality, victory from defeat. Action and achievement are inextricably bound to each other like water and life. Your thoughts and dreams are like architects, designing your life the way you want it to be. But it is your actions that are the building blocks which meticulously combine to form the magnificent structure that is your life. With just the dreams, there’s nothing but a blueprint of what CAN be a splendid monument.
We procrastinate and blame our fears for our idleness. Remember, If you do what you have always done, you'll get what you have always got. :)

Success is not something that you stumble upon. It takes determination, Hard Work and persistence to achieve it. All of us want to win. But how many of us are actually willing to go that extra mile? We do what we are told to do and nothing more. Friends, in the future, make it a habit of doing more than what you’re paid for. If you rationalize your laziness with lack of pay, you have condemned yourself to stay lazy, poor and miserable forever. How can you demand for more when you have not been giving more ?
I was working in a call centre after my twelfth. My boss delegated a task of researching numbers and addresses of educational institutions in India to me and some of my fellow colleagues. They ended up giving approximately 100-200 schools’ details as it was the target. I on the other hand was the only person to give more than a thousand. I did it not for the money. I did it because I want to make it a habit of putting in a 110% in whatever I do.

A wise man once told me, "The only difference between ordinary and extra ordinary is 'extra'. So let's all strive to give that extra in life and be more than just ordinary."

So if you ask me, "kaisa laga?" I have but one answer- ACHA LAGA!! :)
Thanks again sir.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

DO WE REALLY NEED COLLEGE EDUCATION TO GET A JOB?!! I DONT THINK SO...



Hi Dear Reader,
This is my first ever blog post and I hope what follows will benefit and enlighten you. And please remember to leave comments and yes, criticism is most welcome.
I've just finished my high school a couple of weeks ago. I have an average percentile which will grant me admission in most colleges. Traditionally, a person in my shoes would be busy studying for admission exams and applying for an admission in colleges, but I haven't applied to a single college and I am not planning to either this year. I am an aspiring entrepreneur. I believe that you don't need education to make money. I've decided to take an year off and use it to get a job for myself, save for college, start a small time business and also help my parents with the rising expenditure. But everyone I pass by keeps asking me this same question, "Which college are you going to join?" and when i tell them I'm going to start a legitimate business and get a job, they go nuts and allege that my decision is stupid. "You cant start a business now", "You're too young", "You need education to make money", "Businesses will never succeed". And all I want to reply is- "SHUUUTTT UP!!! that is the biggest load of crap I've heard in my life".

People, dont get me wrong. I understand the pivotal importance of education in one's life. Its the advices i get that conflicts with my beliefs. Right from my childhood, adults have given me the same advice. The same advice they got when they were a child - "You have to study hard and get a job so that you can be rich and successful". This thought is so deep rooted in the minds of our society- young and old, they are totally oblivious to the fact that there are other ways to be successful. We blindly follow others and most of us are terrified to try something new or to adopt a method different from others. Some of the most successful people who ever lived were uneducated. They succeded not because of education or a fancy college degree. They succeeded because they thought differently, they had the courage to believe in their thoughts and they Worked Hard to pursue their thoughts.
These people include-
Thomas Alva Edison - The greatest inventor that ever lived.
Dhirubai Ambani - The biggest business magnate in India. ( If he would have been alive today, his assets would be worth more than 100billion $, His sons mukesh and anil are the 4th and 5th richest people today in the world respectively.
Fred Trump - an imigrant who lived in the US, started out with nothing and ended up with all the wealth in the world. His son, Donald Trump, is the biggest real estate developer in Manhattan. He holds the credit for making some of the finest golf courses, hotels, apartments in the world. And many many more. All these people found a niche for themselves in their respective professional world and have redefined success because of the way they think and act. And I assure you, I will also come in this list and some child somewhere, sometime in the future will be writing a similar article setting me as an example.

As a man who fuels his lamp of learning with the oils of others’ experience, let me expound the following maxim: Don't do what others do just because they're doing it. They probably dont know why they are doing it themselves.

I have to go now, so I conclude by saying this- think differently, believe in yourself. You know what is best for you better than anyone else. Dont let others suggestions bring you down. And whatever you do, do it with the best of yout abilities and work hard.
Thank You readers for the precious time you have spent to read my article. I will be back in a couple of days to dip my hands into some other topic.
Until then,
Bubye. Take care.
Thank you.