Khudi ko kar buland itna ke har
taqdeer se pehle, khuda bandhe se yeh pooche “batah teri raza kya hein” ~ Allama Iqbal
Yeah, music
and songs of certain types gets me thinking more often than certain dry speeches
and write-ups.
An actor
called Shah Rukh Khan once stood on the streets of Mumbai with virtually
nothing to boast off of and claimed “ I will own this city “. Fast forward 2
decades, he achieved it in a sense by becoming a household name through his
movies and extremely charismatic mannerisms and maneuvers. Will write more on
the man himself some other time. But what’s it that makes certain people click?
Call it his good fortune, talent or whatever, it worked for him. But then there
are millions who aspire for stars but end up looking at tar. Everyone is
entitled to dream, and only a very tiny fraction of people live to bring it to
fruition.
What gets
some of these achievers going? Is it the hunger? Is it the raw passion?
Confidence?
It may be
all of the above. Man’s drive is defined by his ambition. Only those who follow
through that path of perseverance gets to reach there… sure there are spoon-fed,
inherited boys n girls get into that space and invariably pass out not able to
bear the pressure of expectations and continuous performance of excellence that’s
expected off of them.
With
success comes expectations, with struggle to survive comes the raw passion.. Don’t
let anyone fool you that by making fashionable statements one attains his place
in this dog eat dog world. Studying success of someone makes us make all those
very funny statements. But what separates achievers from wannabee’s is the ZEAL
to get it done.
You will go
through the potholes of bureaucracy, mismanagement, poor timing, wrong projects
and more importantly true test of your own competency. It is easy to belt out
inspiring thoughts and messages and assume you have arrived after couple of
hints or hits of success.
In the
world of ‘get rich in thirty days’, there are various salesmen standing infront
of door either selling a Steven Covey or Steve Jobs. There are others who wants
to sell you more on emotional level pushing a Robin Sharma or Deepak Chopra’s in
helping you gain inner peace. They are not fake, mistake me not. They sure can help
you develop awareness, hone certain skills and even might provide you tools to
address your blind spots. Use them as beacons to guide your runway. Don’t assume
they autopilot your flight. You are the pilot, you own the ride.
Sitaron se age jahan
aur bhi hai aur bhi hai
Abhi ishq ke Imtehan aur bhi hai aur bhi hai
Abhi ishq ke Imtehan aur bhi hai aur bhi hai
It always
comes down to you on what on you want to achieve in your life. No life is too
generic and broad. Define what success look like for you from the level you are
in. For starters, aim small and near term. Use them as milestones. With each
milestone achieve something more than what you achieved previously. For all you
know you just want to good work in what you do in your salaried /student life…that
isn’t bad at all. 90% of people may fall under this category with my unsubstantiated
statement. But who cares about the statistics if you want to succeed badly but
100 others before you fell apart???
No person
in the world became famous just because he wanted the world to be a better
place from the get go... That’s an evolution. Every person starts with an
individual ambition or for better choice of word ‘Greed’ of doing right by
her/himself. This world doesn’t recognize anything more than success. Sure
success is the subjective term with what you are or where you are….but unless
you have arrived in the world of who knows who or who trumps who… you are
another wannabee..
So where
does one begin???
You start
with yourself. It starts with your own survival instincts of establishing yourself.
You need passion to get going on this. Your success defines you. If you fail….????
very possible your courage gets you going… yes, it is this courage to standup
again is what separates a wannabee’s to doer…
But what keeps
a doer going on and on and on despite of failures? It is his inherent
confidence. If you don’t buy what you are selling, sorry my friend you have lost
the battle before you even started. Every fight, every struggles begins with self
confidence and conviction that YOUR thought is the right one to catapult you to
the next level. Let that assessment be based on true evaluation, a blind chest
thumping passion of assumption that u have the next best product isn’t going to
cut it. Build a vision that is achievable, measurable, and predictable. Those
are the child steps everyone has to take. Every bird crawls until it dares to
fly. Let those small steps add feather into your journey, build a strong wing
and then you will know when you are really ready to take that leap of faith ……
Tu shaheen hai, Tu shaheen hai
Parvaz hai kam tera kam tera
Tere samne Aasman aur bhi hai
Tu shaheen he Basera kar Paharon ki chatano per
Tu shaheen hai tu Shaheen hai tu shaheen hai
Tere samne Aasman aur bhi hai
Tu shaheen he Basera kar Paharon ki chatano per
Tu shaheen hai tu Shaheen hai tu shaheen hai
