There is no voodoo
We are amazed at the Sachin Tendulkar’s records and his earnings ! …we think what a
Magic
Our jaws drop looking at the grand plans for the next film release
of Rajinikanth and his demi-god status ! … we think how fortunate he is
We scratch our head on seeing Satya Nadella’s per annum pay package of
Rs.112 Crore! …we think how lucky he is…
Most of us look at the
Trailblazers, think of them in terms of
the Money they possess or other idiosyncratic statistics and think that they
attained their status because of some magic….is it so?
My philosophy is “there is no
voodoo about anything we deal in Life”…so you may ask me , well Mr.Highbrow , then
can you please deconstruct the successes of Mr.Tendulkar or Rajini or Nadella
for us? …you may well ask me then why
without “magic” there is just one Tendulkar,Rajini or Satya among the billions ….
Well…Ah…Hum…Errrrr…let me try my 5
cents of success tips ….
Sachin Tendulkar made his debut
for India at the age of 16 years…Can you imagine !!! all of 16 years , playing at the highest level…To
give an equivalent, it is like you at 16 years joining your current profession and performing
at the level of well accomplished peers !!!
It is purely the skill, focus and the application of both in real time.
And think when would he have decided to take up cricket as a profession ? my
guess is that around when he was around 12 years …Oh My god...Now think of how
many grown-ups (including Yours Truly) can take such a mature decision. It is no wonder Mr.Tendulkar minted money…can
you see ? there is no voodoo here …purely Skill , Focus and Application
Rajinikanth was a bus conductor in
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corp., Bangalore , just when his friend and
driver friend Raj Bahadur prodded him to travel to Chennai to do an acting course.
Now do you think it would have an easy decision for a man who got to leave his
job as a conductor in a government corporation , given his modest background ?
Nevertheless he did it…He risked whatever he had at that time…an attempt that
could have turned as much fatal as it turned out to be fabulous…How many among
a billion have such guts to leave whatever they have ….There is no voodoo …Is
it not?
Satya
Nadella, in his first email to his employees , after taking over as CEO of
Microsoft, says this to says about himself
“I
am 46. I’ve been married for 22 years and we have 3 kids. And like anyone else,
a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall
life experiences. Many who know me say I am also defined by my curiosity and
thirst for learning. I buy more books than I can finish. I sign up for more
online courses than I can complete. I fundamentally believe that if you are not
learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things. So family,
curiosity and hunger for knowledge all define me. “
It is this curiosity
and Learning that motivated him to fly between Seattle … (where he worked) and
Chicago (Booth School of Business), a good 6 hours of travel by air every week for
2 years !....Friends do you see any voodoo here? I see only hardwork and Focus….
Hardwork, Focus,Risk
Taking,Application and Skills…all happen deliberately…There is no voodoo in
anything we do in Life….Every success and failure can be peeled back !
Hope I convinced you...Please write to me about your thoughts on this !
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