Why is it that Successful people are more prone to failure?

Nothing fails like success. I believe this is the line that sums up the issue in your head while you first read this topic.

I basically got this idea from a local shop in my neighborhood.

The shopkeeper used to be a nice guy when the shop was small. He only kept a few items. Always used to greet us nicely and we regularly went to him for buying our day to day items not because there was only that shop in the market, but because of the shopkeeper's kind nature and a good sense of humor.

Soon the shop grew in its popularity and slowly the shop turned into a big supermarket. That guy is still the owner of that store. But I don't prefer going there now. Not even any of my friends go there.

Why so?

Because obviously, the shop has more of products now, but it now lacks that personal human touch it used to have. That same guy now takes the product from us, never greets us and if we happen to greet him, he never replies with a smile. Takes our product, scans it, takes the money and gives it to us. All this action happens very mutely. No “Hi” or “Hellos” and no “Thank You”.

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After a few days of that incident, a new small shop opened up in front of that store, and that new shopkeeper has more customers in a day as compared to the store!

From this incident only I got this idea to write something about why the successful people are sometimes most prone to failure than the average ones. It seems very cruel from a distant view to see that if someone has achieved success after going through so much hardship, then why does God not let him enjoy the success? In such a situation we do start blaming god. I suggest here to look closely. Magnify into the reasons and life of that person and you'll see one of these following traits that had led to his/her failure.  So let's get right into it.

1)   SUCCESS MEANS A STOP TO THEM!

Some people think that when their businesses have reached a global or an international level, it seems so easy to float on this success and there is no need to work hard further. But this is “SO UNTRUE”.

The cause of this is that, being international means your brand is now having a responsibility to serve and nurture your clients in new and exciting ways. What differentiates a successful business from an unsuccessful one is that the successful one always treats their customers like a small child. And why do they do that?

Because each and every small child wants a new toy, a new chocolate, a new game every few days, if it doesn't then he will shift to another shop.

Same way are your customers or your teammates or your children or your students. You have to BREAK THE MONOTONY.

Give your customers a new exciting experience every few days and they will do nothing but love you and your brand more than ever!

2)   THEY FORGET THAT SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY.

Every successful failure thought that success is some sort of a destination to reach. Instead, success is more or less like a good song played with the guitar. Imagine each of your little wins as a stroke or a note of the guitar being played. Your life is that guitar here. You strike up a deal in that business meeting, you hit one note properly. You have made two strangers smile today, congratulations you have just hit two notes properly. You have forgiven someone for doing wrong to you, excellent! , you have yet again hit one note properly.

So keep on hitting the guitar of your life with each and every bit in the proper way so that when you die you know you have created a great song. A song for others to remember and repeat it in their lives, till eternity. That's called as success ! That's why the cliché "success is a journey, not a destination" is so true.

3)   PERSONAL BOND VS PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS

 Bond over the business. Is what successful people do. Business over bond is what takes success to failure. And all it takes is just those few seconds when you might have lifted the world with your greatness.

I remember reading somewhere that Art Papas, the founder and CEO of Bullhorn saying this "I always welcome any new customers or suppliers in our lobby. I stop, say hello and ask if they would like to have a coffee. We started this long time back when we were just a small company and we didn't even have a receptionist back then. Now I see each of our employee doing it. It seems to be deeply seated in our work environment and feels to us like a culture."

Now you tell me, wouldn't such a sweet act of gratitude be enjoyed by the customers? Of course, it would. Customers don't just need services now, they need "better services with genuine smiles" now.

4)   WHERE HAS THE KIND HEART GONE ?

As I was sharing about that local shop which turned out to be a successful failure in front of me, I learned one important lesson from it. That many times people let success rule their hearts and minds both. Success is more or less like an illusion. Competition is still there. The battle is still going on. Success just gives them a small time frame to take a nap. And that is when competitors come hunting and turn that success into a page in history. If that particular storekeeper would have cracked jokes like earlier times, he would have never left the loyalty of his customers. That is so because "customers will give you loyalty if you happen to treat them as a royalty".

Take the Ferrari cars for example and why does it take so much time to build one ? Because with the hard work and labor, the car makers put their love in those cars they produce. Each of their cars defines the love put in it, each of the Ferrari car glorifies the relentless devotion of the Italians to make it truly speak "Italian made".

Now let me ask you this. Is what you are doing currently speaking and I mean speaking, is it really speaking YOUR NAME ?

I so strongly believe that your craft should speak your name as if it is engraved on it. It will last long, much longer than your autographs.

Don't just let your death be a number in the register of census showing death tolls during that particular year, make it count for living a magnificently remarkable well-lived life.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

The Dustbin Theory

In the school days, we are advised to keep notes of our subjects, to stay up-to-date and be on-track of the studies going on. Then we shift to colleges and as exams start approaching closer and closer we do run to copy notes from friends, but yes, jokes apart, we do maintain notes in colleges as well. And then comes the phase to handle your own expenses so we do the jobs. In a job also it becomes a daily part of our office life to maintain some sort of records either it could be the stock register of a clerk or it could be the books of accounts of a chartered accountant working independently or it could be the class attendance register maintained by a school teacher. All of these records have strikingly many things in common, allow me to throw some light on them.  They are : -

1.  All of these accounts are maintained and revised periodically.
2. They represent the existence of hierarchy in a particular organization.
3. They are very granular in nature, still very necessary.
4. They help the organization in making sure that the organization is on track. If any variations are identified, they are suddenly acted upon with some crystal clear, stated measures to bring the organization on track.
5. All of these documents are maintained by the organizations who want to achieve the best position in their respective industry.

HAVE YOU APPLIED THE SAME PRINCIPLE TO YOUR LIFE?

Do you maintain a daily journal or a diary where you can note down your daily progress and failures?

I presume you haven’t. Mostly don’t. So you are not the only one who doesn’t have such a dairy.

Now if you give me the most famous excuse of not getting enough time to do it then please answer my this question:-

What if your company pays you 10 $ every day to just maintain a personal diary? Would you maintain it then? Of course, you would.

Now, what if I tell you that if you maintain a diary constantly for a month, without getting a penny for doing it, would you do that?

Well, maybe don’t. So in case you are a preacher of the formula

MONEY = TIME

I do have a little secret for you in here., that will let you earn from this habit.

This habit of writing things down has been in existence since the humans were born. The great Upanishads, The Holy Bible, The Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagavad Gita, Quran etc are all in existence till date due to the simple habit of humans to write things down. Yes, of course, it would have been great if men knew when to stop writing only then could we escape from the long boring history classes! But of course, even they give some very important messages like bravery, integrity, fight for freedom, human fundamental need to be free etc.

So why is it that we have forgotten it now?

The habit of maintaining a daily personal journal has helped me in a countless number of ways.

Journaling has been my most effective tool in times of distress. Note down whatever is troubling you right now. Might be you have been through a break up with your sweetheart, might be you have gone through a divorce recently or might be you have been ridiculed regularly by your office team mates. Write it down. Let the fresh paper be your best friend. And while you're writing your problems, feel that you are telling to the most trusted person in the world. Of course, it isn't possible for the people whom you think would be there by your side, to be there always. And might be they will just say plain NO to you and leave you in those dark valleys. But you shouldn't lose hope because you have the ultimate power, the God or the Magical power which is hanging this planet Earth on merely nothing in the air. And I find journaling as the best medium to connect to that higher power. I write down my problems, seek answers and keep on writing and writing until I see an answer before me. Believe me, my dear friend, that power is ready to help you, all you need to do is to ASK for it.

 For a disease to be cured, you need to identify it beforehand. You just cannot eat the medicine as per your choice. Journaling does exactly that. Many times we get angry or frustrated due to work pressure or some outside world and we bring this stress to home and break the “tight bubble of loving atmosphere” at homes in a matter of seconds by yelling out. What we don’t realize is that we have actually transferred that same negative energy to our loved ones, ignorant of the fact that it will come hunting for you someday.

I believe journaling is the best way to express gratitude for what you have. Do you have two eyes? Be grateful for it. Do you have a roof over your head? Be grateful for it. Do you have clean water to drink? Be grateful for it. Do you have food on your table? Be grateful for it. Write down all things you are grateful for, then dump down your own worries.

I call this habit of dumping your worries as “The Dustbin Theory”. In this theory, write down your worries in a separate journal. Practice it whenever you feel like, it could be in the morning every day or at night when the world sleeps, practice it in the hour best suited to you. This theory is the best way to dump out all your work pressures, stress, anxiety, negative thoughts, fears, setbacks and rebukes that might be restraining and preoccupying your mind, chaining its freedom. When the mind will be free, you will reclaim the genius in you that so very much deserves to breathe in that rare air of ultra performers. This technique will surely help you in cleansing your mind and body because 90% of our diseases are the resultants of constant negative impulses we keep locked inside us. Am sure, when you will apply these ideas, they will help you in increasing your morale, increase happiness in your work and family life and thus your income will soar.

Hope my ideas will serve you to the fullest of their potential.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

Are You Doing Your Part ?

Excuse me for this, but this particular blog post is actually for those specific group of people who have a habit of "doing it later". And this “later” never comes. I always share with you all the topic of how to be more productive and more energized, but today I felt the need to write for the other group of people.

We all have seen, met and loved such people in our lives who were always de-motivated about doing their work. Such people fall into the procrastination group. These guys are generally fat, lazy and are the worst companions to roam around with. They infuse you with their negativity and make you feel to get off track about chasing your worthy goals and ambitions.

For such people, I don't feel hatred. I feel pity. Because they are not made aware of the tremendous potential they possess and the opportunities they are losing, are nothing but the precious time they are letting go of their hands like grains of sand.

If you are one of those people who don't like to work and sit around in your home, nibble on all the chips and coke cans you have in your kitchen, I would like to invite you to see the life, but from your angle only ! Not from mine or anybody else's angle.

 I know you must be bombarded with such advice, rebukes, and anger from all people around you. That is the reason why I want to show you what I want to show you, from your own angle.

Okay, so now, look around you. What can you see?

In your house, what can you see right now? Your mother is working in the kitchen preparing the supper, your dad just returned from his tiring day at the office where he works his butt off each and every day. Now look at the AC in your room. It's working. Constantly you change the temperature to meet your requirements.

Suppose your dad is taking you guys out for dinner because he got the promotion, which for so many days he had his eyes on. (Note: here the promotion also means he is changing or maybe I should say evolving in his job)

You guys get in the car ready to go to your favorite restaurant. You are in your car. How does a car work? The car works by moving. Word to be noted here is "moving".  Look outside the window. What can you see then? Other cars are passing by. Some cars are better than yours, some cheaper than yours. Still, all are similar in one aspect, all are doing what? All are moving.

After having your meal, you guys go out for a walk from the restaurant to the parking lot. And as you are passing by the streets, you hear some voices of laughter, you turn around and you see some men around 26 of age, enjoying and sharing jokes. You feel how happy they are, enjoying their lives and here you are just getting sad as the time passes by.

You reach home with your mom and dad. You reach your room. Now before you turn on the lights, just look at your house for a second. What do you see?

Darkroom. Blackness spread over like the night. Stillness. No life in it. Dead.

Do you like your room like that? No, you don't. And thus you bring everything back to life with the switch.

See my dear friend, this is the way your family feels about you when you are not doing anything and sitting like a lifeless statue in their lives. When you went out and saw all the world "moving" didn't that shake you up?

Moving, changing, evolving, working, these are all the synonyms of activity. The reason you feel sad, gloomy and de-motivated is because you are not being a part of this universe. This universe is constantly moving forward to change. Like you feel differently about different people, you have different and evolving preferences in the food you order every time you enter the same restaurant and here you are sitting idle, wasting up your time, procrastinating the responsibilities you have and thus postponing your own success.

You have two choices now, either keep on being lazy and become a part of forgettable history or to get up, roll your sleeves and show to the world that you count too, create something magnificent in your life and be part of the unforgettable winners of history.

The choice is yours.

You all might be having someone in your life who falls into this category of lazy people. It could be a subordinate at your office or it could be your own daughter or it could be a student in your class, whoever it is, please share with him/her my this insight and let them shine in this world. This is simply because they deserve success, as much as you and I.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

Why Is It So Difficult To Follow A Dream ?

Mind, body, heart and soul, that's all required to make a man.

And interestingly all of that is required to have a dream.

Mind gives us the power to think subconsciously about our dreams.

Body does the action to “DO” the dream i.e. to work hard to get the dream of realms turns into a reality

Heart chooses what dream we pursue that engages us fully and makes us aware of the fact that it's totally up to us what is right and what is wrong for us.

And. . . 

Soul gives us the power, energy, enthusiasm (call it passion if you will) and the much-needed fire to lighten us up for the future glory that awaits us. The soul is much like a powerhouse to a dream. If your dream (or desire) isn't that deep into your soul, you'll never make to the end.

Now here please don't assume that we are talking about some vague dreams.

Here, therefore, am referring to those aspirations and needs you so strongly want as if they are the true fuels of your soul.

I mean, here, a set of defined crystal clear dreams.

With the good comes evil.

With love comes hate.

With trust comes betrayal.

With dark comes the sunshine.

With summer comes winter.

With honesty comes lie.

With birth comes death.

With goal comes challenge.

With dream comes barrier.

Now no one of us will deny the fact that we don't need any one factor of the above, because without one factor, the other would be of no value.

For instance, how would you feel the presence of good when there is no evil?

How would you feel the presence of honesty when there is no lie?

How would you feel the absence of sunshine when all you know is dark?

How would you get to know the real importance and significance of birth when there is no death?

Isn't this amusing that, we fear the things we shouldn't fear and we don't fear the things we should fear.

Look around. People are aimlessly going in their lives. No one is “THAT” afraid of death because they know its certain and this gives them the sweetest excuse as to why they are not chasing their dreams. And then ask them who are they afraid of?

Answer?

Their bosses, because there is so much uncertainty in that field of life. Call it job security for better understanding.

We are focusing a lot on "Job Security”, “Life Security.” "Financial Security" and "Basic Security".

We can obviously make sure of regular bread at the table with "JOB SECURITY".
We can also get happy about "LIFE SECURITY" thanks to the many insurance companies ringing us day and night to remind us of its importance.
For covering ourselves up for the uncertainties of the future and the "forever increasing" inflation, we start doing some investments in form of mutual funds, bank FDs, buying some stocks and shares and even having some infra investments. And by practicing this, we make ourselves secure in the terms of "Financial Security".
 And then to protect our family, we address to their basic needs one of them is shelter and giving them a sweet home. This act of ours hereby confirms that we are secure on the "BASIC SECURITY" frontiers.
Now after addressing all these issues, if we get some time, we sit in front of the TV and call it a day until we feel sleepy. And in doing so we forget about another "security" we have forgotten to take care of !!!

"THE DREAM SECURITY"

Now obviously this seems to be a very weird term to you, but give me time. Read on and digest what all is there. You'll feel enlightened. That's my promise.

We all have seen those above-mentioned uncertainties happening to people around us that due to that fear of losing we have secured ourselves against them by making some reserves.

Like ...

You have "Life Security" to secure your family from the financial problems that they might have to face from your death

You must be fed up to the brim with your boss's bad nature but you still keep quiet, reason being you want to safeguard your "Job Security"

You have a nice home to protect your family from the wild animals which thus counts for "Basic Security" . And then you also want to keep your money safe and growing to meet the future needs of your family. And because you don't get failed at it, you make some investments aka "Financial Security".

But what about those passions which are crying inside your heart for they are never showered with love?

We resign ourselves to mediocre thinking. We resign ourselves to the pre-conceived notions the world feeds us. We end up being what society wants us to be.

And amid all these issues that require our attention, we forget about hunting for our dreams.

I believe this is the number one reason why chasing a dream is so very much important.

As you have seen, our each priority NOW is the product of the simple realization by us of the PAST which has underlined the word uncertainty and FEAR. We have insurances because of fear. We have investments because of fear. We listen to rebukes of the boss because of fear. If not fear, call it "realization of the existence of fear".

Now, in this particular blog post, I want to connect the same driving forces in the world to your dreams.

Don't you fear what will you answer your children if they got to know about your hidden desires and they ask you the reason of not fulfilling them?

Don't you fear what wisdom will you share with your grandchildren if you haven't chased something big in life that is worth sharing?

How would you feel if your son/ daughter comes home from the school and everyday describes how "awesome" his/ her friend's dad/ mom is and your son/daughter take them as a role model and not you ?

Hurting. Isn't it?

Isn't that a fear of losing your loved ones? I believe if your kid takes another man as his hero, you should be afraid of losing him. Because he will follow the footsteps of that person, not you.

Now suppose, God forbid if anything happens to you and you cannot join your office from tomorrow for forever. What would happen then? Who will bring that bread to your table? Yes, you would be unable to work and your family will start working for you and you might end up being a burden for yourself and them too. Might be you will be completely devoid of any willpower to go to work or find another job. And what will happen to your life? Sadness. Gloom. Frustrations. Disappointments. Misery. Fear. Uncertainty.

You were doing the job to run away from uncertainty and then this unfortunate event happened and uncertainty and fear caught up with you.

The antidote to it?

Your dreams. Your Passions.

When you will be working towards your dreams and your hungry aspirations, your children will notice it. Guess who will be the hero then ? YOU !

And if you now put the above crisis situation here and view it from this angle...

You will get up to fight! Even though you might be going through the most terrible times in your life, you will have that faith in yourself and your dream, that you just become unstoppable. You must have heard the term "faith can move mountains". It really can.

The only reason why we don't work towards our dreams is that we haven't attached any fear to it. We all have that tendency to overlook the most important issues until they convert into pressing emergencies.

And now if you regularly go through the question that "Why some people in the world are rich in just one generation and some families get passed from generations to generations and still they can't accumulate that money? "

The answer is :- The mediocre minds are working hard to earn money because of the fear of losing it. While those mega minds (aka rich people) are simply following their dreams. Which in itself makes them void of the fear of running out of money. In turn, money runs after the !

So connect your dreams with a fear so that you condition yourself to work hard for it.

Fear isn't a negative or a bad word.

Fear is a gorgeous word, if seen from this perspective.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

5 Tactics to Stop the wrong in your life, RIGHT NOW !

We all want to achieve our dreams.

Each one of us aspires to be regarded as a legend in our area of operation.

Not even a single human being on this planet would be there who has zero dreams.

So, what actually differentiates “a few” from the rest? 

We tend to wonder that these “Titans” started same way like us, still we lag behind and they produce huge turnovers, living the life we imagine.

To answer all such mind battling questions, I have designed these 5 tactics for you to apply to stop being a mediocre and start being a legend, like you have always wanted to be.

Awareness is very important. The only way to stop something that is going wrong in life is by making yourself aware of the following pointers and making sure that you apply them regularly.

1.    AWARENESS of the issue.

If you don’t even realize what thing is troubling you, it’s impossible to hit the target. Vague visions lead to Vague results.

2.    STATE what you want in a PERSONAL COMMITMENT AGREEMENT.

Just like every company has its own set of agreements like Articles and Memorandum of Association, I feel each one of us must have a personal commitment agreement, where we commit to the truest of ourselves, to work harder, to be more honest, to stop thinking and doing negative and to be a better human being with each and every passing day.

3.    ACTION.

You know something isn’t going on right. You have it what it takes to make it work. So why waiting? Get out, roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty and carry on the work till its fruition. Human willpower can complete anything that it puts its hands on. Always remember that.

4.    HAVE FAITH.

Have faith in yourself and the power you have inside to change the wrong going through in front of you. The universe will try to break you at many points, at some points you will be discouraged to step out and let it go, but that will be the very moment when you will have to gather up your strength, tap into the hidden reservoirs of energy within you and bounce back 1000 times stronger !

5.    PERSIST TILL THE END. 

Millions don’t get their dreams or couldn’t solve their problems just because of the reason that they give up too soon. Sometimes yes the fight seems to be endless and we get tired of fighting, then there is the moment of decision. You can either decide to give up or you can review the reason why you started fighting the problem and get back up!

Hope my ideas will serve you in the best ways. Revise these points as much as you want. Do tell me your views and opinions in the comment box below.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.

What to do When it seems like the World is Standing Against You ?

Have you ever felt that what you're doing , is somehow ridiculed by the world?

   

Have you ever heard from the public, shouting at you from the other side of the fence that you cannot do it and throwing pebbles at you, just to make you stop what you're trying to achieve?

Have you ever felt that inner anger when even your own family members are not listening to you and understanding your innate desire to change the world with your craft ?

Have you ever heard the saying that "you're too ordinary" or "it'll take a lot of time to build up" or something like "you can do it as a part-time hobby, but you will never earn good money from it"?

Have you ever heard from the noisy people that "there are thousands like you, you don't have that thing to make a difference? You won't make a difference that “BIG"?

These are just some of the questions that you might be encountering on your way to success. And if you are going in this way, then I stand up for you and give you hats off. Because what you're doing is legendary. Not everyone in this world has that amount of guts to stand up against the society.

From our birth, we are accustomed to following the living ways of our closed ones. We imitate their every action like speaking, eating, talking etc to get in tune with the customs of the world. And such a child is then given the label as a "civilized" child. But when this same child wants to do something different from the world he is given the label of "uncivilized". Such a child wants to realize his wild dreams and pursue his passions without giving any regard to what the society is doing and the society stops him. Even though the society knows that such a person will change the world for the good.

We have encountered “n” number of instances where if we question the way of thinking we are punished or given the tag of "uncivilized".

I do sometimes challenge this dogma of the so-called civilization. Like what really is it?

If "A" is doing something and "B" imitates it, "C" watches "B" doing and imitates, then why does "D" has to do that only ? Are there any rules written somewhere? If they are, please show them to me.

See friends, I am a guy who asks a hell lot of questions when curious and want to know about something to the root of it. My friends sometimes call me as "questionnaire" too !

And then, if  "D" challenges what the idea behind what "A" has done they all call him "uncivilized". 
Why ? Is it just because he is going in some other way. This reminds me of the line so beautifully said by Robin Sharma “All geniuses were first ridiculed before they were revered.”

Now if you go to "B" and ask him "If you give me a valid reason that why are you doing what "A" has done, I'll stop doing what am trying to do and I'll do as per you say"

Ask this question to "C" as well. And you know what they'll answer ?

They will be numb. They'll try to rebuke you and try to whoosh you off because somewhere down the line they are guilty of not being able to answer this simple question of yours.

And I believe it is their fault somewhere. Now you'll ask me why and how. Let me throw some light on it.

"C" is pressurizing "D" to do what "C" has done.

And "C" has done that work because "B" had done it.

And "B" has done it because "A" had done it.

Now think, from where did "A" get this work?

All the others inherited it from their ancestor (here, "A")

But we don't question that FROM WHERE DID “A” GET IT ?

He never got it from someone else. He INVENTED it. He was the one from whom the so-called work took birth. Don't you think he might have faced ridicule during his times ? Because what situation you are facing right now, "A" went through the same set of issues.

For instance, take the Wright Brothers. At their time they were ridiculed to think about a "flying machine". The world called them crazy. They were, in fact, made the laughing stock of the locality for thinking "too high". Thanks to them now we can fly that high!

The world has stood against the odd ones. And it will. Because they cannot tolerate something different happening among them. The fact that why "B" and "C" followed what "A" had done resembles that "A" had invented his thing and "B" and "C" simply followed it. They never tried anything new or maybe they were afraid of failure or maybe they weren't blessed enough to have the power to think out of the box. Now you'll see that the ones who are against you are mostly of the category of "B" and "C". They are the afraid ones. (Residents of the Afraid Street)

These Afraid Street residents cannot see someone going out of their herd. They more or less are like the sheep following what one is following and eating what one of them is eating.

And on the other side of the river, there is a land called "Genius Land". And I know... you live there only. But then we do need our resources and we need the afraid ones in our lives as well.

So how to deal with the world when the world stands against you ? Let me give you some protocols to follow.

1)    Respect and love your haters.

Yes I mean love them ! Why ? Because if they weren't there, from where would you get the motivation to work harder and to prove them wrong ?

2)    Talk less to them.

With less, I mean very less. Because after greetings, the next line coming out from their mouths might hurt you.

3)    If they hurt you?

Now if they hurt you, you'll be spending some amount of time thinking about why they said this and that. While doing so you are wasting up your own time ! And in fact, subconsciously you have allowed them to mess up with the beautiful framework of your mindset. So it's better to not to spend so much time with them.

4)    Don't argue with them, show them !

If you'll start arguing with them, you are yourself saying to them that "Hey! You have hurt me and you have won in hurting me. Congratulations" Do you want them to feel that ? Because they really want to hear those words in your arguments. When you are arguing with them they are subconsciously receiving the message of their success in hurting you. And nothing feels good to them but that feeling alone of hurting you. Please remember that the weak always argue. The wise shows them up. Show your critics with your brilliance and your bravery that you are worth the effort. You CAN change the world.

And I accept it's very difficult to live amid these constant pokes of the mediocrity and still focus on your craft. But let me share with you a beautiful insight with you that I've got just know while writing this blog post.

Imagine yourself as an airplane and the so-called afraid ones as the cars. You can obviously roam around in a country with both but can you roam around the world in the same car? No, you can't. And why is that? Because an airplane flies above the cars.

Now what I invite you to envision is that the airplane also hears the horns or the rebukes of the cars that "there is no use of flying so high and there is no other world than this."

But the airplane has his set of values and strong willpower which gives him the much-needed wisdom and courage to think against the cars. So what does he do ? He takes off. Simply, slowly and steadily with self-belief and curiosity in eyes, he takes off amid the "noisy honking cars" to set his own path and write his own destiny.

Imagine what would happen if the airplane would listen to the cars all his life?  He would die very soon. Now you see what really is happening, the airplane tells the cars about the other part of the never explored world, which fascinates them (cars) and the airplane takes those noisy cars to another land. In return for this service to the society, all those noisy cars shut down their honking and respect the bravery of the airplane and give him the title of the LEGEND !

So my dear friend, the noisy people around you will speak, but it totally depends on you if you want to die among them or take off with that leap of faith and straight away dive into your dreams with those eyes of curiosity to make a change in the world because I believe, you will !

One day, this noise will shut down but you have to keep patience for it which the airplane demonstrated so beautifully.

Practice these ideas, reflect on them. Write them down to get them tattooed on your brain. Because these facts alone, will change your way of looking at your naysayers.

You need those naysayers. They're not useless. Instead, they are priceless. Because the noisy cars challenged the airplane, he dived straight into discovering his own path.

The roads have limits. Sky doesn't. You are an airplane. The sky is yours for the taking, my dear friend. Fly high ! Set your own record in the world! Because somewhere down there, there is a group of noisy cars waiting to give you the title of a LEGEND!

Spread your feathers of faith and fly high.

Till next time.

Stay motivated. Stay excited. Stay happy.