Is
“Chalta Hai” your defining motto?
WANT to go somewhere but don’t know the way?
Simple. Just punch in your destination on one of those websites that offer maps
and – bingo – you will get directions on how to get there. Unfortunately,
that’s not the case with your goals in life. Those websites don’t offer
roadmaps to get to your goals!
Most young
people have similar goals. They want to be loved, healthy, happy, and
successful. And rich! And here’s the problem. As we set off on the journey
towards our goals, two paths emerge ahead of us. One looks like a fast and easy
road – full of short cuts. It’s the path of least resistance. And the other is
a long hard road, often strewn with obstacles. And - no prizes for guessing –
most of us take the easy way out!
And
that becomes a habit. We look for short cuts all the time. We compromise. We
don’t push ourselves to succeed; we merely set ourselves the objective of not
failing. We don’t play to win. We just want to avoid losing.
And so
we love tips like “If you study these three sections, you can get 35 marks”. Or
‘if you attend classes twice a week, you won’t be in the black list.”
Unfortunately, this attitude pervades our life and becomes a habit. We stop
striving for the greatness that we are all capable of. “Chalta Hai” becomes our
defining motto. And as someone rightly said, ‘Good is the enemy of Great’.
There
once lived a sculptor in a small town. He was working on a huge idol of a
Goddess that he was making for the local temple, when a young man walked into
his workshop. As the young man marveled at the idol, he suddenly noticed
another idol, almost identical, lying on the ground. “Do you need two of
these?” he asked. “No,” came the reply. “We only need one. But the first one
got damaged in the finishing stages. Hence I am doing it again.”
The
young man looked closely at the idol on the ground. It looked perfect. He could
not see any signs of damage. “Where is the flaw?” he asked. “Look carefully,”
said the sculptor, “and you will notice a scratch under the left eye.” “Wait a
minute!” said the young man. “Where will this idol be installed?”
The
sculptor explained that it would be on a platform fifteen feet high inside the
temple. And the young man quickly retorted, “At that distance, who will know
there is a scratch beneath the eye?” The sculptor smiled and said, “I will.”
Now
that’s a good reminder of what ex cellence is all about. It comes from inside,
not from outside. And it’s an attitude. One we would all do well to inculcate.
Commit
to doing your best at all times. Don’t compromise, ever. Whatever you do, give
off hundred percent. Aim to be the best at whatever you do. And do that not
because someone else tells you to do it – but because YOU want to.
And
make sure you always, always do the right thing. Don’t tell yourself it’s okay,
no one will notice. Remember, someone is watching all the time. And that
someone is you. Your character is defined not by how you behave when you know
others are watching – but by what you do when no one is looking.
If you
create an idol with a scratch and think no one will notice, you will soon find
another scratch appearing in your work and then another. And you will spend a
lot of time and effort hiding those scratches, covering up, hoping no one
notices. And instead of becoming a master sculptor, you become a patch-up
artist. And your life – instead of becoming a masterpiece – becomes just
another flawed piece of work. And in either case, what makes the difference is
not the skill. It’s always your ATTITUDE.
Get
the sculptor’s attitude. Commit to excellence. And make your life a
masterpiece.
Letz together create a new history. What say guys?
Keep smiling always.. Letz rock!!
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