69th BLOG POST -->>
After coming from Jaipur,
Rajasthan I’ve watched may movies. Some were old and some were new. And
yesterday night I was watching R….Rajkumar. Every one of us loves watching movies. And
indubitably, we like the ones where there’s this guy who looks so sad and
terrified that the sky might just fall on his head, loses at something over and
over again till he finally gets the inspiration to work extremely hard and
manages to succeed.
But, reality is far from what these movies show. In real life, if
you try and try and try and try and don’t succeed, it probably means that it is
not your cup of tea. As a kid, I had friends who were deemed intelligent by
everyone around because they had real impressive report cards. My story, well,
was just the opposite. As a kid, this wreaked havoc on my self esteem. Believe
me, I tried. I read books, and did all the stuff they did. The only reason I
passed the exams was because I had an eidetic memory.
One day, a friend
suggested that I pursue my hobby of painting and sketching. Taking this advice
seriously, I went ahead with it, and got really good. Even today when I get a
chance of painting, I don’t leave it. Some day before my cousin Sarika asked
for drawing some pictures on drawing sheet. I’ve done it with the help of my
brother Dinesh Kumar Sahrawat. Underdogs like me exist. They are not fiction.
But what is unreal is the winning. Look at one of my school Rocky. He fails the
first time. The second time round, he and his adversary come ready. And then he
finally wins. More often than not, underdogs don’t win. In fact, you become
classified an underdog only if you fail at something. When incessant trials
result in failure, it does not mean you are not smart enough or you did not
work hard enough. It just means there is something else you are good at. It
just means your strengths lie elsewhere. If you judge a fish by its ability to
climb a tree, it’ll always fail.
You will face
challenges. How you deal with them is what counts. Challenges are not to be
tackled like a raging bull. They are to be managed. In every field of life
management is necessary. You have to play your strengths. Every person is
different as is every startup. I can say that everyone is unique or original.
If you are planning on starting a new company, remember one thing that it
will not be like any other on this planet. Your products might be similar to
some in the market. But your company will be unique in that it will have its
own distinct pulse. It will have unique growth and will have its own
personality. Don’t be sad if your company does not work like your competitor. Everything’s
fine as long as the work gets done. Your company might start working
at 11 am and stop by 6 pm, but you end up completing twice as
much work as your competitor, you really have no reason to feel low.
There is only one mantra
to success, and it is neither hard work nor smart work – you just have to play
your strengths the way it would prove advantageous for you. Here I’m not saying
that leave hard work. No don’t leave it. If you will play with your strengths than
you must have hard work without any smart work….!!
