At times I do get disturb and start cursing my enviornment and
surrounding for not giving me enough opportunities and resources to rock the
world. I don’t know about others but this man I met few years ago is quite gem
of a person. In hindi we say “miti se bhi sona nikal le”, means he is the kind
of person who can dig gold even from sand. Such a person he is full of life,
always optimistic and can turn any situation in his favour. Yes he is one of
the richest people in the city and competes with his father another richest
person in the same city. I don’t mean that they have rivalry. They are best
buddies to each other. So, the other day I was a bit depressed by the progress
of my work and complaining about the resources I didn’t have and could have
done better if I had them. I was discussing it with Parth, (the person I have
been talking about) during a chat session on facebook. Parth asked me, “Mohit can you please tell me what you are
lacking with to get to those resources?” Obviously I said money and opportunites. He said, “Well
if that is the case there is plenty of money and opportunities all around, may be you are not
able to observe it.” I was a bit confused. Parth said, “Let me share a story
with you.”
Around 50 years back there lived a poor boy in a lonely place with his
family. This place was hardly 20 KMs away from the town but no one travelled
that road much. The only thing good for this family was that their ancestors
have left them this huge land with two ponds with a warning that never get
depart with this land or we are watching. Tradition followed and now they were
having this land which was serving them food and shelter. This boy Jagdish use
to spend his time at one of the pond. He used to sit there kill his time and
curse that he having such a big land can be billionaire but cannot sell it. He
will sit there and throw crystal like stones in pond. It was his daily routine.
He was not allowed to go there in night hours or he could have spent 24 hours
there throwing stones and cursing his ancestors.
One night he was not getting sleep and went towards the pond. On his way
he saw a glow coming out of pond and shining water in moon light. It was as if
he was looking at a Shrine. Feeling scared he ran away. He repeated his night
visits for some days having the feeling that his ancestors might visit the
place during night as it was said that they will be watching. One night taking
courage he went near the pond thinking that as they are his ancestors so they
will not harm him. He was amazed to see the beauty of shining water and there
were no traces of threat. He thought for a moment and went back to sleep. For
the first time after he became young he was sleeping with a satisfied smile on
his face.
Next morning he went to a furniture shop and looked for few table and
chairs. He went to the shopkeeper and asked, “How about you give me these sets
of furniture for free.” Shopkeeper was confused and asked why. So, Jagdish
replied if you give to me for free I will offer you 20% share in my restaurant.
Shopkeeper agreed but said he will deliver it on the inaugural day. The boy
fixed the number and left. It was a deal. Now he needed a team which can cook
and serve. So, he went to one of the best caterer in the town. He met the owner
and said, “How about partnering in a restaurant which is at one best located,
within the city yet away from local hustles, which serves the best candle light
dinner?” The caterer immediately understood the boys point and asked when we
are starting the deal. His percentage was also 20%. From here he straight away
went to a nursery and asked the owner, “Do you supply plants for your own
restaurant?” “I don’t own a restaurant”, replied the owner. The boy offered him
20% share for plants and some initial finance required.
He invited all the three partners and explained them his proposal. All
the three partners signed the deal and Jagdish gave his thumb impression. Now
the deal was furniture and maintenance by furniture guy, food and beverages by
catering guy, plantation and lightening by nursery guy, idea and land of
Jagdish. All four gets 20% each and 20% for restaurant emergency fund. On the
inaugural day there were about 100 invitees to attend. They were amazed to see
this beautiful spot near the city and away from hustle and soon the word spread
out in the town and they started getting the revenue. After some time they
started second restaurant on a different theme. They used the emergency fund
which was never touched since they have started.
Jagdish got married and soon was blessed with a boy. Jagdish sent his
boy to school, made him educated. His son one day learnt about diamonds and its
glory. He was determined this day and went back home straight away went to pond
dived in and saw the stones thrown by his father. He enquired about them with
his father. Then he went to a jewellery shop to get these stones checked and
indeed they were diamonds. With few digs the boy was amazed to find out that he
lived over diamond mine. He asked the owner, “Do you wish to be a diamond
merchant and move ahead from this shop to a jewellery hub?” The boy and
shopkeeper went into partnership. They got the trading license and started a
medium diamond showroom with diamonds of all shapes and sizes. Soon they
started trading outside the city and then all over the state. Today they are
trading diamonds all over the world.
That day I understood that to become successful you don’t need money;
you need commitment, dedication and a will to change. And I have all these
resources. I repeat these lines to me daily in the morning. Throughout the day
I look for opportunities, opportunities to learn, opportunities to implement my
learning, opportunities to take my learning to next level, opportunities to
bring smile to others, opportunities to forgive others, opportunities to bring
meaning to my existence. And many more opportunities. And what I find every day
is that world is full of such opportunities and it has been a high time to
realise them.
P.S. Think of yourself where you want to see yourself in 2 years from now. You can close your eyes now or you can choose to keep your eyes open. See yourself enjoying that moment, hear what you hear, concentrate on your feelings and intesify them. Think of the resources you need to reach there and pinch yourself now.
P.P.S. Now keeping your resources in mind think of available options and
choose one easiest option and implement it now.
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