Don't Predict, Create Your Future

Angry Birds, the best-selling paid app of all time, was Rovio’s 52nd game. They spent 8 years and almost went bankrupt before finally creating their massive hit.

James Dyson failed in 5,126 prototypes and spent nearly entire savings before perfecting his revolutionary vacuum cleaner. We tend to hear about something when they are successful but not when they are struggling.

We admire instant brilliance, effortless brilliance. But every “overnight success” is a story of dreamers toiling away for years, with very few people except themselves supporting them.

First step is hard, but it can also go from difficult to great incredibly quickly. You just need to keep going — failing, bruising, bleeding — so you can create your 52nd game. Yes, the best way to predict your own future is to create it.

It's Caterpiller That Becomes Butterfly

Academically, how rich you are? Dropped out or not enough to be excited? If yes, so what! Still you have the potential to be something significant ... something influential like:

Valentina Terescova: Cosmonaut, first woman in space to orbit the earth.

Mary Lyon: Women's education pioneer, founder of Mount Holyoke College (America's first women's college)

Agatha Christie: Best-selling female author of all time; the most translated individual author in the history.

Helen Gurley Brown: Editor-in-chief of the Cosmopolitan magazine, the highest paid copywriter in the 60s.

Florence Nightingale: Modern nursing pioneer, nicknamed as "The Lady with the Lamp."

Marilyn Monroe: Model turned actress-singer, the only woman to have been listed in Forbes’s richest dead celebrity list.

Aretha Franklin: 20 times Grammy winning singer-pianist, the first woman artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Mildred Zaharias: Women's sports pioneer, won 6 Gold medals and broke 4 world records at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic.

So when people look at your academic qualification and say, "Isn't your education a drawback for your career?" let them know, success isn't limited without formal education; success is limited without vision. What's your vision?

Every Song Ends…

You can't shut off the risk and pain
Without losin' the love that remains,
We're all riders on this train.
~ Human Touch, Bruce Springsteen

Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never know.

Leaving past is hard. And when the past has some cherishable moment, it becomes harder.

You know in our thought, we have three different junctions:

a) Past
b) Present and
c) Future (same old, hahahaha)

When we think about the past, we cherish the moment we had with him/her.

When we think about the present, we miss that moment.

When we think about the future, we get worried, thinking we won’t have that moment.

And the problem starts here – you presume that you won't have that kinda moment again in your life!

Don’t presume!

Don’t draw a straight line from past to future. Because life isn’t a straight line; life is topsy-turvy.

Yep!

Don’t presume, just live on the edge. Embrace it as the way it comes. You don’t know what future holds for you.

One truth: future never comes when it has nothing good to offer. The day future won’t have anything good for you; it would never come to you.

As long as it is coming, look what the cheerful sight it brings.

Yes, every song ends but it doesn’t mean you would stop enjoying music.

Today Is The Youngest You Ever Could Be

I can't wait all my life
On a street of broken dreams.
~ It Could Have Been You, Journey

We program our mind that life would be better when we'll complete our higher education from a reputed university, have a fat job, and then another. When we reach that reality, we tell ourselves that our life will be complete when we’ll get a spouse, a nicer car, or able to go on a nice vacation.

But the truth is that future is always beginning now. It’s the NOW that turns into WON. If not now, when? Life always grows through the challenges. And it's best to admit this to you and decide to be happy anyway.

Happiness isn’t any reward we get by the standard of our way of living. Happiness is the way of living life. So, treasure every moment that you have. Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.

So stop telling yourself: “Let’s wait till I finish school … till I lose ten pounds … till my teeth get whiter …. till I get married … till I have kids … till my kids leave the house … till I retire … till IPL ends … till I get a new car or home … till my car or home is paid off … till Monday … till Tuesday … till Wednesday.”

Isn’t it so painful that we are always getting ready to live but never living? Honey, future isn’t a place to place your better days. Because piling up too many tomorrows gives us nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays.

It’s Not About One MORE Friend, It’s About One GREAT Friend

Friend \ fr nd \ n: A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause.

There are million definitions about friendship. But I do believe friendship isn’t any theory. To me friendship is an act … an act of sacrifice … an act of trust … an act of enjoying doing dull tasks together … an act of never letting our inner child to die … an act of transforming our negative into positive.

That’s why it takes time to grow a friendship. Because friendship is like a river—it’s not about the length or width, it’s all about the depth.

Yes! Having one great friend is better than having one more friend.

F●R●I●E●N●D●S

Jab Bhi Tu Milta Hai
Tujhme Naya Sa Kuch Milta Hai Mujhe
Aei Dost Tu Mujhe Meri Tarah Hi Dikhta Hai
Jab Bhi Tu Milta Hai
Har Subah Ke Sath Mere Wo Muskurata Hua Chehra
Yeh Teri Duaka Asar Rang Lata Hai
Jab Bhi Tu Milta Hai
~ Kiran K Singh

Friends, friendship or friendship day—what’s more important?

1. Friends. It means you are more concern about the counter-operation than co-operation. Gita says, love but don’t get addicted either to love or the lover. Here, you’re addicted.

2. Friendship. Here, you enjoy the process because you’re not driven by the outcomes. You value it not because your friend has a Shahrukh-kinda smile, Ritwik-kinda dancing skill or Salman-kinda waxed figure or Abishekh-kinda surname or Ambani-kinda bank balance. Here, you value your friends because you value friendship. It’s your instinct that drives you, not the reasons. You celebrate it because you value the celebration.

3. Friendship day. Why do you need reasons to celebrate? Yes, why limit your celebration only for 24 hours, whereas you can celebrate it anytime you want.

Every second is a moment. And every moment can be celebrated. What’s wrong, if you don’t limit the celebration within a day!