“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” 

 

And thus spoke the great Mark Twain. I had read this quote a few years back in the prospectus of the Indian School of Business (ISB). It was inspiring and a tad bit depressing at the same time. Depressing? Yes! Cause if i look back, i see all the risks that i did not take and they come glaring back at me.

The ones when i did not let go, just to be on the safer side and did not throw away my bowlines

But then i say to myself … oh come on that was in the past … now will be different and i shall take all those risks that come looking me up. This lasts for about 2-3 days MAXIMUM ! and well then hum-drum takes over

Isn’t there an ever inspiring stimulus which just keeps inspiring day in and day out? Like a cup of coffee (a cup of chai in my case) in the morning, the one that gives you a kick and jolts you out of your humdi-dumdi existence.

What is it that gets these “great” people going? Take Azim Premji for instance, the Wipro guy. He took over leadership of Wipro at 21 and transformed a USD 2 million company from a hydrogenated cooking fat company to a USD 1.76 billion IT services organisation serving customers across the globe.

What about Bill Gates? Steve Jobs? Were they born with it? Or was it their surroundings, that somehow moulded them into who they are now.

So with that logic now that i am already moulded into a slob queen, who lives for chocolates and occasionally watches TV, the other time she reads and fritters away time with her family/ friends and other random people, is extremely moody and commitment phobic, an occasional liar and a huge foodie.

So am i doomed for mediocrity? Or do i have to learn to look at the brighter side?

Or hell do i just have to get off my lazy ass and start doing something about this pathetic state of existence??!!!

Hmmmm well … where is that damn remote and my box of chocolate!!!! I need it ASAP!