Visualization and Biographies

While walking through the Crossword Magazine store, the only intriguing fact for me was the Biography/ Autobiography section is getting larger.Perhaps its part of the fact that people want to read, visualize and empathize with the protagonists more than ever before.

There was another thought on TV that made me visualize that came from Amitabh Bachchan's story about his father.He had won the award of best actor in school and next year could not participate due to measles.His father sat with him in what could have been the parallel time of the school event for 3-4 hours.He said "If what you think happens, its good.But if what you think does not happens, its even good." This is because in the second scenario, God wanted something better to happen for you.

Another important biography with impact is about J R D Tata in "Beyond the last blue mountain".The fact that National interest could be so important part of the business intrigues me.

But the auto biogaphy which is currently ruling the charts is that of Sachin Tendulkar. Released recently, it shows how dedication and devotion for the game made the person be called as "God" of the game.

Taking all the above 3 in context of visualization, I think Sachin would have visualized his innings like crazy (eg. Perth test when he scored the century), JRD would have visualized the enterprise to be still in the greater good inspite of various conflicts with the politicians of the day and perhaps Bachchan with age has visualized that acting as his forte will take him to new levels of recognition.

Creating a mental image of where you want to be down the line helps in focussing the energy and attitude in the right direction.But one should not get the mental image as wishful thinking but a belief system for which one is constantly driven to achieve.

Hence its critical to visualize first and make them happen next.

A winner we love - Sachin Tendulkar

Posting after a long interval of 4 months.Haven't received some good gyaan of late.So from now on,I am going to discover the winner among the different people we meet,talk,see ,believe etc. in our daily lives.I hope that it will be inspirational to whoever reads it and carries forward their own set of stories.

To start this series, I will like to share some info about some one the whole of India has gone crazy after his record of 200 in ODI - 'Sachin Tendulkar'.People have started calling him 'GOD' and are now mad that he must get a Bharat Ratna.

I do not favour crazy cricket fans who behave like maniacs.They worship the new cricketer like a great person by showering gifts and awards on his success and will also be first to blacken the house of the cricketer the next day.

Sachin has his share of greatness of being the Superman to hit the 200 mark,maximum number of centuries in Test and ODI format of Cricket,serving the Indian Cricket for the last 20years with immense talent in different capacity and what not.

Sachin for one has had his share of controversies of not acting like 'GOD' when it mattered esp. World Cup,some matches with Pakistan and some crunch match situations where it mattered that he should play and win the game.

• So what is it that makes him a winner ?

He is a winner because he believes in giving his best in his craft.He is successful in many such situations and keeps improving on it.He has grown with my generation and people look up to him when they want an ideal so that they emulate the same in the area they work in and be successful.

We can't expect Sachin to be a run machine and avatar ,just because he has achieved some milestones, that had not been reached till now and should continue to do so and help the country win every cricket match.

• What do these milestones stand for ?

These milestones for me are more personal in nature and stand for the society so that tomorrow, when one goes to work in his desired career,he does that with perfection.Their will be errors,brickbats and what not in spite of your best efforts.But the winner will not fret over them and continue to work to achieve his aim.
Sometimes we all need some one to show that dedication and determination is a must to achieve the "Ends".Sachin is one such person who has achieved his personal ends and also helped the team by being 'a one man army' in many occasions. We all can do the same if we know our goals and give our efforts accordingly.