“Dreams are not those you get while sleeping. Dreams are those that don’t let you sleep”. This is what Indian boxer Akhil Kumar said after he beat the world champion at the Beijing Olympics.
Probably even he does not know how powerful this statement is. If you dissect it carefully it talks about three aspects. First is the importance of dreaming, nothing new here. Second is the implicit burning desire to achieve your dream, again lot of people talk about it. The third and most critical message this statement sends is that don’t rest unless you have achieved your dream. Motivation without direction and direction without motivation is of little use. To be a success these two drivers have to walk together.
A not so wise man once commented, “To achieve something you need to dream and to dream you need to sleep”. This not so wise man happens to be me.
People often miss the second and third message of Akhil’s statement. There could be various reasons for this. A large number of people are scared of achieving the dream because all their life they live to achieve that dream but they are scared that after they get it, life will lose its meaning. It is like their secret source of power which drives them in life. To these people I say, dream more again and again.
To the people who don’t have a dream, find one.
4 comments:
whats interesting is after todays match where he got eliminated i realized that continuing dreaming while your supposed to concentrate on the task at hand is just as negative. the opponent was completely focussed on akhil whereas he was thinking gold and not about his match
its amazing how frequently sportsmen fail to deliver after giving an amzing byte to the media.. a quatitative study on this topic would be damn interesting..
yea just like Ronaldooo said.."My heart lies with madrid etc...." and his dream is still a dream...and i donno wat the fk will happen to his dream....
Whats your dream?
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