SUCCESS = Time is money

About a week back, I left for Mumbai at 6 a.m., as the meeting was scheduled at 10 a.m. I drove directly to the meeting venue, to know that the host has not turned up yet. Of course, I was not much surprised - as this has been day of order at most of the places where maintaining time not treated as seriously as it should have been. I also heard millions and billions of time since my childhood that "Time is Money". What I am really wonder is in spite of knowing that "Time is Money", how can we afford to loose such valued commodity called "money"?.

I have always experienced that doing right things at right time has its benefits - and advantages. It is critical that we as nation and its citizens understand the value of doing this right way by observing the timeline strictly. But then it seems we has assumed and adjusted not only ourselves being late for every other appointment, but do not mind if others to play with our time. Time once gone - do not come back and once you loose it you loose it permanently. Also you waste your productivity which is directly proportional to your level of achievements. Thus, I often feel that wasting time is a crime. Let's not commit the crime - not waste the time.

SUCCESS = Time is money!

SUCCESS = Never BUY it!

It is quite known that most of us do have sincere urge, and well nurtured dream to have part of our formal education be done in overseas regions. In recent past I have come across several young men and women to seem to adopt short cut for fulfilling this dream. Infact, last evening I met a young boy who wish to persue his Ph.D. in Australia. Out of curiosity, I querried with him as to how he is going to support him or has he secured any fellowship?. His instant answer was my parents are going to sponsor me. When I enquired if he known what such a sponsorship would cost to his parents, he responded that Rs.14 lakhs per year for 3 years minimum. I was in a state of shock, but further enquired with him why is that he think it important that his parents should spent so much when he can work on more than one fellowship options - his reason was more shocking. He responded that " sponsorship by parents is easy, competing for fellowship is difficult, not all of those apply for such fellowship receives it!". I was totally taken aback by his short-cut thinking towards success. He further said usually to get fellowship for Ph.D. one need atleast 2-3 good publications which means he can not apply for such a fellowship for next 1.5 to 2 years, and he do not wish to lose the time. I countered that if not today, atleast sometime during his Ph.D. he would have to burn nights on acquiring and learning skill of writing scientific papers - why not do this now, prove the ability and then secure the fellowship. He responded by saying this is a lengthy process. I could not resist my self and told him with this approach of "short cut to success" he is not only fooling his parents, their trust in him, but more importantly fooling himself. I could see that he was shattered and angry too - though he did not express it.

This is not the first case that I have encountered. In recent past one of my very close relative too has dooped her widowed mother to fulfilll her crazy dream of having education in USA, by taking away most of the booty that mother has - and most of which she would require for her oldage treatments. I am worried with this growing phenomenon within our youths to choose short-cuts to success. During my 40 years of lifespan, I have realized it beyond doubt that there is nothing as short-cut to the success. Success is a process and you have to move through this process a hard way - because success cannot be bought with moeny that you have, especially not the money that your parents or loved ones have earned by sweating hard. If this could have been possible - every rich person whould have turned to be most successful individual.

I hope our young generation realize this, and that old generation help the young ones to realize and emphasize this. Let us not buy our success - I think it can never be permanant or long lasting purchase and thus it often leads to frustration. Success is what cannot be bought, but earned. Let us achieve the success and not buy the success. Thus,

SUCCESS = Never BUY it, but achieve it!