Sunday, January 7, 2007

Success = Dream X Plan X Work

I often get stumbled with questions as to is there any specific formula for "Success". I often get some common answers such as - be determined, hardworking, smart working, dedicated, workoholoic, etc. However, I never got to arrive an point of understanding which can reveal of specific sutra for success, until few years back. May be about 8-10 years back, when I was recollecting one of my win in long distance race which, I won at the age of 18 years.

This race which started from Pune's Goodluck chowk with nearly 150 runners on brizzy, cold december morning. Until Chaturshingi temple I was one of the last runner and the distance between me and the lead runner must be about 1 - 1.5 Km. However, suddenly, I increased my pace to take advantage of down slope from University Circle till Simla office. By the time I reached Simla office, I was one of the five lead runners. Victory was within my sight - I just kept on streching myself little extra and by the time I was at Balgandharva Rangamandir square, I was secon in lead with just one runner ahead of me. Later, I completed this race at second spot at Goodluck squre.

Today, when I look back at this win - couple of things that srikes me. I did not do anything extra as preparation for this race in terms of training, diet, counselling etc. However, few things happened naturally, and unknowningly. I was dreaming about my success in this race atleast some 15 days in advance - both during day when I am wide awake and in the nights when I am fast a sleep. Infact, the entire route, its terrain, environment, people cheering me, my trail at the beginning, and surging ahead at second half of the race was all that screened several times in my dreams. I had won this race first in my dreams and then in reality. Had my dream been clear and screened me winning at first spot - I am sure I would have been first in the race. Thus, success first needs to be believed both in day dreams and dreams while sleeping.

With every of those dream snaps, my subconcious mind was planning as to how I would be running this race. First at slow pace - so that body is warmed up enough - also the first phase of the race is where uphill slope is there followed by downward slope in second half. So, based on dreams I planned that I will be conserving my energy to surge ahead in second phase where in most of the runners would be exhausted in phase I alone. Based on the sequences of dreams, and planning which happened subconciously, I remeber practising on the route atleast 2-3 times prior to the actual competion.

Thus, when I introspect about "How I won this race?"after nearly 10 year later it is very clear, I did one uncommon thing, i.e. I adopted uncommonly used formula for success i.e.
Success = Dream X Plan X Work

Most of the time we are often told that if you wish to be successful, then work - work hard on the road where every one is also competing. We are also told that dreams would come true if you continue to work. However, this is common perception of success, i.e Success = work + plan + dream.

But then most of us those who succeed in life do follow exactly opposite what the commoners think of success sutra. Thus, renowed self help guru Shiv Khera often says "Winners don't do different things - They do things differntly". How true this quote is - that winners apply uncommon formula for success - Dream X Plan X Work.

To continue winning - keep dreaming!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sir i truly respect your formula.I always try to make my daily dream possible.And some of them like eating chocolate that day or doing a certain piece of studies that day become true because they are very much possible but I never gave it a thaught to the dreams which seems impossible to me.But now by following your formula of success i will try making them possible.

Anonymous said...

Purnima Pachori
3rd year
B.Tech Bioinformatics