Why does very few of us chase our dreams

Congratulations to Sachin for finally completing his century of centuries. At the end, he said one line that actually inspired me to write this post. He uttered "Chase your dreams as dreams do come true." How true !!
At childhood, whenever we discuss about future, I used to remeber that everyone has some great plans in their minds, all wanted to reach the top of the clouds. But now, after 10-15 years , if we look at our life or the way in which our life is  moving , will we be able to what we have thought sometime before ? In majority of cases, the answer will be No. Why does this happen ?? What prevents one from acting in a way that stops him one from acting bravely so that the dream can be acheived.I contemplated a lot and thought the following reasons :

1. Fear of Failure ->  Even before we start working on something, we start thinking about what will happen if we do not succeed in our endeavours ??Is it the right way to think ?. All great men whom we talk about like Bill Gateas, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Edison, if we look at their life closely then we will realize that they were not afraid of fear of failure , thats for sure.Sorry for mentioning Sachin again, but I cannot resist from posting his one of sayings here "I learn more when I get out at 0 rather than when I score century." Also, my personal experience says that failure teaches us more than success since pondering on the causes of failure gives far better insights rather than when we acheive success. I read somehwere "A person who says that he has never failed in life implies that he has never tried anything new in his life"

2. What will others say ??  -> Why we use to think more about what others will say about us rather than what our conscience and heart says about ourself !! First, we do not want to live the life in our own way , why simply because we do not have enough confidence on oneself, then if we follow others and something happens , we say that it hapened because we heeded on advice of other person.I loved one line in "Rich Dad poor Dad" -> "It is better to be criticized rather than not being talked about at all,atleast you are being noticed". A quote from Mahatma Gandhi to all persons who wastes half their life in thinking that others will laugh at them if they decide to go in the direction in which they want “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

It is beyond any discussion that greater the dream , greater is the effort and greater is chance of failure but shall this stop us in pursuing our dreams. Afterall it is better to try and fail rather than not trying at all.
"If you can conceive it, you can acheive it".On thinking too much before acting, we will create a problem that was never their in the first place.

Our aim shall be to lay the castles in the air and trhen put the foundations under it , but what we are doing , we are building huts and thats below the ground , and what is more regretful -> We are more satisfied by living in such manner.

The main aim for me to write this post is to make one believe that anything is possible. Dream High, Live High and act in a manner such that in later life, you do not need to say that If i woulfd have shown a little bit of more courage at that moment of time, then my life would be different now.Best of luck to all for their endeavours.

What does being successful mean ?

Yesterday night I was just thinking that Am i successful ? The inner voice replied , no you are not . I thought why , and the answer came that What have you done in life so as to be called successful . I said right. At that moment I started searching the list of successful people and top three results (Bill Gates , Warren Buffet and Steve Jobs) made me to ponder more into the subject that what does success really mean ? So in this post I am going to give my views about success .
I always wonder that why does it happen that a more affluent person is also regarded as more successful . Just thinking that why in the list there is no mention of persons like Mahatma Gandhi (contributed in the freedom of nation) , Nelson Mandela , Albert Einstein (whose discoveries changed the world) , etc. I searched further an found their names in the most influential persons but not in successful : What the fuck !!
I simply define success in one line "A person is successful if he/she is satisfied with the life he/she has lived" . Thats it . Nothing to do with wealth , etc.

Lots of points that I want to make here have already been mentioned in my earlier post  
Who will cry when you die

Today Everybody is saying that world is continuously developing , but is it ? Does development mean shifting from 2 room flat to bungalow, from cycle to car , from using Nokia 1100 to Samsung Note , or is it something else because according to statistics that as the world is involved in so called development , there has been continuous increase in mental tension, suicide cases, etc. So what is real development, In my view "Development of a region or country shall be attributed not to GDP , etc but to the increase the number of persons who are satisfied with their living standards" . If this number is increasing , then we are developing else we are going backwards and to talk reality , I believe we are going backwards.
With the development , dissatisfaction comes. Today , everyone is wanting more and more and adhering to unfair means as well for that purpose . The rate of corruption is increasing throughout the world , and who is to blame ?? the persons who are actually involved in corruption?. Well I believe that the far bigger reason is the road on which the so-called modern societies are walking where being affluent is regarded as the only means of being respectful .

For example, The day I decided to leave the lucrative job at RBS and go into teaching line, the first question that was asked to me "How much are you getting paid as a lecturer" , and when I replied that it is less as compared to what I am getting at RBS , 90% started laughing , maybe not on my face but behind my back for sure.Many said "kahe pagla gaye ho , chutiyaap kar rahe ho , etc." Well , nobody has to listen what makes me happy or what are my aims in life, and I started wondering that is money everything ?
Another example , today the first thing that a parent looks while looking for life partner for his son/daughter is that how much the groom is earning or how much dowry can be given, all other things like the nature, compatibility, humbleness, politeness are rated secondary .
Isn't the concept of money overrated.


Thus , its a time of introspection and we shall analyze and ask our heart that what are the things that brings smile to our face in reality , if its money , then One shall go for earning it but if its something else then one needs to rise above the dogmas of society and shall try to pursue it.I will recommend one book "Small is beautiful" by E.F. Schumaker if you liked my post.

"Do not work for money but make money work for you" from Rich Dad Poor Dad