Harish Palaniappan's

These days, I seem to get more worried about what I have not achieved in life, both personal or career.. because everything that starts takes too much time to be fulfilled... to the extent that it sometimes pricks that "I am not yet there, then am I a failure".

Getting out of an inspiring movie like 'The pursuit of Happyness' or 'Yuva (Tamil)', I would dream of doing something in my life to achieve what the lead roles in these movies seem to achieve in close to 2 hours. And when I plan to do it, I realize I got a truckload of problems, no patience, no money, no resources, no contacts, no that and no this. So much would broil over in my head, I simply think this is not something I can do, and sit and wonder when and where am I going to be successful.

I get 101 ideas to work on, to make a business, to make a company, to make some money to make more money, and all that, but with every idea there seems to be certain need of time, money, resources, which I just misunderstand as zero always, and try to think I can complete projects in nothing more than 8 hrs of a day, even if it be a sunday with lot of distraction of TV programmes, or a friday when a lot of seemingly good movies get released.

I am not a movie buff, but movies are the only things that motivated me after college.

If you don't work in a salaried job, probably you would also have had such occassions where you think you need a break.. from yourself.

This is where I get reminded of a lot of things I have read somewhere, or known from some source, that every idea has a nascent stage, the beginning of things where you get to know the idea more and know what all the idea wants to drink and how long it will take to become big, take shape, and give you back what you wanted it to.. like money or happiness. Even relationships have a nascent stage...where you break-up - patch-up, break-up and again patch-up, but were you make sure NOT to give-up.

The nascent stage of an idea:

Ideas are sparks.. they ignite, but take time to develop.
Be it a big company CMD with a lot of bucks, or be it a small guy on the street, I learn that both will take the same time to realize an idea that they have.. but, if, and only if they wait for it to happen and waiting doesn't mean.. just .. standing and waiting.. but working towards something, or atleast working on something else for the time being.

Some people give up when things take time, and taking time in a business means taking time to make profit, have a return on investment(ROI) and all.

These things are best understood in financial terms.. Short-term and Long-term.

Becoming rich, Making an Achievement or accomplishing something in life, developing and realizing an idea, why, even having a nice and happy family, are all long-term processes. They just can't happen quick like in films. Whatever money you have, your money can only pressurize the idea to happen.. What makes ideas reality is your constant effort on it, and patience.

Except for financial goals, money cannot be used as a resource to accompolish any long-term goal. You need to invest a lot of Time, a lot of brainstorming, and pull in enough resources now and then to develop on, to gradually allow your idea to grow.

If you remember old cartoons, the bulb glowing off above your head is just representation of a spark of idea. The realization and efforts take longer and are not represented in motivating movies or cartoons or even your favorite professor's speech...because putting all that straight is actually "de-motivating".

The nascent stage of an idea.. is a spark.. if you get it, be happy and work on it whenever possible. You will reach there.

My school's caption line said it all "Efforts never fail"... so put your efforts, invest some time, for your ideas are your babies which will need time to grow.

Now my worry is off.. and I am back to work.