Saturday, November 25, 2017

Breakfast with Champions


For past few months, I have wasted a huge amount of my time on America got talent. I call it a waste because even though it has some shockingly amazing performances but it is not inspiring. It does not provide life lessons. Most of it is magic where artists use sleight of hand or some even use magical powers to generate an awe effect. Thus, after getting bored from this series, I was looking for some more engaging material for my daily motivational appetite. Incidentally, I came across this series Breakfast with Champion. It is directed and produced by Gaurav Kapoor. He holds conversations with top-notch sportspersons. It is insightful and inspirational at times to listen to these people.

Today I watched nearly 7-8 of the episodes. It was good to know inside little details or anecdotes of cricketers life. Like Ashish Nehra's interview is so light-hearted that it motivates you to become little nonchalant and casual in life. Similarly, Yuvi, Yuvraj and Pandya's interview also gives glimpses in the champions life. One thing is they all believed in destiny. They were all focused people. and They lived life in a little fun way. Not very serious or planned manner. No unnecessary restrictions and things. The interview with Shoaib Akhtar is quite inspirational. It tells about winner's mentality.

At the end, champions are no different people. They are like you and me. They feel similar kind of anxiety and tension levels. They face similar troubles in life and goes through ups and downs. The most important thing in life is to live it in the fullest sense. Do what you believe and feel like. In a way, to become a champion, one needs to be little stubborn and little ambitious. Things start falling into place automatically.

Looking at the richness and opulence of Dubai, I asked my friend that what is the one thing he notices in the extremely rich people. His answer was quite predictable but assumed significance because as an investment banker he deals with people day in day out. He said "risk-taking ability". I wish he could have told me something more but his observations were limited. Looking at the riches of Dubai, I wondered how could one not be attracted to the pursuit of wealth and materialism. The whole atmosphere of the mall was filled with the fragrance of the exotic and expensive perfumes. The unlimited number of brand, unlimited number of stores and crowd at the sale made me say "man!! money seems to be flowing in the air here". For a moment, I imagined myself in that lifestyle but somehow I could not fit myself into that world. Maybe that's not my basic element but yes a desire for money did arouse in me.



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