Stay Hungry, Stay Focussed...

A visionary once quoted, "Stay hungry, Stay foolish". He meant that we need to try new things, be ready to step out of our comfort zone. You only live once, so make it count and achieve what you dream no matter how hard it gets.

It was Apple visionary Steve Jobs and the title of this post is derived from his famous commencement speech at Stanford University in June 2005.

We all have goals in life - short term, long term, professional, personal, etc. We can write them down, paste on the wall, fix time intervals, targets, etc. There is another effective way which is to read out your goals and record in your own voice as an audio file and save it on your mp3 player, keep listening to it now and then to remind yourself what you gonna achieve.

When you decide to achieve something, whatever it may be, you gotta look at what drives you on your journey, what motivates and inspires you.

Below is a page from my diary which I often read to keep myself motivated and focussed. I've jotted down these points when I read motivational books, don't remember which one is from which book, so unable to quote authors names. But if you are working towards a goal and seriously wanna achieve it, then you might find these points useful:

• To get recognised is hard, real hard, incredibly hard - there are millions out there who are better than you, but if you fear that you will not be able to do anything - well, no matter how many winners are out there, there will always be space for more, so if you wanna be a winner, then work hard and find a spot for yourself. 
• There is start for everything, if you set out to build the biggest wall ever built, you shiver with fear of how huge the task is and you can't get anywhere - so you should start with an aim to lay one brick each day and lay that brick as perfectly as possible. You do that every single day and soon you will have a wall. Over years, you will have the biggest wall. 
• There is nothing impossible in this world - everything can be achieved with hard work and dedication.
• "He who says he can and he who says he can't are both usually right". So, always say, "Yes, I can, yes am gonna do it, yes, I'll win it, yes I can make a difference".
• You have a choice about how you feel and act in any situation, you don't always have to go with the crowd.
• If you want to succeed in life, you've got to create your own dream, with you in the starring role. The first step before anybody else in the world believes it, you have to believe it and expect good things to happen. 
• To achieve a level of success in any field, it takes such a 'desperate' focus with all your heart. Practice every single day with concentration and passion.
• The qualities of an achiever are - passion, dedication, hard work and believing in what you dream.
• You know who you are, you know what you believe in and from there you gotta do what you need to do to reach your goal.
• You fail more often than you win, its up to you to puff up your chest and get back on your feet and prove yourself what you set out for, once you decide that you wanna get there, no matter what happens, you should never give up.
• Go with what seems to be workable for you, don't overload yourself with strategies and goals - take one step at a time - but make sure its done properly.
• Be willing to take criticism on your way - but commit yourself to be positive.

Keep up the spirit, keep working hard, step by step you will reach there someday - you will be a Winner.

Have a nice day, take care :)