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“O.k. But I still don’t see any thing amusing here” I said. “He is the
super-Star of India worth millions and he doesn’t complicate things just
because he can afford it. He keeps it simple. He’s sensible enough to ‘be
simple’ and yet practical. I see people always changing phones every quarter or
six months because the new one’s around the block. No one questions “Is it
necessary for me? Is my need fulfilled by the present one?” we all want to keep
up with the Johns. That’s all! We don’t buy what we want, we buy what “we ought
to buy” which is predecided by the company’s Ad and peer pressure. Where am ‘I’
in the picture? And then I complain ‘I’ can’t live my life? Which life are you
talking? Even the idea of phone you buy is programmed by others. So what are
you complaining about? Know yourself. It’s not wrong to buy. But do you know
why you buy? If the super-star in his hectic life can maintain that balance,
why can’t we?”
“I didn’t see that much in that answer of his” I said a little ashamed.
“Then listen to this. He lives in a single bedroom apartment inspite of
being such a huge superstar. He hasn’t moved out to posh localities after
becoming a super-star. So, rare to see in people! “Less is more” so
effortlessly showed by him. That shows how unassuming he is!
He said one more thing “once at around midnight Manish came to do
gyming. He had 3 films then and was doing 3 shifts and it was only since a week
it was so and he said “God! I am so tired. Give me a break”. When his picture
released and didn’t do well all 32 films that he had signed were gone too! That
stuck with me. So, I never say I have lots of work. I never want a break or
vacation. I have made my job my vacation, so I don’t go on vacation”. A
super-star who can retire and relax understands the joy and importance of work.
And people who envy him and such successful people wish they had more leisure
and less work! How can one be successful, famous and rolling in riches if all
they want is ‘leisure’ and no work? Just look at or listen to any successful
person – they are ‘love’ their jobs! They all say they ‘desire’ to work
22hrs/day – be it Late CM – Jayalalitha, Indira Gandhi, Ambani, Ratan Tata,
Bill Gates, SRK, Amitabh, A.P.J.Abdul Kalam or Baba Amte. Whichever, field it
may be, to be successful and at the top only secret Mantra is “work, work and
more work”. So Sohail
Khan in that interview said “The more you work, more
luckier you get”. It’s true of Salman. I and Arbaaz didn’t put in that much of
effort and so we are when we are Arbaaz added”. If Salman comes from shooting
at 2am, he hits the gym. He doesn’t excuse himself saying “God, I worked so
hard today, I’ll take a break today. These small things give big results over
the years. I too have started doing it since two years and now I see the
results. There is no short-cut to success other than hard-work!” so simply put
by the people who were born into stardom. They didn’t get what they got easy.
They worked for it! They deserve wherever they are! They earned it. When we
look at other’s success, instead of crediting it with their hardwork, brush it
aside as their luck, genes etc and when it comes to our work, we suffer with
self-pity. We don’t believe that we each have to work to fulfil our dreams –
whatever it be! But when it comes to hardwork, we ‘shun it’. Why? Doing reiki
is so simple and yet we find excuses not to do it every day. When these stars
can come home after hectic schedule and still hit the gym, why can’t we do
reiki before hitting the pillow? Commitment – that’s lacking and that shows in
our life and life-style.
...contd....
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