Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
stay hungry stay foolish is a line/quote which i heard in a speech by steve jobs on stay hungry stay foolish in his harvard visit. This line somewhere made me inspired to not settle with mediocracy but to achieve big by your hunger which drives you forward to become big for yourself. Moreover, it also tells us not consider yourself a expert but a fool who wants to learn by complementing with hunger.
There are people in this world with the deadly combination of STAY HUNGRY and STAY FOOLISH, have strived exceptionally and changed the world forever.
A Small Town Man With Winning Mindset
Let us talk about MS.Dhoni, a long hair guy who hailed from Ranchi in humble background. Before the success, he tasted struggle as well. He had to work as Railway TC beside his cricket practice to meet his basic requirement.Also, when he was thriving in cricket in early days with His Winning Mindset but he missed the selection of U-19 World cup in 2004.
As he belonged to small town with a street smart atrribute of Stay Hungry Philosophy came into play But he did not gave up, he made all the stone unturned. He got a break in Indian Cricket in 2005 in Pakistan Series. In 4th Match of series , he scored centuries.
Then , Doors for Indian opened for him. he bacame captain in 2007. His captaincy, change the course of Indian Cricket. Under his healm, India won 2007 t-20 world cup, 2011 icc world cup, 2013 champion trophy.
His Winning mindset changed the fortune and that was translated into other players of Indian cricket. A guy from small town filled with STAY HUNGRY Mentality to achieve big.
A MAN WITH OPTIMISM
Most of you have watched film ‘A Pursuit Of Happiness’ starring Will smith Inspried from the life Chris Gardener, A Wealthy Stock Investor. He was born in Wisconsin ,USA in a poor family.
He Failed every time, like his wife left him due to poverty, he bought 2 dozen physician machine but due to obsolete, few machines were sold, had no house to stay, his car got seized due to NO Parking, had few debts, with his STAY HUNGRY Attitude to change his fortune and optimism to face every situation diligently helped him survive.
He got to know about a stockbroker internship with no pay and best intern would get job. Irrespective of being broke, he pursued free internship by sacrificing his work, he faced office politics but with his optimism, he turned around his life and earned job in that big company. and ultimately, he became a wealthy stockbroker and now, he is a businessman and motivational speaker.
As a poor person, His STAY HUNGRY Attitude to get out of the poverty made him successful.
The MAN With Madness
He was a person lived in slum in Missouri, USA. He had a passion to sing rap from his childhood because of his uncle. and he had to constantly change his town. At the age of 15, he shifted to michigen, it was place with the majoirty of blacks who used to hate whites.
The blacks known for rap and they could not digest a white to sing rap. he had a miserable childhood, been beaten many times by bullies for singing rap. one day, he was critically admitted in hospital. His uncle took his own life and eminem went into depression .
With his STAY HUNGRY and madness to pursue Rap, He did not sleep day and night, working 22 hours constantly in writing rap. Then he stood second in rap competition ,there he was noticed by a big music producer in a industry that helped him to receive a break and after that, he was called RAP GOD.
The question is how come he could do it? because of his madness to pursue his interest and STAY HUNGRY attitude despite of harships revolved around him.
A MAN WITH NEVER GIVE UP ATTITUDE
Once upon a time , a man born in kentuckky ,USA. His Wife left him, due to lack of money. His Child got dead early, he went into depression. He put his hand into many professions- Tyre business,Insurance agent, Restaurant Owner. At the age of 45 years, his motel got burned and suffered huge loss.His never give up attitude helped me to stay till 60 years of life in struggle but he decided to commit suicide.
One Day, he was about to take life but stopped suddenly, something striked in his mind, he asked question to himself- was it worthy to take his life. He said NO. he felt that something he can do to change his life that is preparing chicken recipe . Then, he prepared the chicken recipe. He went to visit many restaurant owners and hotel industry people to collaborate with him.
But he was rejected 1008 times , then 1009th time ,he got a collaborator, with the help of him, he created KFC .His Name was Colonel Sanders, the question is what made him successful,his stay hungry philosophy and Never Give Up Attitude.
The person who did not give up thousand times and many people called him stupid in this process. That could not stop him.
A Man With Resilience
Keroly thackas, a hungarian shooter who aspired to win gold medal at olympics for his country. But life had other plans for him. Since he was in army, during drill a faulty grenade burst on his hand.and lost his right hand -his gun hand. He left depressed and lost hope in his life. But something changed for him, he lost his right hand but has his left hand.
His STAY HUNGRY attitude and resilience worked for him. From that day, he started practicing with his left hand in solitude. On the competition day, he was there and everyone was surprised while watching him shooting with his left hand.
He won the hungarian shooting championship. Now, it felt like he is near to achieving his dream but this time, life once again had other plans, 1942 and 1946 Olympics got suspended due to world war . Then he got chance in 1950 olympics, now he was old as compared to his opponents who were young.
With his STAY HUNGRY and Resilience Mentality, he won gold in both in 1950 and 1954 olympics and made history.
A MAN WITH PERSEVERENCE
Matthias steiner- An Austrian athlete whose wife had a dream for him to win gold medal in olympics in weightlifting , His country faced instability due to which his sports Federation got banned . It felt like his dream was over.
But here come his perseverence into play, he shifted to Germany for better opportunity but it meant that first he had to stay at Germany for 2 years and after 2 year, he would get German Citizenship and can participate. now, it seemed that his journey was going smooth as per his plans but something tragic happened in his life.
One day, susan was going to her workplace, suddenly her car was flipped by a truck and she lost her life and steiner got broke in her memories , he stopped training and was in grief. But one day, he imagined susan and recalled her dream to win olympics gold.
Here , came STAY HUNGRY Philosophy and Perseverence into his life. On the match day, he was surpassed by his opponents . he had to weight lift heavy weight and seemed impossible. When he was performing, he imagined susan in front of him and he picked up the weight and won gold. When he was in podium, he remembered susan and cried .
A Man With Passion To Achieve
We forget about my story of STAY HUNGRY and STAY FOOLISH
I was a person filled with lot of inferiorities and confidence issue . i was someone who was a stammerer , a skinny guy , introvert
It was troubling me for many year, one day there was no threshold was left and it made me filled with hunger and foolishness theory.
First i worked on my stammering problem and my introvert nature. So, i joined toastmaster- a public speaking community/group. In the initial days, i felt terrified and scared, it was new platform for me. But i did not lost my hope. My STAY HUNGRY and passion to achieve philosphy to deliver speech in front of large crowd ,listening me given me motivation.
So,I started working on my speaking skills and was performing on the stage,had difficulties .after some times, i achieved what i came for.
Second, i started working on my body. I was someone who was skinny and was uncomfortable with my body, had bad diet pattern , had digestion problems , was going through tough patch.
I started going gym in sept 22, felt uncomfortable in the initial days . even in three months, could not achieve anything with my body, had dietary issues with eggs because of that i had regular digestion issues. In jan 23, since i could not achieve anything, i cried , felt miserable with myself .
But Something had changed for me- that was STAY HUNGRY and passion to achieve Moment but again hunger and fooliness came into play, then i changed my diet plan and remove eggs, been regular in gym, was consistent and disciplined .and within three month , in march 23 , i gained whopping 10 kg of body weight. From 63 to 73 kg and gained my confidence and was proud with my body
Third, i was someone who was shy, introvert, was uncomfortable talking to people, had fear of misjudged. So i heard about solo travelling from many people. So , i decided to travel solo to get out of my comfort zone. My first trip was rishikesh , it was a mix of roller coaster ride, i was cheated by bus conductor, overcharged by rental scooty guy, my phone had not internet signal, was moving in jungle on my scooty with fuel in zero reserve at 8pm. Reached my backpackers hostel at 9pm , which i supposed to reach at 5pm.
All these events happened in one day and during that time, i felt like- ‘who the hell told to come on a solo travel and now, you see how you managed’. But after i came out of this, i felt like i have achieved something . Like this , I have completed 3 solo trips as of now. That is because of my STAY HUNGRY Thinking to explore life as much as i can.
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