Speech by Chetan Bhagat at Symbiosis

Don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order. There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions. "Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die. ………………. One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? ……………. It's ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, fall in love, little fights with your spouse. We are people, not programmed devices........." :)

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ~Thomas Edison

"Life"... This 4 letter word has always amazed me perhaps confused me. Born in a middle class family living a ordinary life is what 70% ppl c in this city of MUMBAI (The City of Dreams).
It has always amazed me all that has happend in my life, my family, my friends everything.. We all want things to be best in our lives, trust me, "WE GET IT".
But the point is We get the best but not all that we want... Confusing is it?? Thats life:-)

MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT U GET!!!!

This is what is the mantra that we always have to keep in mind. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. It took me 25 years to understand this.. Our world is surrounded by energys "positive and negative". If v think positive things around would be positive and success would knock at our door. If v think the vice versa then u better read this blog:-)...

Life is not about taking decisions however it is about taking the right decision at the right time....

We always have problems in our lives.. If any of u feel there that ur going through something and u wanna share it ur free to put forward no need of ur name or mail address.. Solutions can come from anywhere provided it solves ur problem.

As Winston Churchill said "Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts".

- chao