To begin with, I
am working away and enjoying my time in Chandigarh and I am having super fun.
Therefore I wasn't able to upload any blog in the previous week and I got a few
texts over WhatsApp regarding the same. So I decided to take some time out from
my schedule and say hello to MS Word.
I am a regular
visitor of job portals and other sites. It gives me an idea about the current
industry trends and I like to keep myself updated at all times. I also enjoy
reading the blogs which are a part of these websites since they give so much
information in a dynamic way. So I
landed on one of the blogs which was about all about ‘Starting Young’. It
basically talked about how giving your career an early start in life can make
difference and give you an edge over the others. It was a good write –up which
encouraged me to search for all the biggies who started at a very young age and
left a mark in their respective industries. So here they are:
Mark Zuckerberg
We love Facebook
don’t we? So here is the story of all the hard work what this little boy put
in. He mastered programming while
still in middle school. He was making computer games as a 13 year old boy. He
made a music player called Synapse at 16. He was brave enough to reject
buy-outs from AOL and Microsoft. He created Facebook at 19. He became a
billionaire at 23. He had been working for 15 years already.
Steve Jobs
This American
entrepreneur, marketer and inventor who gave us our iPhones and iPads began his
journey even before he entered his teenage. His first internship was at the age of 12 with HP. He started
working with Atari games at 19. He was already selling his first product at 20.
He had his first company "Apple" at 21. By this time, he had already
worked for a decade.
Richard Branson
Here come my
personal favourite. He started his
first business, a magazine at 16. By 20 he had an audio record mail order
company. By 22 he created Virgin Records. By 32 he had an airline and was
already a millionaire. And all of this happened in a time span of 16 years.
Michael Jackson
The legend was an early beginner too. He was a part of a band
at age 6 and became a lead vocalist by 8. By age 10, he was already touring and
opening acts. By 17 he had released four solo albums and delivered a billboard
no.1 hit as part of Jackson 5. By 24, he released thriller and won 7 Grammy's.
By this time he already had a singing career of 18 years.
Christiano Ronaldo
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He played his first club match at the age of 8, beat that!
Interestingly, his father was a kit-man there. At age 10, he got his first
league match. He got his first signing by 12. He scored his debut league goal
at 17. By 18, he was signed by Manchester united and given jersey no. 7. Today,
he is worth more than a 100 million$ and has been playing over two decades.
Isn't he a miracle child?
Too much inspiration in four paragraphs, isn't it? There are
many more on the list, but the point I am making here is that we should
understand the importance of time. If there is something that you are
passionate about, make an effort to pursue it instead of waiting and becoming a
victim of the rat-race. Remember one thing that there is a price you need to
pay for making your dreams come true. It depends on you if you are willing to
take that risk or if you want to live within the boundaries of a secured life.
I am coming back in the city real soon and am starting off
with a massive event ‘ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM - a power talk by Mr Bhupendra
Singh Rathore’ on the 5th of May. This workshop
is going to be all about mastering the art of building world class teams and
the secrets of keeping people connected.
Contact: Girish 8055572233
Prashant : 9730180048
Prashant : 9730180048
See you at the event and until that time, loads of love, BSR.
