15th December 2010
"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him."
-John Steinbeck
If you read the life history of great people, you will notice one thing in common: all of them started in a very humble way. Mahatma Gandhi's freedom movement also started in a very small way and later on became a massive people's movement. A long march to a thousand miles starts with the first step.
Masaru Ibuka wanted to start some business of his own. He did not start with a large business plan and a huge infrastructure of people and machineries. He did not have a breakthrough product and a ready market. Nor did he have a rich economy to support him. When he started Japan was defeated an in ruins. The economy was devastated and people had no money and there was poverty everywhere. He rented a telephone operator's room which abandoned due to bombing. The telephone operator's room was a part of a burned out departmental stores which was dilapidated.
His total investment was his personal savings of $ 1,600/- dollars. He had not more than seven employees!
But look at Sony Corporation today! Masaru Ibuka was not driven by a favourable external market environment and a rich cash flow. But his driving force was from within. He was not rich in terms of money. But he was rich in terms of dreams and an irresistible ambition.
Over this weekend, you can take a very humble idea, blow the idea into a dream, visualize yourself living your dream and making it happen. See this mental picture in your mind's panoramic screen. Let every thought of yours be occupied by that dream. Then notice what happens to your energy level and drive!
N C Sridharan
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