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Most of us, during the drinking session which followed our graduation ceremony, made either of the two statements in a state of drunkenness or otherwise: (a)     I can’t imagine myself working my entire life. I want to enjoy. I will retire the day I make XYZ amount of money (The XYZ varied between lakhs to at max a crore of rupees.) (b)    I can’t imagine myself working my entire life. I will slog my butt off during the initial years and worst case I will retire when I turn 45. Was I one of the many who said either of the two statements as mentioned above? You bet I was. This year I will turn 45 and by God’s grace have been able to exceed the monetary goal that I started off with (Just to think of it, was the goal too unambitious? Didn’t seem at that time though. After all those were the days when even the grandeur film villain Ajit was smuggling gold worth 5 lacs plus minus) but am I even remotely close to hanging my boots? So what happene...

All of us wish to succeed. Doesn't matter which field we choose, be it medicine, business, entertainment, tourism, sports, law, administrative services or corporate. Irrespective of where we are from, Gangtok to Gandhidham or Kargil to Kollam. Nothing to do with the socio economic class, religion, caste, gender or region. In spite of physical differences, shortcomings or handicaps. We all just want to be successful. Right from the formative years, we study hard, half of us would rise at unearthly hours while the other half would be getting to bed at that time, putting in 90-100 hours every week. Those of us who choose sports as the profession would invest similar number of hours on the field. Majority would be hopping from one tuition class to another interspersed with tennis, karate, dance and music classes while one is also expected to participate in quizzes, debates, Olympiads and extempores. Great... Finally all the hard work pays off and we end up being a successful entrep...