Sachin Tendulkar has
inspired thousands of young boys to take up cricket. Lata Mangeshkar has
inspired many to become professional singers. There are a million such examples
of people who have been an inspiration to others. How does one get there? How
can you inspire people? How can you become someone that people look up to?
Do what You love
Had Sachin become an accountant,
would he have been so successful? Would he have become the sweetheart of the
nation that he is today? Perhaps not. So start by doing what you love to do and
are good at. At the same time, don’t think about money or fame. Just
quietly go about doing your job and success will follow.
Success breeds Inspiration
Look at the Tatas and Birlas. I
am sure they didn’t get into business saying one day we will inspire people.
Inspiration happened on the way. Their success is one of the reasons why people
look up to them.
It’s not only Success
But it’s not only success, it’s
their personality- them as people that inspires us too. There are thousands of
people who have become successful using unscrupulous means. We don’t get
inspired by them. Even your father or a friend could be an inspiration. Not
because they are rich and successful, but maybe because they never lie, or are
hardworking or are always there for you.
It doesn’t Need to
be Big
You don’t necessarily need to
climb Everest to be inspiring. It could be really simple things. Like learning
to read and write at the age of 80, finishing a novel you’ve been working on
for years, quitting your job to open a restaurant, taking care of your ill
mother. Any activity that is done with all your heart will be an
inspiration to others.
Putting Others
before You
Mother Teresa was a saint, not
because she always dressed in white and smiled at everyone, but because she
sacrificed everything for others. She always put others before her. Give up the
larger chunk of apple pie to your sibling, let your friend go to Disneyland
instead of you because he can’t afford or, on your birthday, instead of
spending thousands of rupees on a party and getting drunk, go to an orphanage
and play with the children there. The day you start giving up what you love for
others, that’s the day people will start looking up to you and will get
inspired. But this doesn’t mean you pretend to give just to be admired. You
really should want to do it.
Humbleness
Even after being so immensely
successful, Sachin and Lata are both incredibly humble human beings. There’s
not an iota of pride in their voice when they speak in public. That’s one of
the most important traits one needs to inspire others. The more successful you
become, the richer you get, more humble you should be.
Start giving, and serving others selflessly and sooner or
later, people will start admiring you for the person that you are.
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