Dream way!

Unquestionably everyone of us had some occasional wildest foolhardy dreams while we were young as kids.Some of those dreams evolved into our dearest.Those dreams grew with us.We rejoiced fantasizing those dreams.We built castles in those dreams.Just a flash of those dreams swept smiles on our face.But,did you stargaze those dreams considering all the prospects and back-up you possessed at that instant?Did you ever throw-in a thought to the practicabilty of that might-be-mission-impossible dream?

From the history of great Human race,let me introduce you three gentlemen who outlied the conventional way of life.They were neither supernatural nor celestial.They weren't gifted or granted.They were just like any one of us.They just took their strange dream,a little seriously!

Let them be A,B,C.

#'A' was born in a small town to the first businessman in a family of priests.Married while he was in college and joined his father's firm at the age of 19.He dreamt something really BIG!
His dream was:setting up an iron and steel company, a world-class learning institution, a one-of-a-kind hotel and a hydro-electric plant.

# 'B' was born to an unmarried couple, given up for adoption,being a college drop-out,with his friend's cooperartion he built a computer in his garage when he was 19.His dream was to make the world immeasureably better and simpler place to live.He always used to say 'make it great'.

#'C' was born to a low wage worker in a family of 2 daughters and 3 sons.His fathers deteriorating health forced the matriculation passed son to work.As a petrol pump attendant his dream was to build a refinery of his own.

These three gentlemen with their off-base dreams proved to the world that dreams can no longer be just dreams.Taking the dream seriously might be often considered a risk but then again how can you live all your life with something while your heart craves for something else?

Out of a survey I conducted myself among my mates, I found that age matters a lot while people think of taking risks.Coz the older they grow the higher the responsibilty of family,relations and above all financial independence.Surprizingly 50% of the people who chose to take risk at teenage sided up with taking a safer just-for-paying-bills jobs at middle age.

The idea here is so simple: Fail young, so you never fail again!

"Fail young" implies to start cooking for your dream at an early age so eventhough you end up in dust you've got long way to rise up and start back.Moreover lessons of fall at that age can have heroic results, results which results in revolution.Inspite of the lessons if you fall again, this time failure is no alien thing.you've got the knack!

Guessed the A,B,C??

'A' is "father of Indian industry",founder of largest conglomerate company,TATA Group of companies-Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata.

'B' is Steve Jobs:co-founder of Apple Inc.,a company that only he could have built.Co-founder of PIXAR and founder of NeXT Inc.

'C' is Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani or so-called Dhirubhai Ambani,the rags-to-riches business tycoon who founded Reliance Industries.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain.

Mend the trend!

Did you know that,
~80% of world's resources are consumed by the immoderate 20% of the population?

~Energy usage alone accounts for over 30% of an average company's operating budget?

~A tap leaking at the rate of 1drip a second could diddle away over 12,000 litres of water a year?

~Up to 90% of the handheld gadget material can be conveniently recycled although most of them find place in landfills?

~One-third of the obese people live in the so called developed countries?

Let's pose ourselves a simple question: Are we really using our resources in such a way wherein the future generations need not compromise with their needs?phrasing it the other way,Are we really "developing" in a sustainable fashion?well,the answer is a neverfailing NO.

The prevailing Q and A war isn't about "supply and demand" or the "study of wants",it is about the untold bounds of human species which now questions the productivity of future generations.Popping out the central point,it is about "Sustainable Development".Although it sounds pretty much vague,it is no brain-pricking phrase.

Sustainable development strictly means," Development that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs."

My idea here is neither about world class sustainable development which creates a revolutionary inside out situation of the nations nor about solving grand old problems of the universe in a jiffy.My idea is as simple as always and as feasible as it seems:Individual stewardship.

In simple terms stewardship adds up to
"Responsible overseeing and protection of something considered worth caring for and preserving"
which in our case is the self.Which implies taking ample care of our resources and means in a retrospective manner.Well,forasmuch as the objective is now unclouded,do you think individual stewardship is a possible phenomenon?yes it is.Changing the resource consuming attitudes of the  the singletons eventually results in modulation of the same habits of the organisation/company which further reflects in the society.Behavioural changes play captain-role in bringing a roundabout change.Following are few possible everyday practises.

#Use paperbags: The naked truth about paper is that it is pure renewable resource,eco friendly and biodegradable but then again where does the paper come from?,trees.and cutting of trees causes?,yeah..the universal terror:deforestration!!So,when we're so bothered about using renewable paper bags we gotta be equally tormented about their recyclabilty.

#Have a garden in your home to grow vegetables.At worst have a teeny weeny garden growing your best-loved sweetheart vegetable.For all I know,Something is always better than nothing!

#If you are fast on the draw about power consumption then head up for what am about to say.Using CFL(compact fluorescent lamp) has many awing already known advantages but do you know that every CFL contains 4-6mg of mercury,a neurotoxin.This urges us to be more choosy in disposing the cfls as improper disposing leads to biohazards.

#Learn to reuse things out-of-the-way.

#Give your car a break!Own a bicycle.20% of our everyday work lies within 2kilometer radius which can be a plain sail with bicycle,besides all the environmental advantages isn't cycling fun?Moreover cycling to work can boost up the eco-friendliness of your company and materialistically speaking,fetches your company the uniqueness of corporate culture.

By starting it small,the bounds of possibility can be pushed to farther extent.Buckle up to learn common things uncommonly well.It might be just you,but you can still change a life.So start saving,start sustaining,start stewarding,coz there's always a better way!