Saturday, 1 June 2013

Burn Your Boats

Quite a time  I guess , I would have felt my keyboard. Staying away from it has never been so  easy. Daily drama of living moment With unproductive things definitely stales my mind. Anyway did anyone wondered How miracles happen? I guess none of it happens till the time you burn all your Boats. Before I can even connect it to my point lemme tell you all a story.This story is very special to me as well because I have seen the motivation it used to pump in during the last days of my deadlines. My manager Sridhar was the  first one to narrate it to me and I am sure if at all my other colleagues are reading it , they remember our good old days.


Alexander the Great’s powerful army spent years overwhelming Opposing armies in their conquests. His men were fierce and swelled with the The confidence that comes with consistent victory. Yet when Alexander and his men Arrived on the shores of Persia they were visibly outnumbered.  Clearly outmanned, his men pleaded that it would be wise to go back and get more men. Alexander responded by ordering the men to burn their boats. As their only Means of the retreat went up in flames, legend has it that Alexander turned to his Moan and said, “We go home in Persian ships, or we die.”



What I love about this story is that Alexander the Great made one Of the bravest decisions anyone can make by intentionally removing his Options.  His command sent a message to his men, but more importantly it Puts them in a new position: one defined by focus where there is no other Option but to do your absolute best… or be defeated.

Perhaps this is what we call living on the edge. Be it your  Personal desire, your business or anything which you dream , till the time we  Have options it might turn out to be  a failure too. To get it I guess its time for us to burn all our boats and live the day To achieve it thinking it is the last day of our life.


4 comments:

  1. in a nutshell yu wanna say screw the situation so much that yu dont have any option but just finish it with a bang... Like the positivity as if one has no option, one will definitely do best or may be more than the best... But on a hindsight if yu have burnt your boat, it also means you were in a situation where yu left things in such a disarray that yu cant just go back.

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  2. This approach will surely yield desired results....

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  3. You inspired me to think, to write etc... But most of all, you inspired me to give up the safe harbor and sail the giant tides to be a hero... Thank you Shami :)

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  4. Hey savan long time buddy...good to c u here ..Lets make it large...keep writing

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