Live your Dreams!

Hey All, offlate I have been posting one blog a month in my organization on various topics. I thought it would be good to post them on this blog as well. I would be Labeling these blogs as 'Management'. Hope you enjoy this set of blogs!!

I posted this blog on May 25th, 2010 in my organization.

Recently, I watched a movie “The World's Fastest Indian”, a 2005 movie film written and directed by Roger Donaldson. The lead character of this movie has been played by Academy award winner Anthony Hopkins. This movie has inspired me to write this post.

The movie storyline is based on the life of Bert Munro and his highly modified motorcycle Indian Scout. Bert Munro is a speed bike racer from Invercargill, New Zealand. The movie shows how Bert Munro, has lived to fulfill his dream to make to the Speed Week, at Bonneville Salt Flats, North western Utah.
In my view one can achieve his dream by few plain steps:

1. Have a Dream: First thing is to have a dream for yourselves. A dream that your life is worth to live.
2. Learn and acquire skills required: Know what skills are required. Acquire them. Master them. If you want to be a racer, it is not enough just to be able to drive at high speed, you need to master in that art. Mastering the skill alone is not enough, should know all about your tools and master them as well. If you want to be a speed biker, apart from mastering the art of riding at high speed, you need to know your bike and be part of making it a high speed bike. You can always buy one! What good is it when you know not to handle it?
3. Know where to showcase your skills: Another important thing. No point showing your speed in front of toddlers. No use if you are mum in front of other racers.
4. Be positive: Always be positive of the outcome. Even when everything is failing be positive and work to make them be positive.
5. Be Sportive: Being sportive will always lightens you and helps you in reaching your dream.
6. Never Give Up! Last but not the least; never give up even when you think you reached the end (be the one you expected or otherwise).
   

The director has put all the above in a very good way. The lead actor Anthony Hopkins has lived in the character and made audience a part of cheerers (at-least I did!) in his record breaking endeavor at Salt Flat.

Just before I close this post, It is really surprising to see the list of records that this part time Bike sales and mechanic, who lived in a garage, and worked to modify his 1920 Indian Scout originally designed to run at 65Mph (all the below records are set on his modified Indian Scout):

• In 1962 he set a world record of 288 km/h (178.97 mph) with his engine bored out to 850 cc (51 in³).
• In 1966 he set a world record of 270.476 km/h (168.066 mph).[2|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro#cite_note-records-1]
• In 1967 his engine was bored out to 950 cc (58 in³) and he set a class record of 295.44 km/h (183.59 mph). To qualify he made a one-way run of 305.89 km/h (190.07 mph), the fastest-ever officially-recorded speed on an Indian. The unofficial speed record (officially timed) is 331 km/h (205.67 mph) for a flying mile.
• In 2006 he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.

Bert Munrow and his Indian Scout.