By: Uadaya Sivakumar
Emerge Lanka Financial Officer
I thought of sharing the following speech by Mr. Chetan Bhagat, as it has much inspired me. I also I felt that, it’s good for us to take slight break from our “serious” work and read some few inspiring/interesting stuff!
Chetan Bhagat is the author of six blockbuster novels. He writes columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development issues. He is also a motivational speaker.
“Don’t be serious, be sincere!”
“Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.
One thing about nurturing the spark – don’t take life seriously. Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up?
It’s ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, fall in love.
We are people, not programmed devices…
“Don’t be serious, be sincere”
(This speech was taken from this link.)