Do You see What You get?

An ancient Sanskrit proverb says “ Yat Bhavam Tat Bhavati” which means ‘ As you think , so you become!’. Lets look at how this applies in everyday life.

Did you know that a sculptor sees the statue BEFORE he even makes the very first strike on the stone?

Lets start with a simple one. If you are playing a ball game say Tennis, you need to first see where the ball is going to land , BEFORE you play/place the ball there. Unless you see the ball there BEFORE it lands there, you cannot plan your stroke to ensure the ball lands at the exact spot.

Now lets say you are building a product. Unless you see what the product will be 5 years hence, you cannot take actions today in that direction. Granted you cannot see what the world will be 5 years hence but you can certainly imagine what your own product would be.

Thanks to Private Equity /Venture capital deals, many enterpreneurs are able to see beyond a quarter ( many in fact) and make moves that may deliver in the long term and not just the current year. Visionaries like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are commanding outsized valuations not because of their current profit numbers but their longer term view and moves. When the Paytm founder says he wants to make it in the United States, he is not just looking for market expansion. He is envisioning something very long.

You can no longer hide behind quarterly results to refuse to see the view beyond. In everything that you do today, imagine what would it be 5 years hence. Do not stop with the dreaming. Take actions ( atleast some ) which help you steer along that vision.

Like the Sanskrit proverb says, it will surely happen!