Small is no longer beautiful. An entrepreneur must dream big
The perception of scale across the globe, as well as in India, has changed. If your dream is not big (or ridiculously big) or GRAND, or of a scale that has not been dreamt earlier, then it won’t work in today’s day and age.
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| Anurag Batra |
I don’t know whether such a term exists in the Oxford dictionary. They say that entrepreneurs are visionaries, and create concepts that were not coined or envisioned by anyone, and make a business out of them. The gist of what I am saying, and in it my dilemma, is the same dilemma faced by Elizabeth Taylor’s seventh husband who, on the night of the honeymoon, told her “Darling, I know what I am supposed to do, but I don’t know how to make it interesting!” I thought that I would make it “interesting” by using a PowerPoint presentation to make my point, only to realize that PowerPoint presentations are made by people who are either powerful or have a point of view—and I consider myself as belonging to neither category. Having said that, here is my simple proposition in today’s scenario:
Small is no longer beautiful. An entrepreneur must dream big.
They say in cricket, and by extension in life, big things come in small packages (referring to Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara). This no longer holds true. In today’s world, BIG is beautiful (just take a look at Michael (Mike) Hussey, Matthew Hayden and Kevin Pietersen). The perception of scale across the globe, as well as in India, has changed. If your dream is not big (or ridiculously big) or GRAND, or of a scale that has not been dreamt earlier, then it won’t work in today’s day and age.
The way to an extraordinary life lies in exploring ourselves, learning of our greatest capabilities, and understanding who we fundamentally are as people. Then, equipped with this essential knowledge, we can go out into the world to do what we have been wired to do, and create the goodness that we have been placed here to create. Remember, you have a duty to shine, and this world will be less of a place if you chose to play small with your life.
This is the philosophy that the entrepreneur must strive to live by. On another note, grandeurship in today’s world can also be achieved through collaborative initiatives. It is not always necessary to do it yourself (especially if it has to be grand); since it is the end result that counts, a group with a similar outlook can join together and create something grand.
In the quest for grandeurship, and in the larger sense entrepreneurship, you truly cannot afford the luxury of even one negative thought. A worrying thought is like an embryo; it starts off small but grows and grows. Soon it takes on a life of its own. Stop feeding what doesn’t serve you.
So why postpone your greatness? There will never be a perfect time to live your dreams and step into the poetic possibilities that your life was meant to be. Why not take the leap today?
Anurag Batra is real life, first generation entrepreneur who is Much Below Average (MBA) from the prestigious Management Development Institute, MDI. When he is not busy writing such columns, he can be reached at anuragbatrayo@gmail.com. Anurag is the co founder and editor-in-chief of exchange4media group which includes exchange4media.com.
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