DON'T MISS THAT SHINING THING OUT THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE

Pic .: Manjeet Singh Kukreja “If you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shining thing out the corner of your eye… Right?” - Tim Minchin K inski, who lives in Melbourne, sent me a link yesterday. It was the address to the graduating students of University of Western Australia by (UWA) by Tim Minchin, the acclaimed comedian, actor, singer, composer, lyricist and, yes, an inspiring speaker. Ever since Steve Jobs made his speech to Stanford graduating-students famous, I have heard scores of them… And, yes, all of them are very inspiring and interesting. Frankly, I am never tired of listening to them… They help; because, they come from the ‘horse's mouth’! So, when a Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Jim Carrey, Tim Minchin or our own Ratan Tata or Azim Premji speak to young-ones about life… success, happiness and right attitude, I urge myself to shut everything else and listen to them. These achievers have loads of experience and...