3 Useful Ideas — Virat Kohli Would Have Won Even If Bangalore Never Did
Great Partnerships Sometimes Happen Serendipitously. And Help Every Time You Get An Opportunity To.
Every Sunday I share 3 Useful Ideas to help you pursue a rich life.
This week:
Virat Kohli Would Have Won Even If Bangalore Never Did
Great Partnerships Sometimes Happen Serendipitously
Help Every Time You Get An Opportunity To
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(1) Virat Kohli Would Have Won Even If Bangalore Never Did
If you listen carefully to Virat Kohli’s words, you will realize that he gives it his all, every time, irrespective of the outcome.
It’s been 18 long years. I have given this team my youth, my prime and my experience. And I have tried to win this every season that I come. And I gave it everything I have. I have given each and every ounce of energy to this team.
This mindset of “giving everything you have” is what I call the “no regrets” mindset. Of waking up everyday and doing the controlables to the max of your ability. It is a very stoic principle. If you have this mindset then no matter the outcome, you have won. This is why I say that Virat Kohli would have won even if Bangalore never did. Because when it is all done and dusted he would have said to himself “I gave it everything I had. I couldn’t have done anything more.”
I have an opportunity to play this game for not many years. There is an end date to our career. By the time I hang up my boots, I want to sit at home and say “I gave it everything I had”. So I look for ways to improve. I just put my head down. Stay humble. And work as hard as I possibly can. And then you find different ways to help the team.
Now that Virat has actually won, I would argue that he felt the highest of highs. Because he achieved something that took 18 long years.
And to finally have this moment come. It is an unbelievable feeling. I never thought this day would come. This means so much to me. And finally having won the IPL. It’s an amazing feeling.
Loyalty, the ability to stay with someone or something for years, and then being proven right for your assiduity is special. The sweetness of victory is the greatest when you have had to work for it.
I have stayed loyal to this team. No matter what. I’ve had moments where I thought otherwise. But I have stuck to this team. I stood behind them. They stood behind me. I always dreamt of winning it with them. This is far more special than winning it with anyone else. Because my heart is with Bangalore. My soul is with Bangalore. This is the team I am going to play for till the last day I play the IPL.
(2) Great Partnerships Sometimes Happen Serendipitously
In my recent trip to Dubai, I found myself a great partner. I needed help with some paperwork. The costs seemed exorbitant. So I asked my dad, friends and colleagues for help with references.
A colleagues cousin's friend's friend's acquaintance was introduced to me (that's 5 degrees off). He was the only CA who agreed to meet with me on a holiday, the evening before I had to fly off. What was meant to be a transactional 15-minute meeting, ended up being a 2.5 hour freewheeling chat.
I liked Deepak from the minute he met me. I could tell that he is honest, hard working, diligent and entrepreneurial. He told me that he was keen to work with me. I reciprocated the feeling. The very next day I moved all my compliance work to him, introduced him to all the businesses and people I am involved with and plan to create opportunities for us to keep working together.
What serendipity!
If you want any legal and compliance work done in Dubai, then I think you should connect with Deepak. If he can help, he will. If he cannot help, he will probably point you in the right direction.
Here is a little bit about him:
Deepak Bansal is a holder of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) membership since 2017. He has worked in India for 5 years till 2022 to gain experience of Indian tax and commercial laws.
Since 2023 he has been working in UAE in areas of taxation, finance and compliance. He has set up his consultancy company in Dubai. Recently he qualified for the UAE CA and is expecting to get UAE Auditor license by UAE Ministry of Economy in next three months.
In the coming year he will be UAE Federal Tax Authority registered tax agent as well.
You can email Deepak at deepak@dbactaxes.ae or WhatsApp him on +971 50 403 0514.
(3) Help Every Time You Get An Opportunity To
Helping someone makes you feel good. It makes the other person feel good. It's a guaranteed win-win.
I was headed back to India. This guy came up to me and started talking in Punjabi. He was traveling back home but looked out of place. His inability to understand English made him worry that he would miss his flight. When he realized that I was headed to Delhi as well he just tailed me for the next three hours.
I taught him how to look at the screen to figure out which gate to head to by matching the destination and flight number with what is being displayed.
After we boarded, he came asked me where he should sit. I was sitting in row 13. He was supposed to be seated in row 9. I pointed him to his seat. He went and sat in the wrong seat. I went to him and sat him in the right place.
When we landed in Delhi, he didn’t know how to contact the friend who had come to receive him. I took him out and then gave him my phone to coordinate the right place to meet.
He was like a kid who was experiencing travel for the first time. I am glad I could be of help.
The next time you get an opportunity to help someone, just do it, no matter who they are. You have the power to spread some joy.
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