Chetan Bhagat an Indian author, calls himself an ‘authorpreneur’. When people say Chetan isn’t the best author, he replies with an agreement and states in his talk that he may not be the best author, but he is a best-selling author. Before Chetan started writing, he worked as a banker in India and Singapore. His first book was written in 2004.
Chetan spoke about his best tips for his audience, us, grade nine students to be successful. For Chetan’s success, he started by reaching out to Indians and states that he wants to ‘reach maximum Indians via entertainment.’Literature to him is the community through the written word. To reach 100 million Indians, he conveyed his message through books, films, columns, television and talks, and social media.
His first step to success in his tips was to connect with people through entertainment. This was demonstrated at the start of his presentation by making jokes to capture the audience. And in my perspective, it worked. His next step was to influence people to create change. To do this, Chetan started writing in newspapers to get the attention from the audience he wanted to attract. He went to the extent of writing in the national language of India, Hindi, to get a step closer to Indians.
To Chetan, there are 2 types of winners. What he said stuck in a lot of people’s minds. He mentioned, one type of winner is someone who does something better than other. But the other type is one that changes the game. “The strongest don’t survive,” he says with the full intention of making this clear to his audience. He believes people with ego don’t make it very far when it comes to success.
Something that inspired some and stayed with some people was the difference between short-term and long-term efforts. This is where success came into the picture and how long-term efforts can help get closer to success, especially when there is a set goal. Some of his tips were to under promise and over deliver, reinvent, show passion in intent, patience, partnerships, and humility. All these ideas were portrayed through analogies which is why it stuck with so many people and built a new understanding.
His final message to the audience was “be so busy improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others.”
To conclude your post, the theme of this talk was that the only person holding yourself back is you. If you put enough time, thought and effort into constantly improving yourself you will do much better than someone who believes they are “gifted” in what they do.