Comments on: How smart do you have to be to succeed?

By: Vinay Nagaraju

Vinay Nagaraju — Tue, 24 Jun 2014 08:06:07 +0000

In reply to Tara Nair. Thank you Tara :). True, the NOW is such a powerful thing. I am really glad you liked the stories and were able to relate to them. I was sorta getting the feeling that I might be doing what my grandfather was with his boring tales :D :)

By: Tara Nair

Tara Nair — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 12:13:07 +0000

I loved this blog post. What you mentioned as a story as well as a message is worthy enough o give a thought on self. ‘Now’ factor has always been counted. And I am glad of that fact. It will always keep your soul purpose in track. Wonderful post Vinay!

By: Priyanka Shekhar

Priyanka Shekhar — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:16:30 +0000

In reply to Vinay Nagaraju. :)

By: Vinay Nagaraju

Vinay Nagaraju — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:28:50 +0000

In reply to shekharpriyashi. Thank you Priya :). Very very true, they cannot feed us, not always for sure. The more we grow up, the more we realize how important the other things are in life, the ones which are not spoken of, the ones which can take us a long long way :). He he he he, that's a nice dialogue, very apt to this situation and the piece of writing :).. Thank you Priya, glad to know that you liked it :)

By: Vinay Nagaraju

Vinay Nagaraju — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 17:26:56 +0000

In reply to subramanianlata. Thank you Lata :). Nice to hear from you. I am completely on board with you Lata, the most important thing is finding out what matters the most! And as for the academic achievement, I think I washed off my hands at acads after school. Although it did feel like the most important thing while studying, being at the job made me realize how wrong I was and how insignificant it was in the broader scope of things. In the end I feel it is the person who matters more and the personality which can make that difference!

By: subramanianlata

subramanianlata — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 04:20:43 +0000

Vinay, first and foremost one needs to figure out what is important to you in life. Material success or the feeling of satisfaction that only a job well done can bring about. Second, academic performance doesn’t get you very far in real life. There you have to learn to think on your feet and take decisions and the responsibility for those decisions. And that takes smarts as well as courage. Third, your ex-boss was right. It’s today that counts not just in professional but also personal life:)

By: shekharpriyashi

shekharpriyashi — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 23:58:19 +0000

Very True Vinay, All those grades, awards have their own importance in our lives however it cannot feed us always. one dialogue I remember from the movie Luck by Chance – “Agar meetha khana hai to shakkar to daalna hi padega”…. :D. You have to act smart time to time to remain in a game…… Liked this post….. :)

By: Vinay Nagaraju

Vinay Nagaraju — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 15:18:06 +0000

In reply to Issac thomas. :) thank you issac!

By: Pratik Kirve

Pratik Kirve — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:21:55 +0000

Great Article…!! :)
And first of all, I think getting good marks & getting good college do not have any connection with smartness or intelligence. So it is not like the one with good grades is smarter.
Your boss rightly said No one cares what you have done in the past, today is the most important day & what we do today is what matters.
To achieve what we want, the most important thing according to me is to be what we are and try to become more & more of ourselves, not necessarily try to become smarter.
At last, I want to add to your simple philosophy- YOU WANT IT! Well then, GO GET IT by being yourself!!

By: PratikKirve

PratikKirve — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:10:07 +0000

How smart do you have to be to achieve? http://t.co/1s6BAROIdt via @spidyvinay

By: Issac thomas

Issac thomas — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 12:50:28 +0000

if you want it..go get it…..inspired…yeahh

By: Vinay Nagaraju

Vinay Nagaraju — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:10:08 +0000

In reply to Alok Vats.

Thank you Alok. I’m so glad to hear this from you. This is perhaps the best comment I have gotten so far. It is an incredible sense of satisfaction to know that a post touches someone and to know that it is someone whom you hold in high regard is an amazing feeling :)..

I agree, after about 4 years, I now realize that he was not wrong at all, atleast in this aspect. Maybe I wasn’t ready to receive it yet, but he sure was right.

And yes, money is a really bad market for the quality of a person. But unfortunately it seems like the society is inching a little toward that no matter how much I hate it. Even I sometimes feel like using that as a marker and then realize what I’m Doing is wrong!

Like you said, it is all about the choices we make, how cleverly we process it and use it to our advantage. It’s a pretty ironical set of events don’t you think – all our growing up ages people keep constantly telling that it is about hard work and at a stage we realize that there are so many other factors which add up as well. It does take a lot to get to something ! :)