Ravi’s Rants

My wife hates taking unfamiliar routes when driving. If she is not fully confident of the route, she simply will not drive. Fortunately, her “thing” stops with driving.

Unfortunately, most people “live” this way - they go through their entire life without ever once taking the road less travelled. They continue to do only the things they are comfortable with, never once wandering outside their comfort zone.

Keep doing what you have always done, and you will get the results you’ve always gotten.

Go on - do something that makes you uneasy. Something that you feel guilty for not doing. Something that you’ve always feared. Something you were always terrified to do.

Grab the mike in front of that crowd.
Try a new dish at that restaurant.
Try a new restaurant.
Ask your boss for a raise.
Tell that nasty SOB what you really think about him.
Get a better job.
Get a better life.
Propose to your girlfriend.
Say you love him.
Write the first chapter of your book.
Ask your bank if they’ll give you that loan to start your business.
Call another bank if yours won’t.
Smell the roses.
Go for a walk with your kids.
Buy a house.
Follow your dream.
If you don’t have one, make one up.
Follow that rainbow.
Even if you don’t see it - yet.

Whatever it was that you’ve always wanted to do, just go do it.

If you’ve just been waiting for someone’s permission till now, go ahead - you now have mine.

Go on, be a winner.

I’ve never thought much about Clint Eastwood, the actor.

Yes, I loved him in “The good, the bad and the ugly”. Maybe “Dirty Harry” too. But that was it - at least for the longest time.

Then some time ago, I saw “Mystic River” (only because I am a big fan of Sean Penn). I was blown away by Penn’s acting - and the direction too. Guess what, it was directed by Clint Eastwood! And thus started a huge Clint-Eastwood brand-come-back.

And just like that, within the span of a few months, I had seen “Unforgiven”, “Midnight in the garden of good and evil”, “Escape from Alcatraz”, “In the line of fire”, and watched him proudly - and in awe - as he won at the Oscars. Suddenly, I just couldn’t get enough of Clint Eastwood.

Yes, brands can make a come-back. Even Dennis Rodman can, if he wants to.

You’ve just got to keep at it without ever quitting.

Doesn’t matter what color your hair is; just be outrageously brilliant in whatever you do - that’s all.