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Catch That Big Fish!

19/3/2017

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Pursuing Big Dreams - Catch That Big Fish!
Written by  Amey in June 2012


 A few years back, on a sunny Sunday morning, I visited Palolem beach with my cousins. When we reached the beach, we could see a lovely deserted island popularly known as ‘Monkey Island’ (marked as Kankon Island on Google maps). The island alluringly beckoned to us and we decided to take a closer look at it.
We walked towards a rocky area, as the villagers told us we could wade across from there to ‘Monkey Island’ in low tide. However, we found that the water between us and the island was neck deep and the current very strong. We decided not be take a risk and instead sat down to enjoy the sea view.

After a while, we noticed an old man fishing. He seemed to be having a bad day, as there were only three-four small fish next to him. We felt sorry for him and hoped he would catch a bigger one. After a few minutes, our prayers were answered and he reeled in a big fish. We felt happy thinking he would have a good meal. However, to our dismay, he removed the big fish from the hook and threw it back into the water. We were shocked! We asked him “Why did you throw the big fish back?” He gave us a toothless grin and said “I only have a tiny tavo (frying pan) at home.”
After a good laugh, one of my cousins advised him to buy a bigger frying pan. Another suggested that he could cut the big fish into small pieces before frying it!
This is not a true story. Also, this article is not about fishing and frying pans, but about following our big dreams.
Like the old man who threw back the big fish because it did not fit his tiny frying pan, we often dismiss our big dreams because we feel they are too big to fit our existing mindsets and abilities.
Let us apply the two approaches suggested above to achieve our big dreams.

Approach 1: Get a bigger frying pan
a. Boost your self-confidence. Zig Ziglar, the world's foremost authority on motivation says “When your image improves, your performance improves”. Make a list of your ten best achievements so far, your top strengths and what other people see as your strengths and top abilities and read this list to gain confidence.
b. Ensure that your dream is important to you and is in sync with your top values in life.
c. Acquire new skills/abilities needed to achieve your dream. According to Jim Rohn, America's foremost business philosopher, “You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills.” Identify the skills needed to achieve your dream and see how you can acquire them. Find experts and learn from them. 
 
Approach 2: Cut the fish into small pieces
Achieving your big dream might seem overwhelming at first. Break the big dream into smaller, more manageable goals. Think about something that you can do within one month, within a week and what you can do today to achieve that big dream.

​That big dream is waiting for you. Cast your line and reel in that big dream!
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24 Comments
amey hegde link
19/3/2017 08:30:30 pm

my first blog post

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Mamatha Prabhu
20/3/2017 08:49:48 am

Execellant Amey, Very true and agree to your point. Keep inspiring us.
Best regards
Mamatha Prabhu

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Ashutosh Thakre
19/3/2017 08:58:40 pm

Yes... true... In my opinion we should achieve our dreams by dividing them into small mile stones... They help us as guiding posts and we enjoy the achievements in a prolonged way... but the only caution do not set the mile stones so close by that we under value ourselves or so far apart that we over value ourselves...

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amey hegde
19/3/2017 09:17:22 pm

thanks Ashutosh milestones need to be just right so that we remain in flow state.
see https://daringtolivefully.com/how-to-enter-the-flow-state

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Lenie DoRosario
19/3/2017 08:59:39 pm

Very Inspiring Amey, a good read indeed. Hoping to to put words into actions.

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Akshata Alornekar
19/3/2017 09:23:06 pm

Very good article Amey. We tend to ignore our big goal, while trying to do other things. We need to remember that first one small step is required to achieve the goal.

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Nitin Welde
19/3/2017 09:35:08 pm

Very inspiring and exceptionally well written Amey . Keep writing

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Shilpa
19/3/2017 09:39:14 pm

It's Interesting and well Narrated. Thanks Amey

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Rohan R Pai Panandiker link
19/3/2017 09:41:39 pm

Excellent Article. Every moment ...,every time. Keep it up.

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Jaya obhan
19/3/2017 09:50:57 pm

Amazing words of learning ...

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Rajiv Kamat link
19/3/2017 09:59:50 pm

It's a very nice blog. A good guideline to tackle a bigger problem .

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Ratna Rajesh Manore
19/3/2017 11:49:38 pm

Good read. The approaches are very much helpful and realistic. If followed we can surely achieve our goals. It article is beautifully written especially the jotting down of your 10 achievement!!!
It was very short as when got inclined towards it, it ended. Would like to read more on it..... Hence keep writing.
Best wishes

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Col Vijay Batra
19/3/2017 11:59:34 pm

Amey, compliments on your powerful written word.I am a firm believer of 'Your capabilities are far greater than your limitations' and you article resonates with my thoughts.
Look forward to many more dilogical articles from you. Stay blessed

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Jeevarathnam P
20/3/2017 03:51:31 am

If at all we are planning anything large we need to have clear multiple milestones. Many a times the if we plan for large achievements people might think as its very difficult. So the smaller milestones will help to achieve the smaller tasks & finally it will help to achieve the destination. So many times the milestones also behaves as the self motivation & the same motivation helps to achieve subsequent steps easily

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Poorva Gude
20/3/2017 08:00:15 am

Beautiful. Very inspiring article. Those approaches would be so helpful to focus on our goals.

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Falgun Shah
20/3/2017 08:06:20 am

Thought provoking indeed!
Often in life we come across people who have all it takes to reach to pinnacle but fail in doing so coz they lack the wisdom in implementation.
There is a BIG Take home message from probably 500 odd words article. I am highly inspired and feel like going back to basics to tame the lacuna I possess.

Thx for sharing !


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Linfa
20/3/2017 10:01:22 am

Very inspirational... Like always Amey... You make us think... Great going... All the best...

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Ranjeet
20/3/2017 11:03:02 am

Excellent Amey Ji,Blend of Great ideas and thought!!Love to learn . Thank You and keep inspire us to inspire others.

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Upendra Kamat link
20/3/2017 11:16:25 am

Very inspiring. Beautifully expressed with a short story. I will remember this story every time I eat fish.

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Jinesh
20/3/2017 06:52:51 pm

Excellent article Amey. Thanks for sharing. The article brought out the subjective and objective aspect of solving the problem really well.

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Varsha Avadhany
20/3/2017 07:13:38 pm

Very beautiful fluid style of writing. Story telling leading to process mapping. Good structure

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Santosh Sawal
21/3/2017 09:28:20 pm

Amey, a very encouraging post...Also very important to practice what you have written on a daily basis.please keep writing such motivational posts frequently

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Prasad P. Prabhu
26/3/2017 07:53:28 pm

Interesting read ! Very inspirational and helpful for each one of us to achieve our short or long term goals.

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Col VC Prakash
27/3/2017 04:55:22 am

Nice metaphor Amey!!! I firmly believe each one of us is gifted.Each one of us has tremendous potential. Unfortunately, this potential does not necessarily translate into optimum desired performance. Once we understand the reasons and consciously work on it, the performance improves. Thanks

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