The Power of Hope

Lockdown has been lifted, Businesses are back, The Power of Hope is the cornerstone of all achievements. Great leaders instill hope in their team.

This week I will not tell  any crafted stories, I want to share with you a true story that inspired millions when the world was reeling under the Great depression

Come with me, I will take you on a journey in my time machine to witness the inspiring event. Put your hands on my shoulder.

Let’s start our journey to the United States

Year: 1930

The businesses are shut, millions have lost their jobs, their homes, their wives. Half of the banks shut permanently.

With no jobs, people are wandering on the roads, with no money most men went with an empty stomach.

The world needed a hero then

The nation needed something to believe in.

With really nothing to do, men were watching horseraces and football games

Come, let’s watch a horse race. In the racecourse, an undersized racehorse, not a thoroughbred in racecourse language, the lazy horse named Seabiscuit catches no one’s attention.

Having lost all its initial races, the Seabiscuit was banished from all the races and sold to a new owner

The new owner, a great leader of his own believed in the power of hope, he teamed with a trainer known for his unconventional methods of training and a jockey who commits his whole heart and soul, to this horse.

Under the new trainer & the jockey, Seabiscuit caught everyone’s attention, started winning races, proving the power of hope.

Like a second wave struck us

The Seabiscuit was injured and fractured its ligament in a race; everyone believed it won’t come again in the race circuit.

If horses are not for the courses, it will be gunshot mercilessly. To this date, that’s the practice.

But not the jockey, who believed in Seabiscuit and the love & affection towards his animal. He kept his hope alive.

The Seabiscuit was again in the race circuits, winning race after races, and went on to win the Grand Admiral a thoroughbred. The race was termed as the  “The race of the century”.

The little horse inspired many to come out of the depression.

Businesses are back, the US started dominating the world again. Size doesn’t matter, what is needed a big heart

Have you got inspired?

Come, let us travel to the future. Along the way,

In 2000 we see dotcom bubble

A great recession in 2008

Seeing all, let’s travel to the future

The year 2040

The world is facing one more recession; we know that’s a part of any economic cycle.

Young business people are looking for inspiration.

We both are at a business summit

Crowds are thronging on you, the young age entrepreneurs are asking only one question

How did you successfully overcome the pandemic situation of 2020, when the businesses were shut for completely two years?

What’s the story we are going to tell the future generations?

Here is my story, I told them.

The power of Hope kept me alive in business.

I quoted the kids a poem “shared by Brain Tracy

“Stick to the fight when you are the hardest hit

It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit “

What mattered is not the size, but the size of my heart

Great Leaders never lose hope; our hope was more contagious than the virus. I ended my story.

Now it’s your turn.

Write down in the comments section, what the future generations are going to hear from you, or just copy-paste a line which you like the most.

Is your business the Seabiscuit of 2020, are you the lovely Jockey, and am I the trainer with you on your successful journey?

Let the future generation know what you think now. Will You?