At some stage of life, every man and his dog comes across an ah-ha moment when, all of sudden, he has a solution in front of him a solution to a problem that has been perplexing him the whole of his life.

Today, while reading the “just-launched” Indian edition of Men’s Health, I came across one such ah-ha moments myself.

I have never hidden it that I want to make it big in the entertainment industry. Difficult, yes. Impossible, no. So why is it that I am not implementing my action plan with the pace I should be? Why is it that I end up spending most of my time, energy and money in industries other than entertainment?

Yes, I got an answer to the above questions. However, before that, let me tell you HOW I got my answers.

Actually, I got my answers to my business questions from one of the most unlikely sources I could have thought of — a story about Tarahumera tribe of American Indians in the hills of Mexico.

Yeah, I actually found solutions to my business questions while trying to read about how Tarahumera people, while living on a diet of carbs and beer, are still able to run more than 100 miles at a time… even in their 60s.

There was this one single line which read –

“I saw a 95-year-old Tarahumera man walking across these mountains,” Caballo begins. “Know why he could do it? Because no one told him he couldn’t. If you put your body into a situation, it will figure out what to do.”

So that was it — You know why he could? Because no one told him he couldn’t.

All of sudden I realized that all this time I’ve sub-consciously told myself that entertainment industry is one of the most ruthless industries and making it big in it is difficult. And keeping this in mind, I was trying to make a base for myself to fall back on. I was trying to have businesses and investments in “stable” industries. And, as a result, I was NOT putting 110% of myself towards my goal.

Wow! I never realized that I was the one keeping myself from achieving what I have always wanted to achieve. How could I forget Eminem’s immortal words –

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted - One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?

Rupert Murdoch has a reputation — whenever he gets into a new venture, he stakes everything that he has on it and this way he forces himself to work as hard as he can to make it a success. Otherwise, he has a lot to lose.

So there you know what I am going to do from today itself. Yes, I am going to focus 110% on my entertainment businesses and get myself into a do-or-die situation… sometimes I really need to kick myself hard on my arse.

I’ll leave you with words from Eminem that kept ringing in my ear all the time I was writing this post, and get back to work — Success is my only mothafuckin option and failure’s not.