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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

International Yoga Day - One step at a time!

It must be of great pride to yoga lovers that the United Nations General Assembly (on the 11th of December 2014) declared 21st June as the International Yoga Day. This year being the second edition, the festivity on this special day has reached new heights with practitioners from all around the world participating in classes, and creating. various world record attempts. There were celebrations in NewYork, Paris, London, Delhi, Honkong, Beijing and other top cities in the world


Here is a nice collection of photos from around the world on International day of Yoga

I know for a fact that there were at least 30,000 people gathered at the World Trade Centre, Dubai to celebrate this occasion. There was even a Guinness world record attempt.

International Yoga Day in DUBAI. Pic Courtesy Gulf News.

But today was a very important day for me as an Entrepreneur. It was supposed to be my first milestone. My yoga travel company YogaTrippie was supposed to launch its beta site today.  But evidently it’s not happened. I’ve always read that the startup journey is not an easy one and many times there will be factors beyond your control. Let me tell you… reading about it and experiencing it are totally different things! 


 Yoga Trips and Wellness retreats from YogaTrippie - Coming Soon.
(Photo courtesy @Dan Borris and Alejandra Boris. for more check out http://www.yogacatz.com/)

Delayed Delayed Delayed
Among the long list of things that are delayed are some crucial ones including my web design, web development, content aggregation, scripts, and the company license and immigration card. 80% of the business deadlines that I had placed for myself have now been compromised and it’s not a good feeling. Every entrepreneur goes through these trying times apparently, and the only way forward is to keep going. 

Missed deadlines can be costly sometimes but a missed deadline is surely an opportunity. It is a chance to revisit the drawing board and see where you went wrong and what processes you need to change. It’s an opportunity to re-calibrate your working style and rewire your mind to ensure you don’t miss deadlines again.  Of course there will be external factors, but the harsh truth is that no one cares in business as to why you are missing a deadline.



The flip-side is that now I am aware of the factors with which the deadlines were missed and that makes me wiser.. Some deadlines feel so out of reach and figuring out how to achieve them seems impossible and I know that the only way to make the impossible into possible is to take it one step at a time. Everything is achieved exactly the same way: one step at a time. Including a successful yoga practice!!!

On that note I wish you a Happy international Yoga Day, may you take your practice and life one step at a time, may you be completely living in the moment and may meet all your deadlines! J

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2 comments:

singhpens said...

That candid admission of unforseen improbabilities is a huge step forward. May the launch keep the next deadline.

Shiro Kuma said...

A "missed deadline" is an "opportunity life-line" allowing us to refine or ideas and move faster after. Good luck with your entrepreneurial adventure!