Life has meaning, and God cares about you. It’s your mission on earth.” In short, try to achieve your dreams. You just have to read the omens that he left for you.” “There is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend.” “Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. “To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation.” “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” “God has prepared a path for everyone to follow.
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“ It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.Reading The Alchemist, the novel that has sold tens of millions of copies. If you still haven’t read it, do grab a copy and start reading it to gain insights that will help you to become successful in your ventures. For more informative articles like this, subscribe to now! The various elements in the novel serve as different metaphors that help us to understand the different aspects of leadership as well as life. On the course of Santiago’s journey, he realises that he learnt things that are even more valuable than the treasure itself. Realising your dream is a great thing, but what you learn during the course of your journey matters even more. As a leader, when you set goals for your organisation or any venture and work hard to achieve it, you ultimately realise that more than the goal, what matters is how you achieved it, what lessons you learnt on the way and how you influence other people to realise their ‘personal legend’. Many people do identify their ‘personal legends’ but will not be willing to work hard for it. “ It’s not the destination, It’s the journey.” You will definitely have setbacks in your journey ( Santiago had to suffer many difficulties during the journey ), but ultimately you will definitely succeed. And when you and your team starts to work on it, as the quote states, the universe ‘conspires’ in helping you to achieve it. People may demotivate you saying that your dream is unrealistic or impossible, but you must never lose hope and you must teach your team that the goal is indeed possible. Similarly, what differentiates a leader from the rest is his passion to follow a dream, vision or other words his ‘personal legend’. Recurring dreams of treasure just made Santiago realise that he is no ordinary shepherd. The treasure in the novel is used as a metaphor and the idea should not be applied as such ( Well, obviously you cannot sell off your belongings and go somewhere if you had a dream of a treasure one fine day! ). But once we realise our dreams, we must strive hard for it and that is where the journey begins. We all have our own personal legend, but often fail to recognise them.
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‘Personal legend’ can be defined as something you always wanted to accomplish no matter what. This can be achieved only if we follow our ‘personal legend’. So a good leader, along with converting himself into gold, helps his team to unlock their potential, rise above their limitations and finally convert them into gold. You must also remember that even if there is no leader to guide us, we ourselves can become an alchemist and practise the art of converting the ordinary into extraordinary. But when we work under a good leader, he/she makes us realise that we can get converted into gold with the passage of time. We all are born ordinary, just like Santiago who knew nothing but herding sheep. During the journey of Santiago ( the shepherd ), he encounters an alchemist who helps him to find his ‘true-self’ and ultimately his path to the treasure. But this term is used as a metaphor throughout the novel. The person who practised it was referred to as an alchemist. Even if you have not read the novel, you can definitely go on reading as only the basic plot will be outlined and no spoilers or plot details! The leadership thoughts you gain after reading this will definitely motivate you to grab the book and decipher new lessons that you might not find here! Who is an Alchemist?Īlchemy was an ancient branch of study which involved converting ordinary metals into gold.
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The leadership lessons that can be learnt from Santiago’s journey is worth a read. The book follows the journey of a shepherd boy named Santiago who sells his herd of sheep and goes in search of a treasure which he dreamt of. The Alchemist is one of the most widely read novels of all time and continues to inspire its readers in many ways.
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You might have definitely come across this quote at one point or the other even if you have not read The Alchemist written by Paulo Coelho. “ When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”