But it’s also an event to widespread the hope—the hope to be yourself, the hope to live with the dream, the hope to break down the impossible, the hope to add extra in ordinary and make it extraordinary.

Let’s rewind the memory and zoom on the “Best Actor” category.

Finally, Jeff Bridges got the opportunity to thank his parents, for turning him on to such a groovy profession.

In the past 40 years, Jeff Bridges has been nominated for 4 times. But every time, he got nothing except the hope for the next time. And this year, his 5th nomination made his hope worthy.

And my favorite moment was when Michael Giacchino was awarded the Best Music (Original Score) Oscar for the film, UP.  Read his acceptance speech:

When I was… I was nine and I asked my dad, “Can I have your movie camera? That old, wind-up 8 millimeter camera that was in your drawer?” And he goes, “Sure, take it.” And I took it and I started making movies with it and I started being as creative as I could, and never once in my life did my parents ever say, “What you’re doing is a waste of time.” Never. I know there are kids out there that don’t have that support system so if you’re out there and you’re listening, listen to me: If you want to be creative, get out there and do it. It’s not a waste of time. Do it.

You know, this is one of the coolest criteria among the most successful people. Now maybe you are thinking, “Come on, if hoping like this can bring success, then there are so many people spend hours doing that, they’d also become highly successful.”

No! There is a slim line between “wishing” and “hoping.”

When you are wishing, you’re just presuming the result to make your inner self happy.

But when you are hoping, you believe in the end. You believe on your self-worth and you tell yourself that you are ready to stride towards your goal, no matter what.

Yes, the determination to make the wish a reality counts most—it’s the determination.

What you are and where you wanna go at the end—the journey gets colored by the determination you add. It’s not by simply wishing.

How strong your determination is?

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~ Albert Einstein

Academically how rich you are? Dropped out or not enough to be excited? If yes, so what! Still you have the potential to be something significant … something influential, like:

Benjamin Franklin: One of the founders of The United States of America; co-author and co-signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. You name it, what he wasn’t: polymath, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier, and diplomat.

Thomas Edison: Inventor, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the electric light bulb.

Valentina Terescova: Cosmonaut; first woman in space to orbit the earth.

William Faulkner: One of the most influential writers of the 20th century; won one Nobel Prize and two Pulitzer Prizes.

Agatha Christie: Best-selling female author of all time; the most translated individual author in the history.

Mary Lyon: Women’s education pioneer; founder of Mount Holyoke College (America’s first women’s college)

Helen Gurley Brown: Editor-in-chief of the Cosmopolitan magazine; the highest paid copywriter in 60s.

Frederick Henry Royce: Co-founder-designer of the “Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Company.”

Florence Nightingale: Modern nursing pioneer, nicknamed as “The Lady with the Lamp.”

Gene Autry: Singer-songwriter; the first “singing cowboy”; wrote and co-wrote over 200 songs, including “Back in the Saddle Again” and “Here Comes Santa Claus.” Only person to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Marcus Loew: Early Hollywood pioneer; founder of the “Loews” movie- theater chain and co-founder of “MGM” studios.

Simon Cowell: The richest TV personality after Oprah, the creator of Pop Idol, The X Factor, and Britain’s Got Talent.

Aretha Franklin: 20 times Grammy winning singer-pianist; the first woman artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Rod Laver: The only tennis player to have twice won all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same year; tennis’s first millionaire.

Mildred Zaharias: Women’s sports pioneer; won 6 Gold medals and broke 4 world records at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic.

So when people look at your academic qualification and say, “Isn’t your education a draw-back for your success?” Let them know, success isn’t limited without formal education, success is limited without vision. What’s your vision?

So tenderly your story is
Nothing more than what you see
Or what you’ve done or will become
Standing strong do you belong
In your skin; just wondering
~ Clint Eastwood (Jamie Cullum)

If it would become possible to buy any dream you wanted, would you try to buy? If yes, then why you never worked to achieve it?

Okay, I’m giving you the answer.

You force yourself not to go for your dream because you know—life is never easy for those who dream. It’ll knock you down; push you back and make you the reason to be laughed for.

Then your inner-voice whispers to you, “Better, don’t try.”

THE ATTITUDE

You know dear, there is a formula:

C + R = O

(CHALLENGE + RESPONSE = OUTCOME)

You can blame the challenge (C) for the lack of your outcome (O). But by simply changing your response (R) to the challenges (C), you can change the outcome (O).

You can’t change the fact that you have to face obstacle and the success rule will act in a certain way. The only thing you can do is to play your part with the right attitude.

As you have dreams you have to face challenges. There is no other way.

FACING THE CHALLENGES

In Chinese, the word “crisis” stands for “weiji” which often has been said to be composed of the characters for “danger” and “opportunity.” That’s why in the Chinese culture, a crisis is regarded not merely as a danger but also as an opportunity.

If in your success there is no challenge, it’s a fair bet; your success isn’t big enough to be proud for. Yes, the challenges enrich the tale we call success.

Actually if you think deeply, you’ll find that the troubles are the price we pay for our success. Each and every trouble makes us more confident … more passionate. Because then only we want to achieve more, as revenge—to show that we can!

WINNERS TAKE IT ALL

Do you know the basic difference between an ordinary people and a winner? The winner takes everything as challenge, while ordinary people take everything either as a blessing or a curse. So what happens to you, it can be a curse but it’s your responsibility to make it a blessing!

Because, people never become winners by winning; they win as they are winners.

We always have to accept some defeats— it’s the biggest truth of our life. No one can avoid them. And it’s always better to lose some of the battles in the struggle of our dreams than to be defeated without knowing what we’re fighting for.

THE DESTINATION: SUCCESS

It’s true that we all have our own destiny, but the importance is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads us.

If you have the attitude to win, you have achieved half of your success; if you don’t, you have achieved half of your failure.

Remember, no one can defeat you unless you first defeat yourself.