Cricket Crazy

They say that you can take a boy out of India but not India out of the boy!

Vaibhav was not born in India. He has never been to school there. But his passion for cricket can compare with any true blue Indian kid who was born and raised there. And passion here is an understatement. Vaibhav lives, thinks and breathes cricket. All day, everyday.

The best part is that he is good at it. I am always hearing moms, dads, friends come to me and tell me how great his stance is or how wonderful his shots are. Not that I know what a good stance looks like!

And its amazing how a kid's passion can change the parents' basic priorities. Even before we found a home for ourselves in Singapore, we enrolled him at the Singapore Cricket Association and ensured that he was part of the school team too.

We have always known that Vaibhav was athletically inclined and can play most sport decently. So far he's given a good shot at tennis (plays it regularly and has had intensive coaching for the past 3 years now), soccer, squash, badminton and basketball have all been a part of school and weekend fun. He swims like a fish and might I add, occasionally beats his dad (who was a table tennis champ in his younger days)at a game of table tennis. But cricket, of course has changed all that. He has stopped walking. Only runs from one end to another perfecting his fast bowling action. He spouts cricket statistics and prefers to watch old test matches to anything else on television.He reads books on the game and 'The diary of a cricket god' is now his all time favourite!

As a personal brand strategist, speaker and coach, I'm always telling people to follow their passion. Taking a passion to the highest possible level is the greatest possible differentiation there is.

It is so gratifying to see my little boy live what I'm preaching (and that too without the preaching!). He eagerly waits for his coaching every week. He has played a couple of matches against other teams. He is getting all the training and the right opportunities in Singapore. His big dream is to play for either India or Singapore.

Dream on, my boy. We are thoroughly enjoying dreaming along with you!