In this episode of 'Woice with Warikoo', Ankur Warikoo shares his experiences about the meticulous and specialized work of stylists, makeup artists, photographers, and more. He draws a parallel to the Mahabharata, illustrating the difference between winners and losers through the story of Arjun's focused vision. Tune in every Thursday for new insights on career, relationships, personal finance, success, failure, and more, exclusively on your favorite podcast platform.
00:00 Introduction to Woice with Warikoo
00:47 Realization in a New Setting
01:06 Being a Mannequin
01:55 The Mahabharat Analogy
02:42 Conclusion and Call to Action
[00:00:03] Hey everyone, this is Voice with Warikoo, with my Ankur Warikoo. In this English podcast series, I cover a lot of things in this English podcast series. Career, relationships, personal finance, success, failure, and frankly, something else that comes to the time. Every week on Thursday, a new episode on your favorite podcast platform. Voice with Warikoo. I was in Mumbai last week at a film shoot.
[00:00:31] It was 14 straight hours, 7am to 9pm, a team of 200 people. It was quite intense. It wasn't my first shoot, but every time that I am in this setting, it frankly just leaves me very, very inspired. This time though, I realized something. To the experts on the team, you know, the stylists, makeup artists, photographers, I was not Ankur Warikoo or an actor or a personal brand or even a person.
[00:01:02] I was what their work demands. Let me give you an example. As soon as I reached my hotel room, there was the styling team waiting for me. In the next 60 minutes, I put on some 30 plus outfits and all that they did was ask me what to wear and then click me. For them, I was not a human or Ankur or an actor, a personal brand or anything. To them, I was a mannequin. To the makeup artist, I was a face.
[00:01:30] To the hairstylist, I was strands of hair. To the audio person, I was a voice. To the art person, I was a piece of the set. To the photographer, I was a model under lights. To the cameraman, I was someone to keep in focus. To the director, I was someone to emote. To my assistant, I was someone to listen to. Everyone had one task which was executed perfectly, emotionlessly with exceptional skill.
[00:01:57] And it reminded me of the Mahabharata story where Guru Dronacharya, he's testing the Pandavas with a bird's eye as their target in bow and arrow. And he asks, what do you see? And everyone said, I see the bird, I see the tree, I see the sky, I see branches. Until it came to Arjun, who is the masterful archer. And Guru asks him, what do you see, Arjun?
[00:02:27] And Arjun replies, I see only the bird's eyes, Gurudev. And I think that's the difference between winners and losers. Losers will scan every possibility and yet miss the mark. And winners, they only see the mark.