this story originally appeared in on aug 17 2012 as we are ushered into the 24th floor suite at a posh bandra hotel the badshah of bollywood greets us warmly the everpresent cigarette smouldering in one hand as his aides buzz around to get him a sandwich shah rukh king khan strolls to the seafacing window and muses aloud too bad sea rock hotel is gone id always dreamt of buying it during my struggler days staring far into the sea watching the waves splash around it looks as if he is trying to relive those frustrating days of sitting on bandras bandstand with nothing more than just a dream but with success srks dreams have only gotten bigger circa 2012 he is not only the biggest star in bollywood but also owner of the iplwinning kolkata knightrider team and promoter of red chillies entertainment and red chillies vfx srk who has been retained by tag heuer as brand ambassador for the 9th year discusses his unique philosophy of success edited excerptsso what drives you a higher goal insecurity or success itself you know i delivered a speech on success for young presidents organisation a few years ago success is an extremely strange thing it has two elements first it cannot be passed on however much you try whether you are a ceo of a company or a parent and the second thing about it is that the successful person actually actually does not know why he or she is successful of course you can always say things like the more i practice the easier it becomes etc people get cagey trying to explain the reason for success and they hide behind big words someone asked warren buffet how he was so successful in his investments buffet said i take the right decisions the person asked and how do you take right decisions he replies experience he was further asked how do you get experience buffet said by making the wrong decisions so even warren buffet cannot explain the reason for success no one can so when you ask me what drives me its really none of the five top things profit fame the quest for excellence and perfection wanting to do better than i did last time or just because this is what i do i think it is something as basic as feeling good about what you do and then everything stems from it whenever ive felt good doing something it has always been successful i felt good about getting into cricket fine it wasnt successfully immediately people criticise you because their analysis of your success from exterior forces is based on the five peripherals and i explain that yes i lost money on raone but it feels good and i will make it again i could not have done raone 20 years back but now i can afford to do it and lose a bit of money if i need to as long as it