"If you've never failed, you've never lived." Though a simple yet quite an amazing quote. I really love the thought behind it because of its very intense and profound meaning. So when I heard it, I had to use it for my next blog. Let me start by saying that Failure is a boon...Failure is good to bolster you up for the future. Success without failure is doomed as it breeds too much of arrogance and overconfidence. I may have never failed during my student life but I must admit that I have failed innumerable times in my professional and personal life to thereafter emerge a better being. The dictionary will continue to describe failure as a negative word but in practical life, ''Failure is the basic foundation on which the edifice of success is built''.
Everybody wants to be successful and famous. However I bet, not at the cost of several failures. But why ? Does the risk of failure scare you ? And as such you've not been able to achieve what you had set out in life to achieve. Why at all are we scared of failure if we have given our best shot ? When we look at successful and famous people (here I measure success and fame not merely in pecuniary terms but also through an individual's extensive acceptability in his respective professional field by the public at large and his widely acclaimed and accomplished social responsibilities), we often compare ourselves with them. What is so special about great men which makes them more successful than others ? What "special" do they have which many of us lack ? Please don't forget that they too are human like us and don't come from an alien planet. We only see their success and fame with a tendency of either completely ignoring or being oblivious of the failures and turmoils they had to encounter on their road to success.
Everybody wants to be successful and famous. However I bet, not at the cost of several failures. But why ? Does the risk of failure scare you ? And as such you've not been able to achieve what you had set out in life to achieve. Why at all are we scared of failure if we have given our best shot ? When we look at successful and famous people (here I measure success and fame not merely in pecuniary terms but also through an individual's extensive acceptability in his respective professional field by the public at large and his widely acclaimed and accomplished social responsibilities), we often compare ourselves with them. What is so special about great men which makes them more successful than others ? What "special" do they have which many of us lack ? Please don't forget that they too are human like us and don't come from an alien planet. We only see their success and fame with a tendency of either completely ignoring or being oblivious of the failures and turmoils they had to encounter on their road to success.
THE VIDEO
Just recently, I saw an excellent motivation video (which inspired this post) about some very famous and great people like Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison,The Beatles,Walt Disney,Michael Jordan et al and the failures/rejections they had to face in life before they became what they became.I would definitely like to share the link to this amazing must watch video
I hope this short video will inspire us and the posterity to emulate the 'positive approach' of all the successful and famous people sampled therein who were big failures more than once in their lives.
I hope this short video will inspire us and the posterity to emulate the 'positive approach' of all the successful and famous people sampled therein who were big failures more than once in their lives.
THE MESSAGE
There is only one message underlying the video...never ever get disheartened and demoralized with your failures....never succumb to them, be resolute in spirit and truth. Our trying times need not drag us down if we see them as doorways to new beginnings. These failures are just the stepping stone to success and only test our resolve to reach the summit. The refusal to succumb to their failures...rejections and their belief in themselves is the only common and special thread connecting all great men. "So Rise and Shine and never stop believing in yourself." That should be our sole motto. Even an infant taking his first baby steps, falls...rises...falls again...rises again and barely manages to walk, but never stops trying. If those famous men could achieve what they achieved in life despite their shortcomings and numerous failures, then why can't we. We may never become as famous and successful as them but our strong resolve would instil so much positive energy inside us so as to continue aiming at the best. I'm sure we'll reach there. However, the upsetting factor is that we never try to rise after a single or couple of failures and take it all to heart. Instead we should become more resolute after each successive failure and remain hungry for success. I'm sure you must have heard the old cliché : "Even God helps those who help themselves". We just need to implement it on a consistent basis.
GREAT MEN & THEIR FAILURES
For the uninitiated, the great 'Abraham Lincoln' faced innumerable failures in his life. He failed in business at 22, lost his job and was rejected for Law school at 23, became bankrupt at 24, had a nervous breakdown at 27, only one out of his four sons survived adulthood and he lost eight elections before finally becoming the President of USA. Even the great 'Mahatma Gandhi' was once thrown out of a first class train compartment in South Africa due to his colour and everybody knows what happened after that. And the great superstar actor 'Amitabh Bachchan' was rejected by the All India Radio for his famous baritone. So let us follow in the footsteps of these great men and keep striving to ameliorate with each failure....each rejection. Failures will definitely make us cherish the taste of success. "The more bitter the failure, the more sweeter will be the success." Therefore, I truly endorse the message from the above mentioned video : "If you've never failed, you've never lived." We will never truly value success until and unless we've been there after some memorable failures. The memory of those failures will always keep us grounded. Then, I bet success will never go to our heads. So when we fail...never mind...let us have the courage to rise with pride and a prayer in our heart...live again...and take a positive step towards success afresh....
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