Sucess Shuns You Once... Twice.. Thrice

I have noticed brilliant ideas biting the dust around me on many occasions. Many among us conceive terrific ideas, some of us even muster courage to give a shape to them, a few of us go even further and try to make it a reality. Sad! Hardly a few of them make up to success stories.

I had read many books and articles advocating persistence. You should not give up, keep trying until success embraces you. Nice! Mostly before success embraces us, we run out of patience. No one tells us what should be the limit of patience. When we reflect, what our mind concludes is: If I keep trying a thousand times, still I don’t succeed, where will I reach? No wonder this thought scares us. And we give up.

A very close friend of mine, Prashant, a man of average caliber got enrolled for Chartered Accountancy. His first challenge was adapting to the language, as he belonged to a remote village in India and he started English only from class six. Secondly, he was throughout an Art student and had seen credit and debit only on bank statement. But, his determination was worth a gold medal. He failed once.. twice and upon being asked, what he planned next, he always said, “Come what may! I will pass the next one.” And he did.

Now, not only he is a full-fledged Chartered Accountant, he speaks fine English good enough to give a complex to a DPS pass out and currently holds CFO position in a leading domestic company.

When I last met him in New Delhi after nearly a decade, I could still see the same determination in his eyes and couldn’t hold myself saying, “Come what may! I will pass the next one.”

What I learned was every time he failed, he did brutally unbiased reflection and worked on his flaws. Over and above his persistence, he didn’t forget to avoid his past mistakes.

Do try again, but if it’s not working, change your approach, finetune your resources, check the timing and context, seek others feedback with open mind and do everything possible. I know you have already worked hard, but still it’s not the time to give up!

Success may shun you once..twice..or may be thrice. But finally, it doesn’t have a choice, it will be compelled to knock your door.