14th August 2012
`Even the lion has to defend himself against flies'
German Proverb
There are two major reasons for people not able to achieve something great - fear of failure and fear of negative criticism. It is easier to pass comments and criticize. But it takes a lot character and maturity to try out new things against odds.
Read this long quotation couple of times:
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
Next time when you find someone failing, go and praise him for the efforts he took regardless whether he achieved the result.
N C Sridharan
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