SUCCESS

We are living in the surrounding where everyone is towards the pursuit of success. Some wants to score highest marks, someone wants to beat the rival team , someone wants to become film superstar, someone wants to become the prime minister and moreover there are many who want to become the richest person of the world.

It’s rightly said that all salute to the rising sun. The successful man becomes an icon and ideal for millions of men. It’s quite glamorous, lustrous and bewitching. The fragrance of success is felt far and wide. The people start up discussion, devotion and imitation of such successful personalities. The world worships the stardom. Around such people, a heavenly helm is created. The phase of best wishes, good luck and divine prayers get a start for such people. The slightest glimpse, shortest company and tiniest talk delight the hearts and please the mind of the fans. They start vowing and pledging on the name of their stars. They even start idolizing their icons by putting a physical statue in cleansed corner of the house. They pay a regular homage to them with all religious rituals and fervors. Their faith to their icons are to such level, even many of them establish temple and start worshiping like gods. These icons are the successful men and women from politics, sports, art and acting. 

To interview such successful men, one can find a chance to look deeper into the personality. The world knows only success. The world is blinded by the glitters of successes. The world forgets to look into the long and lethargic stories behind those successes. Just pick random few names of world’s richest and successful men, I say with full conviction and confidence that the stories of more than 90 percent people were full of hurdles and hurricanes. They encountered manifold heart rending and mind bereaving ups and downs. They faced the troublesome time and terrible people. They were left alone to die in dearth. The kin became the worst enemy. The world looked with doubts, suspicion and hatred. The time teased in torments treacherously.  The scarcity, hunger and helplessness could not tear their brave spirits. They fought fabulously with all odds. They emerged as a ruling star to shine in the sky. They illuminated the world around them by their perseverance, patience and commitment. They became the guiding lamp and source of incessant inspiration for whole of the world. They laid foundation of paramount courage, confidence and capability for the posterity.

The question naturally arises over here. Did these extraordinary fellows follow the short cut to get success? Did these supermen cut the bigger lines of someone? Did these fabulous personalities adopt illegal, mean and corrupt ways to get success? Did they stand in the way of someone’s growth and greatness? Did they show jealousy towards their fellow men who have already climbed to the ladder of success? Did they envy anyone when all had deserted him forlorn? Of course they did not. They believed strongly in their own self. They analyzed their own strengths and weaknesses by introspecting themselves than to stone the mud around them. They thought it improper and unsuitable to frown, accuse and curse others. They focused constantly on themselves and their goals.

The man is a dreaming creature. He imagines. He lives in the world of fancy and fantasy. This is the trait that differentiates him from animal. The animal does not dream, imagine and fantasize. The man dreams of bigger, wonderful and beautiful things. That soothes his body, mind and heart even if not actually attained and acquired. As someone has rightly observed that ‘Imagination is pre requisite of thoughts’. These are the thoughts and ideas only that lead to innovations, discoveries and inventions. I don’t oppose such fascination of the people. They are the stimulating energy that really makes him what he dreams.

All successful men and women had a dream of their own. They had a clear vision of their life. They imagined a world of their kind and lived it. They fancied and fantasized a definite goal, and with all their ventures and verity they attained. The man without dream and destination is like strayed ship in the ocean. The life is meaningless if it does not have any pre defined goal. It’s very simple to understand that ‘If someone has to go to a pre decided place, he may reach sooner and easier than that who does not know where to go”. All successes purely and prominently depend on defined and decided aims of life. As much clear we are about our goal, so easy it becomes to attain. The sooner we decide our aim, the sooner we reach it. As much quivering, covert and confusing our targets are, so much difficult it will be to grapple it. The clarity of objectives and validity of visions ensure its fulfillments.  

But thing that I want to attract the attention is that the medium that we follow in achieving our goals is very important. It is true that there is no shortcut to success. To achieve our goal and find what we are dreaming for needs hard labor, strong will power and undying spirit to achieve the target. The method of shortening the line of the neighbor is unfair and not works ever rather to draw a long line by own genuine efforts. To be dependent on others is self sacrificial. The time, resource and caliber what one has, he has to depend on that only.  Time changes, so the moods and mindset of men. When and where will others reject you and your tenets?  Nobody knows. Our dreams and desires are our own. Why should others be so captive of our visions? To rely on other’s shoulders is rather catastrophic. That will lead to nowhere and nothingness.

If we recount the most successful figures of not only of the country but of the world like Martine Luther, Abraham Lincoln, Barak Obama, Dr. Ambedkar, Amitabh Bacchan we shall find the truth hidden and lying behind their supreme successes. Abraham Lincoln became president of America after consecutive numerous defeats and setbacks. Barak Obama overcame the stigma of racialism and elected to the prestigious post of America’s president and honored White House. Dr. Ambedkar rose above caste discriminations vigorously prevalent to untouchables. They were forbidden from education. But challenged the bounds and boundaries by his indomitable spirit and enacted the marvelous constitution to such a vast democratic country. The mega star Amitabh Bachchan was hugely and highly rejected at radio services and bollywood  films because of his hoarse and heavy voice and long stature. The same became the unrivalled and unparallel super star in film industry. So successes are not easy to visualize, predict and judge. The seed of success lies within all. What we require is to recognize and nurture them.

All successful men did this and ruled the hearts of the millions by their magical and magnificent performances. 

The significant stories of harsh hardships and struggles of so many successful men abound in the history pages and there are living legends too. To mention the giant scientist like Edison who experimented thousands time to invent bulb and failed but remained persistent in his effort and lastly got huge success. The god of cricket Sachin Tendulkar had sweat in the hot sun to prove himself worthy for India’s most coveted honour of Bharat Ratna. Their path of success was full of thorns and thickets. Even in the tough, turbulent and tumultuous times, they were calm, quiet and confident. They sighed and sobbed but remained sanguine and hopeful of their ways and verities.

Success comes after long trial, experimentation and failures. What we need is to remain adamant and fixed on our goals and objectives. Then the success will kiss your feet.

The success is a step to step process. It has stages after stages. To think of jumping direct up to the roof is a blunder and foolishness. That is rather to crack the bones and melt the muscles forever. That will ruin up never to rise up again. It is rightly observed that ‘Haste makes waste and hurry spoils curry’. To climb the top, we require the steps of a ladder or lift, so is the case with success. Stepwise climbing enables us to reach the Everest, while direct jump destroys everything. Can anyone climb the Everest at one stride? Can the Everest be won in a day? Does the successful man achieves it all of sudden? Even the destiny favors the brave. God helps those who help themselves. We have to accumulate and count every second’s efforts to assess faultlessly. Success is not an object to be achieved at one go. The constant strike of water makes the pebble round, shiny and attractive.

Another big aspect of success is that firm belief, strong will power and self determination to attain the aim. The people most often become so impatient for the success. They expect the things to change overnight. They want success on the blink of eyes. If they fail, they change the goal. They keep on changing their aims and objectives. Such people die into nothing. They rather waste their precious time, resource and energy. It’s better to fix a goal judiciously and be faithful to it. The seed takes time to grow into a big tree and beget fruits. It requires watering, cleaning and utmost care to flourish and flower. If one sows a seed today and tomorrow becomes ready with sickle to harvest, it’s ultra stupidity and utter nonsense.  

The other notable thing about success is that whatever aims and objectives are being decided, that must suit the need, resources, caliber, strength and time. It will be another big mistake for nothing. This will make the life more pitiable and pathetic. Just imagine a case where a slum dweller dreams to become the wealthiest, wisest and most powerful man of the earth. He does not have even access to education, healthy foods and proper living. Will attaining the dream be possible for him? Will not his dreams ferociously shattered into pieces? Will he not be the object of ridicule and derision? Will not his total honest efforts waste? The goals must be wisely and prudently be fixed otherwise they will create chaos, callous and discomfort in life.

Another big blunder we commit is that we focus more on attaining our targets than to sharpen our skills. We aspire to be successful with least and minimum efforts. We will be pleased to achieve our goal more if we get it without any effort. This is the human tendency of comfort lovingness, sloth and inactiveness. That results in the damage of natural capacity and inherent stamina to tackle odds of life. This maims our instincts and their strength. The success is the outcome of our skillful, deft and diligent approaches. Without them, getting success is merely a mirage. The valiant, belligerent and puerile steps pave the path of success. Only dreaming of high achievements, fame and prosper without calibrating our innate genius, will only make down, broken and dejected. We should focus more on strengthening our skills than our goals. 

Talking about success and successful men, it’s worth mentioning that having the luxuries of life with dinner at seven star hotels, BMW, mansions and big propaganda are not the landmark of success. Though materialistic propriety and ownership matter a lot, yet the real success is beyond such capricious and captivating concepts. The successful man is that who reins human heart. Those successful people sacrifice the worldly possessions for the smile and goodness of humanity. There are thousands of billionaires in the world but none of them can equal and parallel Bil Gates and Marks Jukerberg who donate millions for charity. Besides being the richest persons of the world, they are great human beings. The money in the pocket and power in public cannot make a man successful and great. He must have feathers of feelings to fly for humanity.

Be a man with manhood before being rich, affluent, powerful and prestigious. Success does not let you become haughty, arrogant and hypocrite. Success does not let you to deride and jest the fellow human beings. The real success is that which is full of considerate, compassionate and kind notions along with worldly powers and possessions. The tree over laden with juicy fruits bend and become more submissive than stand robust, straight and hard.