Success!!
You can be clear on your goals, tasks, work etc. but its very important to understand other factors like people involved, required skill, external factor which can have an impact on what you are doing and so on.
One thing every one quest for, aim for and die for.
What it takes to be on never ending quest to be successful and then surpass the previous success and so on...?
Don't look for the answer just follow the QUEST!!
Here is my attempt( may be a silly one ) to use my experiences, known results and skills, to look and share what I believe is the answer or may be a direction towards the answer to my above question.
Quality: A few years back somebody asked me "What will you choose Quality or Quantity?" and I replied immediately and very positively with "Quality" and then the gentleman asked WHY?
Now this WHY? is always been a tricky part for all of us, and it gave hard time to me too. Nonetheless, After thinking for a minute or so, I said let me explain this way sir.
I will give you 1 lock and 100 keys, but only 1 key has the quality to open that lock for you but you do have 100 keys. So even though you have quantity still you will look for Quality eventually to open a lock.So why not before?
I remember he told me son you have a good future and I was very happy.So in my opinion our efforts should Qualitative. Once you have quality you not only gain confidence & excellence but it also gives you an upper hand before your peers.
Understanding: Whenever I see word understanding I immediately remember a quote by Sir Albert Einstein which goes as below
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
So, we not only have to know our problem but have to understand everything around it.
Experience: If you fail 100 times don't look at it as your failure, you actually discovered 100 ways which doesn't work. You not only gain experience from best of your works but you also gain it from your stupidities. Its not that only you have to work to gain experience, life is too short to experience everything on your own, use experiences of others, be attentive to what senior people say (even if it is crap) but you never know what out of that will help you and when.
Suggestions: Its human tendency that we treat suggestions as criticism or suggestions oftenly look like intrusion. But be open to suggestions, if it will not help you atleast you will be at peace that even after not taking those suggestions you still did pretty well. But never just brush off suggestions being extended from seniors, elderly beings and even from children's or people below your level.
And to be honest, some suggestions which I found not very cool or retaliated have helped in my favor and I do regret not accepting those suggestions at first place.
Talent: Last but not least, Talent. Lets accept this fact that few people are born talented and there can't be any denial to that. But few talents can be developed, Like talent of speaking, writing, socializing and even working efficiently(this might not be a talent in traditional sense but for our quest they are). And to support my point further here is another quote from Sir John F. Kennedy
"All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have equal opportunity to develop our talents".
And finally, I open this forum which will help me, my friends, my siblings and also may be to few acquaintances to move ahead and follow their own QUEST to success.
Hoping your sincere suggestions and inputs.
-Vabs
