FIRST STEP TO SUCCESS
Everyone of us wants to be successful. All of us set goals to achieve and even try to achieve them, but not all of us fulfil them.
Why do some achieve success and some fail again and again?
I was just thinking and something and suddenly this thought came to my mind. I was scrolling the youtube reels, my favourite pass-time and suddenly this thought struck my mind.
Like most of you, whenever a question pops into my head I will not be able to relax until I try my best to get the answer. I try for sometime and when I get frustrated I just leave it and do something else. But, after sometime I again think of the question and this keeps on repeating until I find the answer. Sometimes this continues for days or weeks or even months.
One day I was doing something and a song was playing in the background. I liked the lyrics very much, especially the starting line but did not concentrate on it.
After a few days I started humming that song subconsciously but was unable to recollect the lyrics. I was quite sure of the tune but not the lyrics. I started asking my friends and relatives, even tried my luck with google, but no result.
I did not know the name of the movie or the actor in the song. Suddenly after a few months I typed the lyrics I remember and started searching in youtube and google again. After a few trials the song popped on my screen and I was very happy.
Why am I discussing this now? What has this to do with success?
The reason is the urge to find the answer. You need to have that unflinching urge to get to your goal, to know the answer to your questions. No matter how many times you are distracted, keep repeating the step until you find the solution or the solution finds you.
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The success of a person is not decided by what he or she is doing when busy, but what they do when they are free.
Think about it. What do you do when you are free? How do you pass your free time?
Most of us stick to our mobiles. We talk, walk and eat with this gadget in our hands. We get so much involved in all this that we don’t recognize how much time we are wasting in all these things.
What we don’t understand is that our mind gets the same happiness and pleasure in solving the mystery of our lives which we get by scrolling through the shorts or reels on social media.
Take up a passion, anything you like and start spending some time on improving your skills. It could be anything like playing chess, or doing some painting or sketching or anything you love, but everyday you spend some time improving that skill.
I’m not writing this to convey a message. I’m writing this because I have been wasting a lot of time doing useless things. I want to remind myself that I can use my free time to sharpen my skills and complete my unfinished work.
I’m writing a book, “The Day I Met God.” I have not completed it yet. Let me tell you that this is about a youngster Aditya who wakes up at a strange place. This man Aditya is a very spiritual person. He meets someone who he is very close to and starts asking questions related to spirituality and God.
Now, suppose some day God appears to you and promises you to answer one question which could benefit the entire human race. What will be your question?
Thanks for wasting your time on me. I hope you liked it.
Next time when you are free try to follow your passion and spend time sharpening your skills.
