Those who know me well, know that its not my Success that I celebrate. It’s my ‘so called’ Failures that I raise my toast to, everytime I raise one.
Its my, ‘so called’ Failures that I am more proud of than my few and far between paches of success.
To me, ‘Success makes Career and Failure builds Character,’.
And there is a long list, a list that tells me about situations where I could have just stayed put, doing nothing and enjoy what I had.
But things were not meant be like that with me.
In one of my coaching session, a student asked me, “Why did I fail in my few of the business ventures that I undertook in last 5 years?”.
My answer was simple, “I had two options –
i. Waited by the pool in full gears. First measure the depth and temperature of the water. Then decide which hand or leg to use first. Then I needed to know the correct breathing style etc etc etc
Or
ii. Jump into the pool and learn by myself.
To me, its a no brainer choice. I have always chosen the later.
By the way all three,
Swimming when I was 4, Cycling when I was 7, and Driving when I was 22, I learnt by myself.
And in life, I just played the 1st inning. My batting is yet to come.
And if I know me, it would be me finishing on the podium, in the end”.