Temptations are
temporary distractions.
Failures are temporary
disturbances.
Both are enemies to
success.
Failures, if accepted
will ruin your race to success.
Temptations, if fallen
into, will ruin our whole success.
Temptations come in
different disguise.
They are:
1. Comfort
zone – a complacency. We have won enough. We have gone so far. We tend to look back
and see the plenty of wealth and fame. We are tempted to believe that this is
what we need for the whole of our life. We falsely believe that this success
will remain forever.
Do not forget
that a cleverer person is running after you the same race to break all former record.
He will overcome you soon. Everything you have won so far will be only trash
and worthless compared to his achievements.
So continue the
race with more vigor. Success is not a permanent state; it is only a struggle
to conquer more.
2. Short
term goals appear like the final achievement.
We need a clear
plan of success race. Put in down on paper. We must have a good understanding
of our short term goals and the long term goal.
It is not wrong
to set short term goals.
Short term goals
are lesser goals that we grab while we run the long race. It is small achievements
on the way. We may grab them or miss them. Grabbing will encourage us. Missing may
disturb us temporarily; but should not stop us from the race.
3. Distraction
to pleasures and possessions. The race of success is not a pleasure. The aim of
success is not pleasure or possessions. Possessions are not success. A pleasure
life is not success. Success is success; nothing else. Success is the fulfillment
of vision. Success is the fulfillment of the purpose of life.
Success is not measure
by pleasure or possessions. Great heroes of this world were not leading a pleasurable
life. They did not amass wealth. Yet they were successful people. Jesus Christ,
Abraham Lincolon, Mahatma Gandhi, Socrates etc. are all considered as successful
people.
Distraction of pleasure
and possession has thrown away many from the right track.
4. Short
cuts are dangerous. All races should be run through the right track. Success is
not a 100 meter race. It is a Marathon race. We may have been running for miles
without reaching success. The only option is to continue through the right
track. Short cuts may tempt us. But it will not lead us to the finishing line. We
may miss the laurel.
There is no
short cut to success.
5. Do
not play foul. Race has its own rules. The race of success has its own rules. It
can never be achieved through foul playing. One may amass possessions through
foul means. But that is not success. The real success is declared by success
itself. Nothing should cry, ‘foul’ as you stand on the victory stand.
True success is
the reward for perseverance and perspiration.
Only true success
is counted by time.
Further reading:
Professor
Jacob Abraham
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