POWER OF STAYING FOCUSED AND CONSISTENT

 

“It’s not what you do once in a while that shapes your lives.

It’s what you do consistently.”

Anthony Robbins

 

We all have two reactions to our exam results: We rejoice, or we sulk!

This morning, a young girl sent to me this message:

“Good Morning Sir. My results are out. I have graduated with a 9.92 cgpa out of 10 and secured the second place in the college.”

Obviously, this young girl had a reason to rejoice.

But, I know of dozens of young ones, who are sulking out there… They are feeling low, and some of them are, even, unable to show themselves up!

So, these are the two extreme reactions to the exam results… either you rejoice, or you sulk; either you show up, or you hide!

Well, I tell everyone this: “Take heart: you all can find your place under the Sun irrespective of your results… But - yes, but -  learn from your results!

The young girl, who has just graduated in flying colours, did not get her ‘distinction’ out of sheer fluke. I have known her for years; her distinct quality was, that she was absolutely clear about what she wanted to do in life - her vocation. She was not only clear about it, she was determined to achieve it… She has been incredibly focused and consistent in her efforts. Thus, the little that she did every day, over and over and over the years – yes, that has helped her to crack it… to break ‘the mountain’ as Dashrath Manjhi did!

“That’s the only way to eat an elephant, my young friends,” I keep hammering my young students, “by eating one spoon at a time!”

Efforts, therefore, are useless, unless we keep doing them consistently, over and over and over again.

To ones who get low marks – those who sulk, feel low or try to hide – I tell this: “Learn from your mistakes. Use your ‘failures’ as stepping stones for your success… Let failures motivate you, bring the best out of you.”

In life, there is nothing called a ‘permanent failure’. As successful people tell us, failures become ‘permanent’ only if we accept them. If we use them as a ‘learning experiences’, our failures can be our greatest driving forces.

So, my friends, who have not scored well in their exams, need not sulk, feel in the dumps and hide. Let me remind them: “There are tougher exams in life; be ready to face them, brace them.”

Let me repeatedly remind every young one: “Stay focused.”

The young girl, who has come out in flying colours had been clear in her mind and heart as to what field she wanted to land in. She had  stayed incredibly focused… She kept doing one thing hundred times,  instead of doing hundred things at one time.

When we stay focused and consistent on our clearly-defined goals, invariably, we end up achieving them.

Manjhi took 22 years to break the mountain… to make a way to the other side. Our own mountains may need the same clarity, determination, effort and, above all, focus and consistency… to make a way to the other side! For, as Maxime Legace said, “The seeds of accomplishment sprout in the soil of consistency.”

 

GERALD D’CUNHA

 

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