Success begins with choosing the right goal, not merely working hard toward any goal. The real victory lies in making a decision aligned with one’s deepest need and standing by it, regardless of future outcomes. When the battle itself is right, winning or losing becomes secondary. Life must not be wasted chasing unworthy aims.
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Originally published in The Pioneer on 8 apr '23
Success does not lie in doing any random thing. The game is not about picking up some arbitrary thing to do and then investing yourself fully in it, plunging into it, spending a lot of energy, and trying to be successful. No, that is not the point.
Choose the right thing to do, and in that lies success. In that lies immediate success. You have been successful right in the moment of the choice itself; you don’t have to wait for the outcome. Choose the right option. Make the right decision. Fight the right battle. And now it doesn’t matter whether you win or not because you are already victorious.
Victory lies in choosing the right road to walk. It does not quite lie in reaching the destination earlier than others. In fact, it is a frivolous comparison. It is about the immediate moment in which the decision is made.
