You-Can-Win

There are 7.8 billion people out there in our world. There are limited skills. There are limited jobs. So only a limited number of people will be ’the best’ in the world for a particular skill. Does that mean, everyone else, will have to settle for the 2nd best or B-team, B-companies, B-jobs, B-pay, B-lives? The answer is NO. And we already know it because we see almost innumerable successful people around us, every day. Then what are these people excelling at? If they are not ’the best’ in this world at a particular skill, how are they achieving? ...

I was in my early teens when I read my first self-help book. It was the classic ‘You Can Win’ by Shiv Khera. I don’t really remember how I got hold of the book (probably from the school library or maybe someone gifted it on my birthday) but one particular story left such a deep impression on my mind that I can still quote it. Here it goes: Scenario 1: Your friend calls you up in the morning and praises you to no end. “You’re the most generous, most talented, most humble person in my life. Thank you so much.” You feel elated, the call makes you happy. You go to your office smiling with your chin up, pretty proud of yourself. ...