You Can Win: A Step-by-Step Tool for Top Achievers

by Shiv Khera

“Most people go to their graves, with music still in them.”

Some people practice procrastination by hiding behind high-sounding words, saying “I’m analysing” a month later and six months later they are still analysing. What they don’t realise is that they are suffering from a disease called: Paralysis by Analysis and they will never succeed.

Mark Spitz created a new world record in swimming by winning seven gold medals at Munich. I am sure some people thought it must be his lucky day. Mark Spitz was at Mexico in 1968 and won three gold medals. He was happy but unhappy. From 1968 to 1972, from Mexico to Munich, he trained 10,000 hours and if you’re good at maths, it translates to 2,500 hours per year and if you are good at calculus that translates into close to eight hours per day, no Sunday. You go sit in the water eight hours per day for the next four years, your body will shrivel. Did he get lucky?

The world is full of willing workers, some willing to work and the others willing to let them.

“I shall always give more than I get, to my family, organisation and my society.”

Lily Tomlin said, “The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you are still a rat.”

“success breeds success and failure breeds failure.”

Money will buy a great dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.

It is better to treat a friend with kindness while he is living than display flowers on his grave when he is dead.

We often hear, practice makes perfect. This statement is incorrect. Practice does not make perfect. Practice only makes permanent whatever we practice. Only perfect practice makes perfect. Some people keep practicing their mistakes and they become perfect in making mistakes.

Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

On the journey to life’s highway, keep your eyes upon the goal. Focus on the donut, not upon the hole.

A lack of ambition. Our limited thinking prevents us from progress. There was a fisherman who, every time he caught a big fish, would throw it back into the river, keeping only the smaller ones. A man watching this unusual behavior asked the fisherman why he was doing this. The fisherman replied, “Because I have a small frying pan.” Most people never make it big in life because they are carrying a small frying pan. That is limited thinking.

Many times we have totally useless goals and we end up losing our energy in life. We all have seen a dog sitting relaxed by the roadside corner. The moment a vehicle comes he jumps up, runs behind the car, goes fifty yards but doesn’t catch the car. He comes back relaxed and sits back at the same spot. Till how long? Till the next car comes. Again he jumps, runs full speed behind the car goes fifty yards, doesn’t catch the car, comes back relaxed. Again he sits back at the same spot. Till how long? Till the next car comes. A man was observing this dog’s behavior and he asked his friend, “Do you think this dog will ever be able to catch the car.” His friend replied, “That’s not even the question that came to my mind, I am wondering, what he will do, if he ever caught one.” Many times in life we keep behaving like the dog chasing totally useless goals and losing energies in life.”

How do you put your value system to the test? I believe there are three tests: 1. Mama test; 2. Baba test; 3. Headline Test

Mark Twain said, it is better to deserve an honor and not have it than to have it and not deserve it. Dignity is not in possessing but deserving.