Page 50 - Failure to Triumph - Journey of A Student

A person with a wrong outlook can never make the correct use of his
talent, however intelligent or smart he is. His ego will ruin him and he

won’t be able to understand the reason behind his downfall. He will
keep on thinking that his luck is not favoring him and there is nothing
wrong with his attitude. But at the same time, those with an average
talent but right attitude, go on to achieve a lot. Remember: “Attitude
is a little thing that makes a big difference.”- Winston Churchill.

Let us imagine that it is raining and you have to fill water in a utensil.
You will be able to do so only if you keep the mouth of the utensil

facing the sky. But if you keep the utensil upside down then, no
matter how much it rains, the utensil is not going to hold even a
single drop. This is exactly the scenario with a person having wrong
attitude: even if there is a heavy and continuous rainfall of
knowledge around him he will not able to absorb any of it.

Another quality which a good student must possess is politeness and
a calm mind.” Politeness is a sign of dignity, not subservience.”-
Theodore Roosevelt. A student who is polite and well behaved and
has good communication skills can build his career in a more
magnificent way with the help of his verbal skills.

In today's times where we have intense competition in all fields,
there is no dearth of talented young people who have both skill and
knowledge. What we do lack is polite people—those who can remain
calm and quiet even in tough times. A lot of big companies choose
the first type of people for having these characteristics; not just for
the degrees that they have earned.

Whenever you face a problem, think of yourself as water inside a
utensil which is in motion. When the water is moving, will you be able
to see the reflection of your face in it? Now let us think - what will you
do if you have to see your image in it? Actually, you do not have to
do anything—you have to stop shaking the utensil and wait for the
water to come to a standstill and then your image will be visible.

Similarly, when you are facing troubled times something that can be