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The First Law of Success

Those who, in spite of these drawbacks, never lose their
courage and continue to make unflagging efforts, in the end
emerge as super-achievers.

he British physicist and mathematician, Sir Isaac
TNewton (1642 – 1727) is famous for his formulation
of the laws of motion. The third of law of motion states
that for every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction. But, there is also another law which was
demonstrated in Newton’s own lifetime. This may be
called the first law of human success.
Newton’s father died three months before he was
born. His mother soon re-married. As a result, Newton
was deprived of his parents’ love. A biographer of
Newton’s wrote: “Basically treated as an orphan, Isaac
did not have a happy childhood.” Apparently, this was
a minus point of Newton’s life, but in reality it became
his life’s greatest plus point.

During his childhood days, the outside world held
no attraction for Newton, and he started living in his
own world. He came to be called a wool-gatherer, or
absent-minded person. But, it was later learnt that
Newton, rather than being absent-minded was really

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