kvrlogs

I got this video forward on Whatsapp - by a Teacher giving advise to her kids - might be on graduation or a reunion. It was in Tamil. Here is the gist of her talk which resonated with me. "I wish you lot of problems. Life is not easy. I wish you failures. You might wonder how come I am wishing you failure. There is a reason. Success does not teach you anything. Success puts you in a drunken state and you will settle for less. Failures will keep pushing you forward. Go after a bigger challenge. Bigger competitor. You should fight big and fail. It is ok if you do not get the Trophy at the end but you should have fought hard." I totally agree with her. If I brand myself a failure and say I keep searching for bigger and bigger battles to fail - how awesome it will be. I have seen this from people with early success in life - the toppers from colleges.They do not take risks as they are afraid to fail. They are not ready to take a cut on their salary to work on a