SUCCESS = DO IT ANY WAY

I have often experienced folks giving an excuse for not doing things that they are suppose to! For instance, often I would hear I came late because it was very cold, hot, traffic jam, my one of the relative was not well, I had a headache, my cycle / bike got punctured, road was not in good state, etc. etc......

Here in Copenhagen, in fact every where in Northern hemisphere it is onset of winter season. Thus, sun rises late, and set out early. It is also very cold. At many places temperature is below zero degree centigrade. I had never thought that one can go to work when it is dark, and return home when it is dark. But then sun never rises before 8 a.m. and as we move into December - January it would not rise before 9 a.m. Now it is setting out around 4 p.m., but then in about 30-40 days it would start setting out by 2 p.m. This is very different from the countries that lies within the tropics, where sun is in the sky for 10-13 hours. But then what was fascinating for me to note that life goes on here in spite there is day light or not?

I noticed that in a freezing cold, buses runs on time, so do trains, and so does the flights takes off. Students of all age groups goes to school on time, so do the offices open and close on scheduled time. Banks are operating, and so do the emergency services. The other day, I came across the cleaning services guy, who was brazing the chilled weather, but was on routine to collect the garbage. I questioned him, it is not tough to do it in such an adverse situation. His reply was made me feel guilty for a moment. It was such a thought provoking, he said,"Yes! It is tough, but one need to work and fulfill his or her task, so you do it anyway!".

That's the instinct - what I call a "killer instinct" that has risen these small nations significant ones in world political, economical as well knowledge scenario. A instinct that is grossly missing in many of the regions and populations of the world, where sun blesses for over 10-13 hrs a day. But then we are masters in giving the excuses. Think of if people in these environmentally disadvantage nations gives similar excuses, which are so very real, what would happen? Would life move forward? Would they be able to succeed? Would they be able to progress? Certainly not, and thus a new revelation of another success sutra, at least for me -

SUCCESS = DO IT ANY WAY