What is the essential mindset needed to be successful?
In the Indian Epic Mahabharata, there is an incident mentioned.
Let me tell you that.
A race was organised between Kauravas and Pandavas. The strongest kaurava of all was “Duryodhan” and the strongest pandava of all was “Bheem”.
Now, when the race started, both Duryodhan and Bheem started running at an equal pace but after a few seconds, Bheem got ahead of Duryodhan. Seeing Bheem getting ahead, Duryodhana increased his pace but was unable to match the Bheem’s pace.
Suddenly, this evil though crossed Duryodhana’s mind,
“If I will trip him, he will fall and I will win the race!”
And he did that same! Bheem fell down and Duryodhana took the lead. But after a few seconds, Bheem matched up to him, then took the lead and finally won the race!
After the race was over, Duryodhana went to Bheeshm Pitamaah and this conversation happened between them,
Duryodhana: Sir, why did I lost to Bheem in the race today?
Bheeshma: I will answer it comprehensively now.
See, both of you are equally powerful and hence the end result of the race should have been both of your crossing the finishing line together. And that was happening in the initial few seconds of the race too when both of you were racing at the same pace.
Duryodhana: Yes, and then suddenly I saw Bheem getting ahead of me. Why did that happen?
Bheeshma: Exactly, you saw Bheem getting ahead itself means that you initially were focused on the finishing line but after a few seconds into the race, you got this fear that Bheem might get ahead of you and hence you started focusing on him instead of the finishing line an hence he got ahead!
Duryodhana: But I made him trip and he fell down! Still, how did he managed to win?
Bheeshma: Yes, you made it even worse for yourself when you trip him down! Since he fell down, he became even more determined and focused to win the race than before as he was lagging behind. So, he unleashed his full power and potential to win the race!
This is the essential mindset needed to become successful. Just focus on what you want to do and leave all the distraction behind. You will automatically win one day.
Instead of shortening someones’ line, lengthen your line to win at life.