How many of us want to be successful? Every one of us including me. I pretty sure everyone might have heard the proverb “Try, try till you succeed”. Now be honest, how many of us have sincerely believed in this proverb and even after failing, risen again to face failure? The number is very small because at least half of us afraid… afraid to face the chance of failure thus destroying the hope of success. But still all of us proclaim that we want to be successful.

Let me now pose a simple question: Did you ever think why each time you fall, you’re afraid to rise again? Have you ever thought who is stopping you from bouncing back again and trying harder? … In this fight you yourself are your biggest enemy and your greatest companion. Let me elaborate this with a story.

This story is about a man named Karoly. He was Hungary’s best pistol shooter and had won all the national competitions held in that country. He had only one dream, only one goal that he wanted to win Olympics and make his right hand the best shooting hand in the world. However, in 1938, in a training camp organized for the army, an accident happened. A hand grenade blasted in his right hand and it had to be amputated. That dream of his, that focus of his was all destroyed in a few seconds. In front of him, he had two ways: one was to keep crying all his life and go hide somewhere afraid to face the reality or to keep remained focus on his goal. So, what did he do?... He decided not to focus on something that he didn’t have. He focused on something that he had. But what did he have?

He had his left hand, a hand with which he couldn’t even write. After a year of training he decided to go for a national competition. There were a lot of other pistol shooters enrolled for this competition and all of them, upon seeing him, went and congratulated him. They said, “This is true passion, this is true sportsman spirit that even after all these incidents in your life, you have come here to encourage us, to support us”. Nobody knew that he had been training with his left hand for one year. And so, he replied “I have not come here to support you, I have come here to compete against you, I have come here to fight against you. Get ready.” The competition started. And guess who won?

The man with the only hand, Karoly had won the competition.

Now if we go to any loser, he will have a list of reasons because of which he failed, because of which he couldn’t do something. But instead if we ask a winner... He will also have a thousand reasons why he shouldn’t do what he wants to do. But, he will have this one reason because of which he wanted to do something he is passionate about and he will do it. So, the first secret to success is by setting your aim and finding that one reason, only one reason, as to why you want achieve this dream of yours. So take the first step before more time passes by while you still stand there stagnant.

Most of the time we have no idea about our capabilities, our strengths or our weaknesses. We often use professions or emotions to cover up our true selves. But every one of us are more than just our profession, we are not our emotions neither are we our circumstances. What we are is far greater, far superior, and far more important than any label. Don’t you agree with me? So, the second key to success is to believe in yourself and acknowledge the fact that you are unique and powerful and that you can do anything.