Chris got to the interview room and his nerves got the better part of him. The look on the face of the panelists didn't seem convincing against his several attempts to make it past that stage. He got out of the interview room totally gutted. He concluded, "that's it. I am never going to get that job!" Two weeks later, He got a letter from the company saying, "Congratulations Mr Chris. We are pleased to offer you... as you were the only applicant for that position". Chris couldn't believe his stars. There were 50 other interviewees seated in the waiting room that day. Unknown to him however, they all applied for different position and none of them was in competition for the one he applied for.
It's amazing how we make conclusions on some issues in our lives. I am a football fan and I have seen games where I had completely lost faith in my team's survival and to my utmost amazement, they came back into the game and sometimes, even ended up winning. Who am I to make conclusions on the success and failure of another or even myself? I have come to discover in life, it is important to wait till the final whistle is blown before calling it quit. Some people have committed suicide at the nick of their life's breakthrough, only for some unidentified persons to inherit their sweat.
Think about the number of times in your life when you've felt like calling it quit and look at where you are today? If you do a mathematical analysis of those events, I am sure you would arrive at the conclusion that you were wrong even trying to quit before the final whistle. It's a season of students' assessment again for me this semester and one of my students sent me an email recently that reads, "Sam, it's the last day we're allowed to drop this course. I don't feel I did particularly well in the first assessment because I made a lot of mistakes. Would just like to know when we'd be getting our grades for the first assignment anyway". My reply, "[put her name here], from my records, you are in a pretty good standing and should you quit this course, you end up regretting a great deal. I'd advise you stay on, keep working hard on the rest of the assignments towards your final exams and I am sure you'd smile at last." Unknown to the student, despite her numerous mistakes, she still made a B, which in our school grading is 70%.
So, who are you to call it quit on yourself? Who are you to make conclusions on your efforts before the final whistle? If you are too quick to quit, you'll always be quick to bite your finger. The quest for success is a journey, not a destination. Though we fall in our strides, it should not be our call to quit till our dying day! Already making conclusions about your life's shortcomings, mistakes, hurts, pains, failures, wrongs, errors, falls? THINK AGAIN!
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A winner never quits and a quitter never wins. If you want something you gotta go for it, you can't let your nerves get the best of you otherwise you'll never know what could have been. Nice post!
ReplyDeleteIts easy to quit when you think you are not making progress as much as you want to. I am currently working on something that seems so big before me and is going to take quite a number of months but i am going to keep pressing on, one step at a time. Thank you for this post, really inspired me.
ReplyDeleteOur attitude really does determine our altitude. I totally believe that.
ReplyDeleteYou are right... success isn't a destination... it's a journey
ReplyDeleteThere is no need giving up on myself cos of some challenges or mistakes. Forge ahead and keep trying. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWe musn't let little errors colour the whole view of ourselves. You're right LDP on staying put till the very last.
ReplyDelete"If you are too quick to quit, you'll always be quick to bite your finger"....note to self
ReplyDeleteAnother sad fact is that sometimes we giove up when its too hard cos we feel, if its really for us, it shouldn't be this hard...challenges are sure. would we feel overwhelmed some times, most definitely, however, when we keep striving, we would find a way at the end
In an attempt to break a rock you have to hit more than once or twice to be able to get a crack, and when its finally broken you feel successful but it doesn't mean your first hit was a failure but a process to your success.....chizys-spyware.blogspot.com
ReplyDeletehmmmmmmmmm.....
ReplyDeleteinteresting write up.....
ps. On another note:
Quitting isn't always quitting, sometimes its recognizing that the approaches taken/practices is not applicable i.e. not working and something different has to be done and the lessons learnt from the failed attempts would serve as a guide, a stepping stone of sorts.
Oh wow. I really like this. It has opened my eyes to so many things. Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteGlory to God. I am happy you found the post useful :) Thank you too for taking out time to read :)
ReplyDeleteI agree... it's stupidity to keep trying something you know won't be fruitful in the end, when there are other ways to do it better. Thanks for that input :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome words of wisdom! I complete agree... thank you so much :)
ReplyDeleteEven Jesus didn't promise a world of ease but He said, "be of good cheer for I have overcome the world." | I am glad you caught that ma... God bless you :)
ReplyDeleteTotally Concur! Our views of success should not distorted by minor setbacks! Thanks bro.
ReplyDeleteThat's the word! That's the spirit! Glad you found it useful :) | Thank you too.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely... it isn't! Thank Jenny :)
ReplyDeleteThat's the word ma! God bless you :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sis for taking out time to read. God bless you.
ReplyDeleteOh, so glad you found something inspiring in this post. God bless you Sis. I appreciate your taking out time to read :)
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