What is it that separate men from boys (or for that matter women from girls).
Is it the knack to spot an opportunity and capitalizing on it?
Is it the perseverance to cling to a chance with all one has got?
Is it stamina to run the course?
To me I think it's none of them ....all this could make you a prodigy but test of character is how you react to failures. It’s how do you gather yourself after a fall and how do you spring back. It’s how you don't let anyone else influence yourself worth. It's not about not losing but it's about to lose but still not be lost and that’s what defines character.
And one man whom I can't I help admiring for all this is Sourav Ganguly - Prince of Kolkatta.
He indeed was a prince till his much hyped exit. He was someone who had all the power vesting in his hands. No one could have questioned him. And he had done enough to deserve that power. But as they power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. And I would admit that when he was finally consigned to ignominy I thought that was deserved too.
For someone who was a monarch - to work as a commoner and force his way in, knowing pretty well that he could never be the king again is very difficult. When you know that lost glory can never be regained, it's difficult to find a motivation. Many would have given up in a situation where they know that they are not just fighting enemies within but even enemies outside. But for a guy to battle to all that and come out trumps as he has is fantastic. I don’t know whether it was hurt pride, passion for game or hard commercial sense that drove him to work his way back. But instead of lying on his back and crying hoarse about being wronged, he bent his back and proved what he is made up of.
I won’t exaggerate and call him a modern hero or something of that sort but yeah I would admit that there are things or two that all of us could do well to learn from his example.
-sid
Is it the knack to spot an opportunity and capitalizing on it?
Is it the perseverance to cling to a chance with all one has got?
Is it stamina to run the course?
To me I think it's none of them ....all this could make you a prodigy but test of character is how you react to failures. It’s how do you gather yourself after a fall and how do you spring back. It’s how you don't let anyone else influence yourself worth. It's not about not losing but it's about to lose but still not be lost and that’s what defines character.
And one man whom I can't I help admiring for all this is Sourav Ganguly - Prince of Kolkatta.
He indeed was a prince till his much hyped exit. He was someone who had all the power vesting in his hands. No one could have questioned him. And he had done enough to deserve that power. But as they power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. And I would admit that when he was finally consigned to ignominy I thought that was deserved too.
For someone who was a monarch - to work as a commoner and force his way in, knowing pretty well that he could never be the king again is very difficult. When you know that lost glory can never be regained, it's difficult to find a motivation. Many would have given up in a situation where they know that they are not just fighting enemies within but even enemies outside. But for a guy to battle to all that and come out trumps as he has is fantastic. I don’t know whether it was hurt pride, passion for game or hard commercial sense that drove him to work his way back. But instead of lying on his back and crying hoarse about being wronged, he bent his back and proved what he is made up of.
I won’t exaggerate and call him a modern hero or something of that sort but yeah I would admit that there are things or two that all of us could do well to learn from his example.
-sid
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