"Success comes to those who never give up."
I had this saying on my 2004 calendar. I was staring at it earlier, musing over it. Isn't this such a over-used and over-rated statement, like a few other "ra-ra" motivational statements.
No doubt, I agree that one needs persistence to achieve success. But in our modern society, this statement is used so often that we often failed to consider the ultimate starting point of this statement. This statement will only truly mean something to the receiver if they know deep in their hearts what they are striving for; what they are working towards. What is the point of persisting in something if you have no idea what you are chasing after?
In times of corporate propaganda, our employers and immediate employers will always tell us "How can you give up so easily; how can you be defeated so easily?" And we will blindly just accept their "ra-ra" motivational statement that we should persist and not give up, only then would we achieve success in life.
Ermm....okay. So for the legions of humanity, who Thoreau said lead lives of
quiet desperation - unfulfilled, unhappy and uncertain of what to do, they accept such "ra-ra" motivational statements. They choose to believe that they are the ones who are at fault for not persisting in what they do, just as their corporate employers said.
Stop! Can we please pause for a moment and consider - exactly what are we striving for in life? What does success in life means to us, personally? Rather than follow the definition of what our employers tell us, please stop, think & ponder!
Only when we have defined what success means, will the statement "Success comes to those who never gives up" mean something to our true personal self. Otherwise, it is just another meaningless statement that does not aid in personal development and fulfillment.
I had this saying on my 2004 calendar. I was staring at it earlier, musing over it. Isn't this such a over-used and over-rated statement, like a few other "ra-ra" motivational statements.
No doubt, I agree that one needs persistence to achieve success. But in our modern society, this statement is used so often that we often failed to consider the ultimate starting point of this statement. This statement will only truly mean something to the receiver if they know deep in their hearts what they are striving for; what they are working towards. What is the point of persisting in something if you have no idea what you are chasing after?
In times of corporate propaganda, our employers and immediate employers will always tell us "How can you give up so easily; how can you be defeated so easily?" And we will blindly just accept their "ra-ra" motivational statement that we should persist and not give up, only then would we achieve success in life.
Ermm....okay. So for the legions of humanity, who Thoreau said lead lives of
quiet desperation - unfulfilled, unhappy and uncertain of what to do, they accept such "ra-ra" motivational statements. They choose to believe that they are the ones who are at fault for not persisting in what they do, just as their corporate employers said.
Stop! Can we please pause for a moment and consider - exactly what are we striving for in life? What does success in life means to us, personally? Rather than follow the definition of what our employers tell us, please stop, think & ponder!
Only when we have defined what success means, will the statement "Success comes to those who never gives up" mean something to our true personal self. Otherwise, it is just another meaningless statement that does not aid in personal development and fulfillment.
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