It’s a correct insight!

How do we know whether an insight is correct or not? An insight is correct if there are no further relevant questions. No.. no.. it’s not simple to say that there are no further relevant questions that occur to me.

To pass a judgment hastily would be rash. But on the other hand if we do not decide or are very slow to make decisions, this itself may take away the possibility of further question. So how do we strike a balance?

·        Give further questions a chance to arise. We got be alert, spend time over the issue and if possible test it in action.

·        See that the problem is set correctly. To set a problem correctly we have to be familiar with it. And to be familiar we have to already know many things about it. This is a vicious circle.

·        The process of learning. The vicious circle is broken by the process of learning. Here we do not judge, we suspended our own judgments, but we take the judgments from others. The process of learning is a self-correcting process.

·        Temperament. Rashness and indecision are based in temperament. We need to be aware of our temperament and make efforts to overcome our tendencies.

Even after following all these points we cannot be certain. This is not a formula to get a correct insight or to make a good judgment, it’s just an outline. These are just some factors to be kept in mind.

What is Success?????

True success is measured by the feeling of knowing we have done a job well and have achieved our objective. Success is measured by our position in life but by the obstacles we overcame to get there. Success in life is not determined by how we are doing compared with other, but by how we are doing compared with what we are capable of doing. Successful people compete against themselves. They better their own record and keep improving constantly. Success is not measured by how high we go up in life. But rather by how many times we bounce back when we fall down. It is this bounce back ability that determines success.

Most people give up just when they are about to achieve success. They give up at the last minute of the game. Successful people do not do great things, they only do small things in a great way. Success and happiness go hand in hand. Success is getting what you want and happiness is wanting what you get.

This whole essay may sound very obvious but the thing is, do we really reflect on this? We know it as theory; do we put it in practice? We learn the value of success when we taste failure. So let us enjoy when we are successful and try our best to get back and learn when we face defeat.