Striving towards Excellence

-Karthik Gurumurthy

"Are you afraid to take on responsibilities, afraid to make decisions, afraid to step out alone? Most people are - that's why there are so few leaders and so many followers. If you are confronted with a problem, the longer you put it off, the greater it becomes and more fearful you become of your ability to solve it. Therefore learn to make your decisions, because in not deciding you fail to act, and in failing to act you invite failure. Experience will soon teach you that once the decision is made, problems and troubles begin to disappear. Even though the decision you make may not be the best one, the mere deciding gives you strength and raises your morale. It's the fear of doing the wrong thing that attracts the wrong thing. Decide and act, and the chances are that your troubles will fade away into thin air - whether you make a mistake or not. All great men are men of quick decision which flows from their intuition, their accumulated knowledge, and previous experience. so learn to be quick in making decisons and audacious in your action".  I would like to quote former British PM Margaret Thatcher on being busy and productive by the end of the day.

"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it."

Challenges & failures are so essential for success. Think about  Kite. The kite fly higher when you pull the twine. But if you cut the twine, the Kite will fall off in no time. That's how the challenges will make you fly higher. If you want to eliminate challenges, you're elliminating the chances of succeeding too!! Some thing to think about.