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There is  no  Short  Cut  to  Success

Success in  all our endeavors is what we all want but,  most of  us forget that for reaching success, the  road is not  strewn  with roses. The  walk is not a  cakewalk, nor is it a gift on a platter.  Success is an achievement by  constant diligence  and  most of  us fail to achieve because  most of  us lack the  essential quality  of  diligence. The  magic of  hard work and perseverance cannot be underestimated.  We  see in general that  people  who have succeeded in  life have done  an immense amount of  hard work and their success  is we all see, but the effort put in, we fail to  measure.  We do wonder how he could achieve so  much, but it is absolutely  certain  that achievement has come his way  after  much of  continued  effort. Most of  us do  make  efforts but, soon lose heart and leave  our projects and this is why  we fail to reach the  pinnacle of success. It  mu st be  clear in our  minds that, we  never can achieve with  just a simple raising of  a finger, we  have got to  put our  heart and soul  in a particular job and that also with continued vigour in every  attempt  then only  we  can hope  for any  success. Those of  us wh o leave  effort midway  are obviously  left  midway  by  success also,  and then we are  disheartened and broke, just to ogle jealously  at those  who have succeeded. If  we have  the confidence in our  effort, there is nothing that can deter us from  achieving.

History  presents to us several examples of  achievers whose  achievements were due to  the single  magic of  the labour  they  put in their project. For example, Tenzing Norgay  could  achieve world fame,  only  after  making dozens  of  unsuccessful efforts at conquering  the Mt. Everest. India  could achieve  its goal  of  achieving independence from  British regime  only  because of  continued effort and sacrifice of our leaders,  like Mahatma  Gandhi  and others  of  the generation. Ever  since 1856, which saw  the first war of  independence for India, a continued effort of  more than a century, we finally  achieved our objective in the  year 1947.  If  this century’s effort was not there, the position  of  India would have  been quite different and our history  would have been somethi ng else. This shows that continuous effort can even  change the course of  history  of  a nation than  what about smaller achievements  of  an individual. Even after seeing that effort is the  magic wand  for all achievements, some people  still hold the view that, at least some people in  the  world do get whatever  they  want without  much effort. This  may  be  true in the case of  a very  few who  may  have been born with  silver spoons  in their  mouths’ but, by  and large,  all others  whom  we  see on the pedestal  of  success  are there only  after hard labour.  We have not  seen them working but we are  able to notice them  only  when they  reach certain  heights. On the other hand,  there  may  be so  many  who  might  have fallen on the way,  and this  must certainly  have been because there was l ess  strength in their effort. Success is  mostly not God sent it is  mostly  a  reward God gives for hard work. Those who put in constant labour towards an end,  surely  achieve a position of  great advantage.  It  is of  course always an uphill task to  improve pros pects.

Let us see right from  childhood, those children  who work  hard and constantly  and regularly  are always  the ones to stand first.  We do  often admire or  feel jealous of  people rising, but we fail to see  what extra effort they  are  puttin g in to improve their prospects. Those who sit pretty  and just complain about  the success  of others are never the ones to do  much in life. Those who  make continuous effort in the right direction rarely  lose in the struggle of  life. One important password f or all of  us to follow is that, there is no short  cut to success, the road to success is  thorny  and  very long. Those who dare to cross this road and undertake the  tedious  journey  with  a continuous  effort always  find leisure at the end.